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Iran and the West

Coexisting and competing with an ideological challenge.

Street art in Iran.
Irans relationship to and the West and in praticular the Unites States, is a recurring topic in Iranian street art.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) bases its foreign policy on revolutionary (tiers mondialist), Islamist and nationalist principles. Contradictions are solved according to "expedient interests of the system".

What are the prospects of rapprochement with the West?

Lecturer: Dr. Walter Posch, National Defence Academy, Vienna
Moderator: Kjetil Selvik, CMI