Iran's economy and foreign policy : Khatami and ahmadinejad's administrations

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Islamic-theocratic aspect of Iran's political system has plagued the country with violence and conflict domestically and internationally. However, its extent and political nature has often overshadowed and undermined democracy and human rights. The aim of this study is to investigate and analyse the factors which have influenced mainly the foreign policy and the economy of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the Islamic Revolution-1979.
Three major questions have been kept in focus throughout the research: (1) What is the basic framework of Iran's Islamic Government? (2) Why Has Iran constantly encountered troubles since the Islamic Revolution, especially in very recent years? (3) What has caused Iran to be politically and economically isolated?
This study is an examination of the analysis and critique found mainly in Iran as well as other parts of the world that seek a critical approach to the violence, and the conflict causations and its ensuing political implications. To illustrate Iran's political and economical policies in recent years, I will compare the latest administrations, President Mohammad Khatami 1997-2004, and incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 1
• 1.1 Background of this Study 1
• 1.2 Aims and Necessity of this Study 4
• 1.3 Method of Research and Limitations 6
• 1.4 History of Islam in Iran pre-Islamic Revolution 9
• 1.5 Iran Becomes a Theocracy with Islamic Revolution 10
• 1.6 Overview of Iran's Economy 11
• Chapter 2: GOVERNMENT SYSTEM OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 14
• 2.1 Post-Islamic Revolution's Government System 14
• 2.2 Iran's Constitutional framework 16
• 2.3 Political parties and leaders 19
• 2.4 Political pressure groups and leaders 21
• Chapter 3: IRAN'S ECONOMY 22
• 3.1 Current Economy Status 22
• 3.2 Central Planning 24
• 3.2.1 Distinctive Interference with Central Bank 27
• 3.3 Dutch disease, foreign exchange policy, and imports 33
• 3.3.1 Foreign exchange policy 36
• 3.3.2 Fast return production units 39
• 3.4 Recent economy policy 42
• 3.4.1 Privatization 42
• 3.4.2 Price controls 44
• 3.4.3 Sovereign wealth funds (SWF) 47
• Chapter 4: KHATAMI'S ADMINISTRATION 50
• 4.1 Iran's Turning Point-1997 50
• 4.2 Khatami's Domestic policy 51
• 4.3 Khatami's Foreign Policy 52
• 4.4 Khatami's Economy Policy 55
• 4.5 End of political reform? 57
• Chapter 5: AHMADINEJAD'S ADMINISTRATION 59
• 5.1 Incumbent President-Ahmadinejad 59
• 5.2 conservatives and hard-line 60
• 5.3 Current Administration's Mis-planning 62
• 5.4 Current Policy Criticized 64
• Chapter 6: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS 66
• Glossary of Persian Words 69
• References 70
• Index 76
• Acknowledgements 77