%0 Journal Article %T SUPREME LEADER OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN'S APPROACH TO FOREIGN POLICY WITH EMPHASIS: STRATEGY AND CONCEPT "HEROIC SOFTENED" %J POLITICAL QUARTERLY %I %Z 1735-9678 %A Shamsini Ghaisvand, Hasan %A Nasiri, Reza %D 2015 %\ 03/21/2015 %V 45 %N 1 %P 3-22 %! SUPREME LEADER OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN'S APPROACH TO FOREIGN POLICY WITH EMPHASIS: STRATEGY AND CONCEPT "HEROIC SOFTENED" %K Foreign Policy %K heroic Softened %K international system %K Supreme Leader %R 10.22059/jpq.2015.54421 %X The study of the principles and requirements of the leader's “heroic Softened” is theaim of this study which is one of the key concepts and policies expressed Leader inlast few years. Initially, the intellectual foundation of the Leader approach to foreignpolicy is three strategies: leadership, wisdom and interest in foreign policy.According to them, strategy negation relation domineering and submissiveness, thepreservation and protection of the identity of the Islamic Republic, maintain therevolutionary Islamic orientation are discussed. Other studied contents are: theconceptual framework as a heroic leader in the negotiation and clarificationexercises and the “heroic Softened” of a new field in the international system, fieldtactics, not strategy “heroic Softened”, field exercises and balance of heroic idealsand practice of negotiation and compromise and flexibility not give up, hoping tostretch heroic vision of the future, heroic flexibility and understanding of theinternational system in transition, heroic exercise and cognitive abilities and thechallenges the country. %U https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_54421_73bbaf67a901169d80a4a49e33ec3b51.pdf