Abstract:
Islamic Republic of Iran is among the very few states which has established strong amicable relations with both North and South Korea and maintains these relationships over the years despite all of the difficulties. On the other hand, intensification of crisis in Korean peninsula and the continuing debates on its reunification can deeply affect the national interests of Islamic Republic of Iran due to the uncertainty of Korean peninsula future and the power relations in it. The authors believe that, Korean reunification will bring about both opportunities and challenges for Islamic Republic of Iran as well as the global and regional powers; however, there is a great possibility that fulfillment of this reunification restricts our national interest in the peninsula, rather than its reinforcement. In this regard, the present essay in addition to reviewing the background of Islamic Republic of Iran's relations with both North and South Korea, will evaluate the most likely and significant scenarios of Korean reunification, and thus, it will consider the probable impacts of this event on the national interests of Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Potential Effects of Korean Unification on the National Interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Shahmoradi MA graduate in Regional Studies, Faculty of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Hassan Sheikh al-Islami Associate Professor, Department of Diplomacy and International Organizations, Faculty of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Received date: 2019/02/10 Accepted date: 2019/06/23 Abstract The Islamic Republic of Iran is among the few countries that has been able to establish friendly and strong relations with both North and South Korea and, over many years, despite all existing problems, has worked to maintain these relations.
The reunification of the two Koreas is a mixture of immense opportunities and dangerous challenges for both countries and also for the main powers involved in its issues, including the United States of America, the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Russian Federation, of which each party is well aware, and it is based on this very uncertainty about the future of the peninsula that both sides evade adopting an active approach toward the unification of the two Koreas.
On this basis, from the beginning of the raising of the Iranian nuclear issue at the 2003 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Seoul sent messages based on maintaining balance in its relations to Tehran, and since then, South Korea's policy regarding the Iranian nuclear file has been mainly based on following the mandatory sanctions 227 Potential effects of Korean unification on the national interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran ......................................................
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