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Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs

Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs

The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Yemen Crisis

Document Type : Original Article

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PhD in International Relations, National Defense University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/irfa.2026.569290.1317
Abstract
In recent decades, Yemen has continuously been an arena for complex conflicts and confrontations among political-religious groups, tribes, and domestic actors. Furthermore, the country's geopolitical and strategic location has prompted extensive intervention by foreign powers, particularly Saudi Arabia and the United States, in its domestic affairs. Meanwhile, the religious affinities between the Ansarullah movement and the Islamic Republic of Iran, coupled with Tehran's political and media support, have reinforced perceptions and assumptions regarding a religious and geopolitical rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia as two pivotal regional actors. Additionally, the prospect of a government aligned with Iran emerging in Yemen—a country historically perceived by Riyadh as its strategic backyard—has intensified Saudi Arabia's security and political anxieties. Nevertheless, the Islamic Republic of Iran defines its engagement in Yemen's developments and revolution, much like its other foreign policy domains, based on the discourse of the Islamic Revolution; a discourse that aims to support popular demands, restore the violated rights of the Yemeni nation, and counter foreign hegemony and intervention. Utilizing an analytical-explanatory method, this study seeks to answer the pivotal question: What are the foreign policy strategies of the Islamic Republic of Iran within the Yemeni Axis of Resistance? The findings indicate that by assessing the opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses of its influence in Yemen, Iran employs a combination of political, economic, cultural, and military-security strategies. Through supporting aligned political groups and factions, Iran endeavors to shift the regional balance of power in favor of the Yemeni Front of Resistance.
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Article Title Persian

ارزیابی راهبردهای سیاست خارجی جمهوری اسلامی ایران در قبال بحران یمن

Author Persian

ناصر حضی نیا
دانش آموخته دکتری روابط بین الملل، دانشگاه عالی دفاع ملی، تهران، ایران.
Abstract Persian

یمن در دهه‌های اخیر به‌طور مستمر صحنه تعارض‌ها و منازعات پیچیده میان گروه‌های سیاسی ـ مذهبی، قبایل و بازیگران داخلی بوده است. افزون بر این، موقعیت ژئوپلیتیکی و راهبردی این کشور موجب شده تا قدرت‌های خارجی، به‌ویژه عربستان سعودی و ایالات متحده آمریکا، به‌طور گسترده در تحولات داخلی آن مداخله کنند. در این میان، اشتراکات مذهبی جنبش انصارالله با جمهوری اسلامی ایران، همراه با حمایت‌های سیاسی و رسانه‌ای تهران، زمینه‌ساز تقویت برداشت‌ها و شائبه‌هایی مبنی بر رقابت مذهبی و ژئوپلیتیکی میان ایران و عربستان سعودی به‌عنوان دو بازیگر مهم منطقه‌ای شده است. همچنین، احتمال شکل‌گیری حکومتی نزدیک به ایران در یمن -که از منظر راهبردی حیات خلوت عربستان محسوب می‌شود- بر سطح نگرانی‌های امنیتی و سیاسی ریاض افزوده است. با این حال، جمهوری اسلامی ایران نقش‌آفرینی خود در تحولات و انقلاب یمن را همانند سایر عرصه‌های سیاست خارجی، مبتنی بر گفتمان انقلاب اسلامی تعریف می‌کند؛ گفتمانی که هدف آن حمایت از مطالبات مردمی، احقاق حقوق تضییع‌شده ملت یمن و مقابله با سلطه و مداخله خارجی است. این پژوهش با بهره‌گیری از روش تحلیلی ـ تبیینی در پی پاسخ به این پرسش محوری است که راهبردهای سیاست خارجی جمهوری اسلامی ایران در جبهه مقاومت یمن کدام‌اند. یافته‌های تحقیق نشان می‌دهد که ایران با در نظر گرفتن فرصت‌ها، تهدیدها، نقاط قوت و ضعف نفوذ خود در یمن، از مجموعه‌ای از راهبردهای سیاسی، اقتصادی، فرهنگی و نظامی ـ امنیتی بهره می‌گیرد و از طریق حمایت از گروه‌ها و جریان‌های سیاسی همسو می‌کوشد موازنه قدرت منطقه‌ای را در جبهه مقاومت یمن به نفع خود تغییر دهد.

Keywords Persian

"جمهوری اسلامی ایران"
"عربستان سعودی"
" جمهوری یمن"
"انصارالله"
"محور مقاومت"
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Volume 16, Issue 2 - Serial Number 42
December 2025
Pages 381-400

  • Receive Date 29 December 2025
  • Revise Date 21 January 2026
  • Accept Date 16 February 2026