Demystifying United States’ ‘Iran Myth/s’: How Not, and How to Fix the Tehran Conundrum?

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Millennial Asia Pub Date : 2023-10-29 DOI:10.1177/09763996231195682

Arshid Iqbal Dar, Irfan UL Haq

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Abstract

This article explores United States’ Iran policy, especially the current debate over the revival of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that has gained momentum ever since Joe Biden became the new US president. Despite Biden’s initial desire to restore the nuclear deal, the trajectory so far has been that of a roller-coaster ride. The parties are yet to reach an agreement. While exploring why, this article argues that the United States has been entrapped into an intractable rivalry with Iran. In fact, many neoconservative academic and policymaking Iran hawks falsely portray Tehran as pursuing ‘regional hegemony’ and bringing back the dangerous ‘Persian Empire’ to encourage and favour a harsh policy towards Iran. Besides, the United States allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia also lured Washington to pursue aggressive policy towards Iran. However, as this article demonstrates these false narratives and myths while hurting the United States’ national interest blinds Washington to possible areas of mutual interest with Iran. The trajectory of JCPOA underscores this. Therefore, it is very crucial to scrutinize the ‘Iran myth/s’ and offer valuable lessons to the United States as to how not, and how to fix the Iran conundrum.

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揭秘美国的“伊朗迷思”:如何避免，如何解决德黑兰难题?

本文探讨了美国的对伊政策，尤其是拜登就任美国新总统后愈演愈烈的关于重启《联合全面行动计划》(JCPOA)的争论。尽管拜登最初希望恢复核协议，但迄今为止的轨迹就像坐过山车一样。双方尚未达成协议。在探究原因的同时，本文认为，美国已经陷入了与伊朗的棘手竞争中。事实上，许多新保守主义学者和伊朗政策制定鹰派错误地将德黑兰描绘成追求“地区霸权”，并带回危险的“波斯帝国”，以鼓励和支持对伊朗采取严厉政策。此外，美国的盟友如以色列和沙特阿拉伯也诱使华盛顿对伊朗采取侵略政策。然而，正如这篇文章所展示的，这些虚假的叙述和神话在损害美国国家利益的同时，蒙蔽了华盛顿与伊朗可能存在共同利益的领域。JCPOA的发展轨迹凸显了这一点。因此，审视“伊朗神话”并为美国提供宝贵的经验教训，以及如何解决伊朗难题，是非常重要的。

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期刊介绍： Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary, refereed biannual journal of the Association of Asia Scholars (AAS)–an association of the alumni of the Asian Scholarship Foundation (ASF). It aims to encourage multifaceted, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research on Asia, in order to understand its fast changing context as a growth pole of global economy. By providing a forum for Asian scholars situated globally, it promotes dialogue between the global academic community, civil society and policy makers on Asian issues. The journal examines Asia on a regional and comparative basis, emphasizing patterns and tendencies that go beyond national borders and are globally relevant. Modern and contemporary Asia has witnessed dynamic transformations in cultures, societies, economies and political institutions, among others. It confronts issues of collective identity formation, ecological crisis, rapid economic change and resurgence of religion and communal identifies while embracing globalization. An analysis of past experiences can help produce a deeper understanding of contemporary change. In particular, the journal is interested in locating contemporary changes within a historical perspective, through the use of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. This way, it hopes to promote comparative studies involving Asia’s various regions. The journal brings out both thematic and general issues and the thrust areas are: Asian integration, Asian economies, sociology, culture, politics, governance, security, development issues, arts and literature and any other such issue as the editorial board may deem fit. The core fields include development encompassing agriculture, industry, regional trade, social sectors like health and education and development policy across the region and in specific countries in a comparative perspective.

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