http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3048/sohaib-perwaiz Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:35:30 -0400 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:35:30 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1294/discerning-iran-exploring-the-motives-for-iranian-foreign-policy By Sohaib Perwaiz - One may wonder why Iranian political leaders would risk such high stakes with an obstinate position against a superpower. This could be answered if one looked beyond the realist perspective that oversimplifies a complex nation’s problems into the overused balance of power equation. This paper hopes to provide another, lesser mentioned perspective on the motives behind Iranian foreign policy and looks to internal political dynamics, rather than elusive security dilemmas, for answers. By bypassing the security dilemma perspective of Iranian policies that has become so popular nowadays, we... Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1294/discerning-iran-exploring-the-motives-for-iranian-foreign-policy