Studying and analyzing the foreign policy views and positions of the 14th presidential election candidates of Islamic Republic of Iran: A content analysis approach

Faghiri, Mohammad

Studying and analyzing the foreign policy views and positions of the 14th presidential election candidates of Islamic Republic of Iran: A content analysis approach

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Mohammad Faghiri

Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Foreign policy is a set of views, policies, strategies, criteria and positions in the international world. The aim is to examine and compare the foreign policy from of the candidates` point of view. The main question is what is the view and stance of each of the candidates towards foreign policy. The research method is content analysis and its type is a case study on the fourth debate on "foreign policy". The statistical population and the sample also include 20,622 words. The findings of the research show that the candidates did not use scientific terms in explaining the political manifesto sufficiently and they did not have a scientific program about theory, hypothesis, policy, perspective, etc. The candidates mostly shared opinions about harmony, unity, justice and participation and paid attention to the geopolitical situation of Iran, but they differed from each other in terms of methods and attitudes and focused more on discussion, controversy, defense, negation, proof, protest, claim, criticism, towards each other and have tried to prove their superiority or drive the competitor out of the field with more rhetorical tricks.

Keywords

foreign policy

opportunity

capacity

threat

challenge