Exporting Iran's Islamic revolution: Steering a path between Pan‐Islam and nationalism

The Role of Iran in Yemen Conflict 2014-2018. (An Analysis Of Constructivism)

“…This fact can be proven by the arrest of several people who converted to become Imami Shi'ites by the Yemeni government in 2009 . 12 libraries about women, and so on. This institution also has many branches spread across all provinces in Yemen, including Ja'fariyah School, The Yemeni Islamic Shiite Council, Naba'a Charitable Foundation, and so forth.…”

Nationalist Hegemony Over Islamist Dreams in Iran and Pakistan: Who Were Shariati and Maududi?

“…50–53) claims that Iranian nationalist identity was ignored after the revolution in favor of Islamic priorities (and as a result of the so‐called effects of Qutub's and Maududi's internationalist ideas on the Iranian elite), “the otherization of nationalism” is not clear at all. As Haggay Ram () states, “Exporting ( sodur ) the Islamic revolution is one of the chief pillars of Iran's revolutionary ideology” (p. 7).…”

“…The Iranian nationalist foreign policy was realized and reproduced itself during the Iran‐Iraq War without even questioning whether it matters which “Islamic” country rules over a “Muslim” land. Rather, they saw Iraq as a non‐Islamic state where the Iranian truth needed to be exported and thus justified both the war and the cease‐fire as being in “the interest of Islam and Muslims” (Ram, ). The harmonized points of Shiism, nationalism, and Islamism (like the views of Shariati) also shaped Khomeini's perception and thus Iranian national identity in the 1980s.…”

“…Haggay Ram () states that “despite the ulama 's millenarianism and commitment to an Islamic world order, nationalism has remained active in revolutionary Iran and continues as a major force in Iranian culture” (p. 16). He gives Iran's April 1992 takeover of Abu Musa, a strategic Persian Gulf island situated at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, as an example of the sustained centrality of nationalism in Iran.…”

“…He gives Iran's April 1992 takeover of Abu Musa, a strategic Persian Gulf island situated at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, as an example of the sustained centrality of nationalism in Iran. Ram () depicts a continuation in nationalist state policies between the Pahlavi regime and the Islamic Republic:

Iran's landing on Abu Musa and its assertiveness on the issue have had little to do with exporting the Islamic revolution or with the ulama 's supra‐nationalist vision. Rather, Iran's behavior and actions derived directly from its national‐strategic interests .

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