General Policies of Energy in the Intellectual System of Imam Khamenei, Challenges and Opportunities

Naderi, Mahdi; Farzollahi, Sardar

doi:10.22050/pbr.2024.461930.1338

General Policies of Energy in the Intellectual System of Imam Khamenei, Challenges and Opportunities

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mahdi Naderi ¹

Sardar Farzollahi ²

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, school of Law and Political Science, Shiraz University, Iran

² Ph.D. student of political studies of the Islamic Revolution at Shahid University

https://doi.org/10.22050/pbr.2024.461930.1338

Abstract

Energy is a strategic commodity and ensuring its stable supply is considered an important issue for governments. Oil and gas, as the two main sources of energy, have played a serious role in the world's energy supply in the last century, and statistics show that these sources, especially gas, will continue to play a serious role in the world economy in the next few decades (History). Meanwhile, general energy policies can be examined as one of the extracts of Imam Khamenei's political-economic thought and the challenges and opportunities (issue). The main question of the article is: What is the place of general energy policies in the political-economic thought of Imam Khamenei and why did some address it? For this purpose, descriptive-analytical method and reference to related documents have been used (method). The result is that from this point of view, Imam Khamenei was able to intelligently guide different managers and governments towards using the general policies in order to manage and rebuild the country's economy in a way that is not influenced by foreign impulses. However, in this framework, the country has also faced some problems (result).

Highlights

Iran’s position and importance in the field of energy are unique in the world.
Iran’s general energy policies, announced by the Supreme Leader, are policy-making and decision-making documents in the field of energy.
The implementation of this policy in the field of energy comes with opportunities and challenges.
Recognizing opportunities and solving challenges are required for planning to operationalize energy policies in Iran

Keywords

Imam Khamenei

General Policy

Eenergy Diplomacy

Energy

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Subjects

Law Studies

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