Revolution and Solidarity
The title is chapter 16 of the book “Revolutionary Horizons” by John published by Bowdoin College, USA, pp. 144-163 Calabrese. The following is an abstract of the chapter.[1]
Export of their Revolution
One of Iran’s core foreign policy goals when the clerics came to power in 1982 was the export of their Revolution. The Islamic theme in foreign policy was not an Iranian innovation, for Islam had always been a significant element of Saudi and Pakistani foreign policy. But the Iranian Islamic theme was distinctive.
Iran’s political status quo in nearby and distant countries By asserting the right to judge the Islamic credentials of other governments, and by couching the idea of liberation in universal Islamic justice, Iran challenged the political status quo in nearby and distant countries alike. Professor R.K. Ramazani provides a useful explanation of the Iran’s ‘mission’ to spread their version of Islamic revolution:
Establishment of an Islamic world order
Simply stated, Iran must export the revolution both to pave the way for the ultimate establishment of an Islamic world order when the Mandi appears and to meet the more immediate, short-term need to make the Iranian regional environment safe for Iran’s power and for its new revolutionary ideology.1