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Vol. 2, No. I (Summer 2000):1-38 to our approach to international organizations, mutual relations with Europe or our outlook towards the Arab world and our definition of national security changed in terms of tone and content or are they just a reflection of the tone of the government of President Khatami which areappealing to the world or whether changes are really seen in these policies.
In the last two years of Mr. Hashemi's tenure, though the government's efforts were concentrated on addressing domestic periodical needs and easing concerns on the basis of the situation, construction was considered a principle from an economic point of view, thus sidelining the cultural and political issues.
Considering the slogan of construction aimed at encouraging production in the society, the country's foreign policy had to be viewed from an economic perspective to an extent that the performance of an ambassador was evaluated by his economic success or in other words his success in attracting foreign investments or encouraging foreign companies to participate in Iran's reconstruction projects, while, Mr. Khatami has introduced the well-defined slogan of all-out development to the international community with political and cultural development being given the top priority.
The fact that Mr. Khatami had a constructive and positive intention, that he generalized it to the development of our foreign policy and that he intends to give our country's relations with other states a logical shape is out of the question.