DEDICATION/9

Preface/11

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS/17

CHAPTER 1/19

1.1 Oil of Life/19

1-2 Oil in Academic/22

1-3 Oil and OPEC/23

1-4 Oil Embargo 1973/23

1-5 Oil and Middle East/24

1-6 Iran –U.S and Oil/26

1-7 Oil “Political Weapons/27

1-8 Oil” Relationship/27

1-9 Interaction of Oil and Foreign Policy/30

1-10 Definition of Concept/32

CHAPTER 2/35

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW/35

2.1 The Origin of Foreign Policy in Iran/35

2.1.1 The Period of Arabs Dominate (651-820)./36

2. 1.2 The Periods Iran Native Empires (820-1258)/36

2.1.3 The Domination of Mogul (1258-1502)/37

2.1.4 The Safavid Dynasty and Foreign Policy in Iran/37

2.1.5 Foreign Policy of Qajar Dynasty/41

2.1.6 The Role of Nasser-e-Din Shah's in Iran/44

2.2 Discovery of Oil in Iran/48

2.2.1 First Middle East Oil/50

2.2.2 Anglo – Iranian Oil Company (AIOC)/51

2.2.3 Export Operations in Iran Refinery/52

2.2.4 The Second World and Oil/54

2.2.5 Nationalization of Oil & the Role of Dr Mosaddeg/54

2.2.6 The Uprising of 1952/56

2.2.7 Oil Bill and Company Agreements/57

2.2.8 The Islamic Revolution and Oil/58

2-2-9 Iran’s Condition of Oil and Gas/61

2-2-9-1 Oil/62

2-2-9-2 Upstream Projects, New Developments/63

2-2-9-3 Export Terminals/64

2-2-9-4 Natural Gas/65

2-2-9-5 South Pars/662.2.10 Ministry of Petroleum/66

2.3 Study on Foreign Policy in Iran/70

CHAPTER 3/75

3-1 Iran’s Information/75

3.2 Methodology and   Analyzing/77

3.3 Theoretical Framework/79

3.3.1 Realism Theory/79

3.3.2 Idealist Approach/83

3.3.3 Rentier State Theory/84

CHAPTER 4/87

4.0 Effective Factors on Foreign Policy in Iran/87

4.1 Geographic Location/87

4.2 Natural Resources/89

4.3 Population/90

4.4 Industrial Capacity/91

4.5 Military Power/91

4.6 Diplomacy/92

4.7 Leadership/92

4.8 Technology/93

4.9 International System/93

4.10 Internal and External Elements/94

4.11 Politics Elements/94

4.12 Public Opinions/94

4.13 Political Parties/95

4.14 Nuclear/95

4.15 Ideology/96

4.16 National Interest/96

4.17 The Constitution Law of Iran's Foreign Policy/97

CHAPTER 5/101

5.0 Oil  and Foreign Policy/101

5.1 Oil and Foreign Policy of Mohammad Reza Shah/101

5.2 Islamic Revolution and the Second Oil Shock/104

5.2.1 U.S.A – Islamic Republic – Oil/110

5.3 Iraq War – Iran – Oil the Foreign Policy/111

5.3.1 Cooperation Council of the Persian Gulf/113

5.3.2 War of Oil Tankers and Internationalization/114

5.4 Construction Periods Hashemi Rafsanjani – Oil – Politics & Foreign Relations/119

5.4.1 The Important Executive Projects/121

5.5 Iran & OPEC/123

5.6 The Effective Factors on Changes of the Foreign Policies in
Iran/124

5.7 U.S.A – Oil in Persian Gulf – Bilateral Control by Iran & Iraq................. 125

5.8 Iran & Countries of the Persian Gulf/125

5.9 Damato Rules & Oil Sanction of Iran/126

5.10 Restrictions (limitation) of Foreign Investment of Oil in Iran................ 127

5.11 Iran & Europe/128

5.11.1 Differences of Iran & Europe/129

5.12 1997, Periods of Khatami President, Oil & Europe/130

5-12-1 Dialogue Among Civilizations/131

5-12-2 After Khatami, Election of Dr Mahmood  Ahmadinejad........ 134

CHAPTER 6/137

6.0 Conclusion/137

6.1 Suggestions & Recommended/141

Bibliography/143