Document Type : Research Paper
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Abstract
The main focus of detailed discussions in this essay was studying the reasons
that caused Syria to turn into an important security issue for Iran. Given the
long history of relations between the two, the emergence of this crisis has
activated Iran heavily and roughly to prevent and confront the West's power
since lagging in this issue will impose heavy prices on the Islamic Republic of
Iran. The current essay has studied four important reasons for the security
importance of Syria to Iran; Syria as a dam against the infiltration of the US
anti-Iran policies in the Middle-East, Syria's common borders with Hezbollah
and Israel, Syria as a place for adopting ideological defense-invasion strategy
and its stance in the confluence point of the Islamic Iran and the Arab
nationalism ideologies can be the main elements for forming Iran-Syrian
security relations. As Iran's ally, Syria can be a key factor in preventing the
West's complete plundering of the region and given the four aforementioned
components, it can justify and redefine Iran's all-out support for Syria during the
crisis in the country.
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