Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of International Relations, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor at International Relations Dep., Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.( corresponding author).

3 Assistant Professor at International Relations Dep., Imam Sadiq (AS) University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

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Cultural diplomacy is the architecture of a two-way highway in order to create channels to introduce the true image and values ​​of a nation, and at the same time, trying to correctly receive true images from other nations and understand their values. Examining the quantitative and qualitative levels of our country's relations with Europe indicates that cultural diplomacy, as it should, has not been able to help official diplomacy and help as a catalyst to facilitate and deepen relations. This article aims to explain the obstacles and harms faced by this approach in relations with Europe, especially Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, and in this regard, it discusses the opinions of some cultural diplomacy custodians and at the end presents There are solutions and suggestions to remove the obstacles and reduce the negative effects in the field of cultural diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the face of Iranphobia in Europe.

Keywords: cultural diplomacy, foreign policy, Iranophobia, international relations, European Union

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