The Islamic Revolution Approach

The Islamic Revolution Approach

Analyzing the decisions of international organizations regarding state terrorism with an emphasis on terrorist activities after the Islamic revolution

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Assistant professor, faculty member of Law Department, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction

Terrorism is one of the most important global dangers, which has been carried out for a long time either in the form of actions against ordinary people or political and military officials. With the formation of the nation-state in the modern era, violent acts in the form of terrorism entered another stage, and in this new procedure, countries tried either directly or by using forces in rival or enemy countries, do life against them. However, the approach of international organizations, including the United Nations and its related institutions, plays an important role in preventing or spreading terrorism in the world. Therefore, the present research aims to investigate and analyze the decisions of international organizations regarding state terrorism after the Islamic revolution. The question is, what role has international law, which is reflected in the decisions of international organizations, played on the challenge of state terrorism against the Islamic Republic of Iran? The hypothesis is that international law has a weakness due to the non-authoritarian and advisory aspect of its rulings and laws, as well as the lack of sufficient independence to deal with the political demands of its influential members, as well as the dual treatment of terrorism cases, which results in not addressing Terrorist activities against Iran have also had an effect.
 

Research background

 
Mansorel's article (2021) entitled "Fighting terrorism in East and North Africa; "Regional Perspective" has stated that the experience of political terrorism and violence in the Middle East during the years 1980 to 1990 indicates the adoption of an anti-terrorism strategy in the region, which also gives us valuable experiences. Among other things, based on the rules of the case that are used by the international assemblies and the member countries of these assemblies, in many cases, it is wrong strategies that are not only not effective, but sometimes have the opposite result. Yazdan-Panah Daro's article (2018) entitled "Tracing the root causes of the creation and growth of extremist and terrorist groups in the West Asian region" states that although terrorism has spread globally and has caused international concern, the causes its formation and fighting against it in a hasty and piecemeal manner has not worked. Basiri and Aghamohammadi's article (2016) under the title "The future of Middle East research in the next three decades; Analyzing the trends of countering terrorism at the international level", has addressed the role of the cooperation of the international community with the role of the United Nations. The authors concluded that strengthening solidarity, cohesion of the international community, more serious leadership of the United Nations, commitment to respect human rights in the fight against terrorism, acceptance of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, are among the best strategies for fighting terrorism in the future. Aghaei (2012) in the article "Analysis of Political-Legal Solutions to Counter International Terrorism" has paid attention to the political and legal dimensions and the role of great powers in countering terrorism. Also, the international legal mechanisms, which appear to be very powerful in theory, but in practice have problems in fighting terrorism. Eftekhari and Shabestani's article (2013) entitled "Strategy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Countering Terrorism" has concluded that the security of the Islamic Republic of Iran is linked to the phenomenon of terrorism and has been damaged by terrorism in a dual way.
 

Research method

In this article, critical theoretical framework and descriptive-analytical method are used.

The final result

the decisions of international organizations, including the United Nations, the Security Council, the Human Rights Council, and the International Court of Justice, show disregard for international principles and rules on the one hand, and the violation of rights and obligations towards member countries due to damages. Life and money are caused by terrorism. In some cases, for terrorist killings, the Security Council has initiated a special court (the case of Yugoslavia and Rwanda) and in the case of the assassination of Sardar Soleimani and even Iran's nuclear scientists, it has not even tried to convict. International institutional double standards show the relative weakness of countries' political influence and the use of terrorism as a tool, which drives its spread worldwide and the spread of terrorism victims. Violation of political sovereignty of countries, violation of independence and encroachment on their territory are among the achievements of this approach. It seems that the solution is to upgrade the judicial actions from the domestic level to the international level and give them a legal aspect. The country's diplomacy should focus on filing lawsuits in international legal institutions from a specialized aspect and refrain from accepting the positions of influential governments as rhetoric. Even filing a lawsuit to identify and introduce the perpetrators is a positive step, and you cannot refrain from filing these complaints on the pretext that powerful countries have international legal institutions to answer for their actions. Considering that the physical removal of the country's scientific, military and security capitals, taking action to increase the cost of terrorist acts for its perpetrators through proposals in legal forums or mutual response, can be on the agenda of legal diplomacy and military approach of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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