علوم و فنون نظامی (Feb 2024)

"The impact of salafism threats in Iraq on the military security of the Islamic republic of Iran and providing a suitable strategy"

  • abbas jafarinia,
  • mohsen moradian,
  • Nader Torkashvand

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22034/qjmst.2024.561652.1772
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 66
pp. 5 – 39

Abstract

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Abstract One of the most important factors of sedition in the Islamic world is the emergence of Salafist thought. This current, as a system (belief and religion), has a special identity that, by polarizing the Islamic world, while distorting Islamic unity, can upset the stability and balance of Islamic societies and thus the security of Islamic countries by Faces a challenge. Iraq with its sensitive and geoplotical of position of deep interdependencies with Iran. According to the results, the situation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the face of takfiri currents in a state of aggression is mild and shows that; it is necessary to take maximum advantage of environmental opportunities and rely on strengths to deal with emerging environmental threats and improve the current state of regional defense performance. This study aims to achieve strategies to deal with the impact of salafism threats in Iraq on the military security of the Islamic republic of Iran. The present study is an application-developmental and descriptive method. Components of the impact of salafism threats in Iraq on military security, after studying the library and compiled for approval by experts, the components and indicators have been evaluated. Then, in order to evaluate the current situation and their importance, a questionnaire was prepared and distributed among the members of the community and the required data were collected. The descriptive statistics and inferential statistics section were analyzed and then using the SWOT method. Strategies are determined and finally prioritized using TOPSIS method.

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