Consideration of the dispute between Iran and Saudi Arabia relations (2013-2018)

پژوهش نامه ایرانی سیاست بین الملل

Article 2, Volume 11, Issue 2 - Serial Number 22, March 2023, Pages 32-53   

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.22067/irlip.2022.75496.1247

Authors

rohollah eslami^{* 1}; Farideh Amani²

¹ferdowsi

²Graduate of International Relations, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Abstract

Iran and Saudi Arabia are among the most influential and important countries in the Middle East and in the larger geographical and ideological sphere of the Islamic world, which, following the victory of the Islamic Revolution, developed hostile and confrontational relations with each other. Different approaches of the two countries in regional and global issues, the efforts of the two countries to become the first power in the region, the two countries becoming a symbol of Shiite and Sunni religious poles, the positions of the two sides on regional crises It led to a less than positive relationship between the two countries and in some cases led to tensions and conflicts. In this regard, the authors seek to answer the fundamental question of why, despite the religious homogeneity and regional interests of Iran and Saudi Arabia, they continue to insist on their enmity? In response to the research question, based on the theoretical framework of ontological security, it is hypothesized that the commitment of Iran and Saudi Arabia to their enmity with each other has become commonplace, which provides their interests in a more favorable way for them. Both countries do not want to disrupt this normal process by changing their view of the other, so their conflict has an identity (structural) and ontological dimension. The research method in this research is interpretive and the method of data collection is library and articles, sites, etc.

Keywords

Iran; Saudi Arabia; Ontological Security; Conflict; Identity

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