International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

Strategies for consolidating and stabilizing the influence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Yemen

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Nasser Hazinia 1
Ghadir Nezamipoor 2
Fethullah Kalantari 3
1 PhD student of International Relations, Faculty of National Security, Supreme National Defense University, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding author).
2 Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Department of International Relations, Supreme National Defense University, Tehran, Iran
3 Associate Professor of Strategic Defense Sciences, National Security Research Institute, Supreme National Defense University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/fr.2024.409165.1422
Abstract
Yemen is a country that in the past decades, on the one hand, has always been involved in conflicts between political-religious groups and tribes, and on the other hand, due to its strategic location, it has witnessed the interference of foreign countries, especially Saudi Arabia and the United States, in its internal affairs. Ansarullah's religious commonalities with Iran, along with media support, have strengthened the suspicion of religious rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia as two influential regional powers, and on the other hand, the possibility of a Tehran-backed government coming to power in the Backyard of Saudi Arabia, namely Yemen, has greatly increased Saudi concerns in this regard. This is despite the fact that Iran's role in the process of the Yemeni revolution, like other areas of foreign policy of this country, is based on the discourse of the Islamic revolution with the aim of restoring the lost rights of the Yemeni people and freeing them from foreign interference. This research, using the analytical-explanatory method and based on the theoretical framework of resistance discourse seeks to answer this basic question: What are the Strategies for consolidating and stabilizing the influence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the resistance front of Yemen? Considering the opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses of its influence in Yemen, the Islamic Republic of Iran is trying to change the balance of regional power in Yemen's resistance front in its favor by using political, economic, cultural, and military-security strategies while supporting the political groups and currents of this country.
Keywords
"Islamic Republic of Iran"
"Saudi Arabia"
"Republic of Yemen"
" Ansarullah"
"axis of resistance"

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