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Examining the causes and factors of Hexagonal terrorism against the Islamic Republic of Iran by taking advantage of the mainstream doctrines of terrorism studies and the method of "Analytical Eclecticism"

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Nima Rezaei 1
Ramin Mahmoudi 2
1 Associate Professor, Department of International Relations , Faculty of Law and Political Science, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
2 MA
Abstract
 Drying the roots of terrorism requires that it be addressed to the underlying causes and factors of terrorism, which will not be possible except by the use of deep and vibrant theories. If the Security Council, the Ministry of Intelligence, the IRGC Intelligence Organization, Military Forces, judiciary, law enforcement force (police) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs are involved in the offensive anti-terrorist measures of the National Security Council, the removal of the causes and underlying factors of terrorism requires the determination of all sovereign (legal, executive and judicial) devices. The main aim of the current research is to extract the causes and factors of Hexagonal terrorism against the Islamic Republic of Iran by taking advantage of "Analytical  Eclecticism" method to manage them based on the insights obtained. The findings of the current study suggest that the causes and factors of Hexagonal terrorism against the Islamic Republic of Iran are ten factors that include 1) external causes and factors; 2) psychological causes and factors; 3) organizational causes and factors; 4) economic causes and factors; 5) historical causes and factors; 6) social causes and factors; (7 cultural causes and factors; (8 technical causes and factors; (9 political causes and factors and religious causes and factors. The relevant data is extracted and collected from web-based (internet) sources and libraries. The methodology of the study consists of three profound and deep theories, including the theory of “Audrey Kurth Cronin,” the theory of “200 prominent researchers and the terrorist expert at the Madrid conference in March 2005,” and the theory of “Brinyar Lia”, all of which are among the main trend of terrorism studies.
Keywords
Terrorism
the main trend of terrorism studies
Hexagonal terrorism
the Islamic Republic of Iran
the causes and factors of terrorism
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