Iran's relations with the United States and Western Europe between 1997-2001

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The objective of this thesis is to analyse Iran's relations with the United States and Western Europe between 1997 and 2001. Accordingly, the thesis consists of three main parts. In the first part of the study, a historical background of the foreign policy of Islamic Republic of Iran is outlined. In this context 1979 Islamic Revolution, impacts of the Revolution on the foreign policy and Iran's relations with the West are examined. After the Islamic Revolution, relations with the United States have deteriored because of ideological and political reasons. However, Iran's Relations with Western Europe have always been constructive as a result of mutual economic interests. In this part of the thesis Iran's different policies toward the "West" are also examined. In the second part, the impacts of iiithe 1997 presidential elections in Iran on the United States and Western Europe are discussed. In this part, foreign policy discourse of Mohammad Khatami and positive reactions of the Western countries is also elaborated. In the third part, relations between Iran and the United States and relations between Iran and Western Europe are examined. After twenty years of the Revolution, with the election of Mohammad Khatami Iran started to open to the rest of the world. In this part, what the new is in the relations is discussed. As a conclusion this thesis asserts that as a result of moderate victory of 1997 Iran's revolutionary foreign policy discourse and within this context Iran's international image changed.

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Iran, Sayyid Mohammad Khatami, 1997 Presidential elections of Iran, Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, Iran and Western Europe, Iran and the United States

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/13305

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A. Ö. Bostan, “Iran’s relations with the United States and Western Europe between 1997-2001,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2002.