TY - JOUR ID - 36739 TI - IRAN AND CHINA: THE CHALLENGES OF COMPREHENSIVE COOPERATION JO - POLITICAL QUARTERLY JA - JPQ LA - en SN - 1735-9678 AU - Sazmand, Bahareh AU - Arghavani Pirsalami, Fariborz AD - Assistant Professor; Political Science Department, University of Tehran AD - Ph.D Candidate of International Relations, University of Tehran Y1 - 2013 PY - 2013 VL - 43 IS - 3 SP - 83 EP - 104 KW - Iran KW - China KW - Foreign Policy KW - Islamic Revolution KW - United States of America DO - 10.22059/jpq.2013.36739 N2 - The changing condition of post Cold War era with some characteristics such asinterdependence and globalization have caused multiple actors advent and issuesdiverse in foreign policies. With concern of the context, the aim of this articles isstudy of Iran- China relations after Islamic revolution. This article argues Iran andChina have more reasons to create comprehensive cooperation but some variableslike Structural tensions, regional countries lobbies, different expectations and U.Srole are the main obstacles to have strategic relations between the two countries.Reviewing of Iran-China relations, examining of strategic basis and finally obstaclesof comprehensive cooperations are sections of this article. UR - https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_36739.html L1 - https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_36739_29f957cea1af59e8a643aa1591240a4d.pdf ER -