Iranian Policy and Activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina Cover Image

Íránská politika a angažmá v Bosně a Hercegovině
Iranian Policy and Activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Josef Kraus
Subject(s): Politics and religion
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Iran; Balkans; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Islam; Shia; Regional Politics

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is an analysis of the Iranian policy towards the region of Western Balkans, mainly the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, since the early 1990s until present days. The security and political dimensions of mutual relation between Iran and Bosnia and Herzegovina are examined. This country has been on the focus of Iranian foreign policy for decades. The article maps Iranian political, religious and cultural activities in the country during and after the civil war. One of the main outcomes of the text is the analysis of stagnation, and we might say even fall of Iranian influence in the region caused by changing of the international atmosphere, Iranian regime itself and the decline of Iranian money flow to Bosnia and Herzegovina caused by problematic economic situation in the Islamic Republic suffering the lack of sources.

  • Issue Year: XX/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 222-232
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech