TY - JOUR ID - 55959 TI - Armenian Diaspora: opportunities &threats facing Iran JO - POLITICAL QUARTERLY JA - JPQ LA - en SN - 1735-9678 AU - Valizadeh, Akbar AU - Alizadeh, Shiva AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Regional Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran AD - Ph.D Student, Department of Regional Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 45 IS - 4 SP - 1075 EP - 1094 KW - Dashnak KW - Diaspora KW - Gregorian KW - HIAS KW - host countries KW - Iran KW - lobby DO - 10.22059/jpq.2015.55959 N2 - Armenians of Iran account for a part of the Armenian diaspora, scattered around the world and have a symbolic homeland named Armenia, on the one hand, and they have shared history with other Iranians over the centuries, on the other, and Iran is considered as their real home country. As an Iranian ethnic group, they have had a brilliant role in very eventful periods of our history especially since the last decades of 19th century. And today also, appropriate context must be provided for realizing their capacities to solve domestic and international problems with which Iran is dealing. In the current paper, we have tried to find out: "Considering the presence of Armenian diaspora in Iran, what are the opportunities and threats facing the Islamic Republic of Iran?" Our hypothesis is that: "The presence of a part of Armenian diaspora in Iran, considering the capacities and abilities of the larger Armenian community in different parts of the world, will provide Islamic Republic of Iran with opportunities in the spheres of domestic and foreign policy, which are more significant than probable threats in terms of number and importance." This subject has been investigated in the article using descriptive-analysis approach. UR - https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_55959.html L1 - https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_55959_d677a9b4e553e172a472f18d7df689be.pdf ER -