چکیده:
Diplomatic relationship between Iran and the United Kingdom is one of the most heated debates in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic. The pros and cons of these relations have always been subject to argument and controversy among politicians and academics. This article seeks to analyze diplomatic ties between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Kingdom, applying the cost-benefit analysis method. In this relationship, the costs and benefits are discussed in three situations including the maintenance, downgrading, and rupture of diplomatic relations. The main question answered by the authors is how diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Kingdom can be analyzed according to the cost-benefit analysis method, and what costs and benefits can be brought about for Iran in case of the rupture, downgrading or maintenance of diplomatic relations with Britain. The final conclusion of this research suggests that under the current circumstances, downgrading diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom can lead to fewer costs and further benefits for the Islamic Republic of Iran in comparison to the other two options.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Actions taken by London under Brown between 2007 and 2010, among other things, include London’s significant role alongside Washington in sending Iran’s nuclear case from the IAEA to the UN Security Council and making efforts at adopting three sanctions resolutions against the Islamic Republic, removing the Mujahedin Khalgh Organization from the list of terrorist organizations, detention and trial of former a Iranian diplomat residing in Britain – Nosratollah Tajik – with charges of purchasing and transferring military equipment to Iran as well as David Miliband’s interventionist statements on Iran’s nuclear threat to the Middle East and Arab states of the Persian Gulf (Kouzehgar Kaleji, 2009: 28-29).
When the Iranian government decides to adopt the option of maintaining diplomatic relations, the most important benefits include: attracting economic benefits in light of expanded diplomatic relations; neutralizing the plans for isolating the Islamic Republic of Iran particularly after the September 11th events; reduction of political pressures especially in Iran’s nuclear file; playing a more significant role in regional affairs as pertaining to the Persian Gulf coastal states given the British influence in those countries; enhanced Iranian role in the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan and in regional stability and security in Iran’s surrounding area; maintenance of relations as a bargaining chip for exerting pressure on London; and, influencing the British media current towards Iran."