Explaining the role of regional military and security factors affecting the defense strategy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in West Asia

This research tries to identify and prioritize the military and security environmental factors affecting the country's defense strategy in West Asia. For better understanding, the interaction model of system and environment was used. The research method is mixed (qualitative and quantitative) that through library study and the use of an expert panel, the indicators were identified in three aspects of structure, process and actor, and their importance was determined through a questionnaire. The results of the research show that out of 57 identified factors, 20 factors are related to the structure, 12 factors are related to the process, and 25 factors are related to the actor in the two areas of threat and opportunity. The priority of the indicators also showed that in terms of "structure" in the field of threat, it represents "the enigmatic structure of security in the region based on arms races between actors" and in the field of opportunity, it represents "the networking of the regional deterrence system based on linking different links and axes to control the enemy and neutralizing their actions" in the face of "trend" in the field of threat representing "increasing interactions of the Zionist regime with some regional governments" and in the field of opportunity representing "increasing the process of participation of popular forces in national defense against the Western invaders" and in the face of "actor" in The field of threat representing "the establishment of US military bases and locations in the peripheral environment of the Islamic Republic of Iran" and the field of opportunity representing "the failure of the Americans to achieve the goals outlined in the region and the failure in Afghanistan and Iraq to achieve the military goals" as the most important military and security factors affecting The defense strategy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in West Asia was chosen.