The facilitating role of sport in foreign relations of the US and Iran

O papel de facilitador do esporte nas relações externas dos EUA e do Irã

Authors

  • Amirhosein Monazami 1Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Lavizan, Tehran, Iran
  • Mahdi Shariati Feizabad University of Tehran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2317-773X.2020v8n2p103-119

Keywords:

United States, Iran, West, Sports Diplomacy, Olympic

Abstract

The soft power of the Islamic Republic of Iran, after fourteen years of it’s revolution, has been influenced by various macro and micro concepts that have been repeatedly challenged by Western countries, especially the United States; So, Islamic Republic of Iran, in light of recent years' successes in the international field of sports, including seventeenth among the 206 countries in the Olympic 2012 can use this capacity to expand its interactions in the international arena. The purpose of the present study was initially to explore the concepts of strengthening Iran's soft power through sport and to design a favorable paradigm for the development of diplomatic relations with Western countries, especially the United States. Then, SPSS and PLS software were used to investigate the correlation between variables based on Spearman test, exploratory factor analysis and finally structural and interpretive modeling of independent and dependent variables. The findings showed that seven factors of economic development, religious flow, transformation and communication, cultural exchange, national unity, political currents and peacebuilding were in four levels influenced by Iran's international sporting environment.

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Author Biographies

Amirhosein Monazami, 1Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Lavizan, Tehran, Iran

Assistance Prof. Department of Sport Sciences, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran. He was born in 11 March 1978 in Alashtar from Iran. BA: Islamic Azad University, Iran MA: University of Tehran, Iran PhD: University of Tehran, Iran Research Interest: Sport Events National Volleyball Player of I.R. Iran Corresponding Author.

Mahdi Shariati Feizabad, University of Tehran

Assistance Prof. Department of Physical Education, Technical and Vocational University, Tehran, Iran. He was born in 21 April 1987 in Mashhad from Iran. BA: University of Tehran, Iran MA: University of Tehran, Iran PhD: University of Tehran, Iran. Research Interest: Sport Diplomacy

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2020-07-31

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Monazami, A., & Shariati Feizabad, M. (2020). The facilitating role of sport in foreign relations of the US and Iran : O papel de facilitador do esporte nas relações externas dos EUA e do Irã. Estudos Internacionais: International Relations Journal of PUC Minas, 8(2), 103–119. https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2317-773X.2020v8n2p103-119

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020): ESTUDOS INTERNACIONAIS - JULHO

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