Iran's objectives and approach towards Afghanistan

  • Sahibzada Usman University of Pisa

Abstract

This paper emphasizes how Iran created a "brotherhood sense" node with its Afghanistan audience. Iran's affinity with Afghanistan makes it possible for Iran to express its foreign policy priorities by demonstrating how Iranian presence favors the Afghan people and appeals for current Afghan ideals. This paper also finds that Iran devotes significant resources to these discourses through different institutions in Afghanistan. These activities' main focus is on language, educational, and cultural concerns, which draw on the popular relations between the Afghan audience and Iran. Finally, this analysis reveals the geopolitical calculation of Iran's response to soft power. Iran uses soft influence specifically, which breaks from the original concept. Activity by Iran indicates that the origins of attraction can be built by speeches focused on each target audience.

Published
2021-01-25
Section
Articles