IRANIAN POLITICAL ISLAM AND THE YEMENI CRISIS
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2019-15-2-135-150
Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of the features of a rather specifi c project of Islamism promoted by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iranian Islamism is based on the ideas of Ayatollah Khomeini about the ideal “Islamic state”, in which Islam has close contact with politics, with the government of the country. However, after the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the country’s new elite became more pragmatic about the mission of spreading the Shi‘ite version of Islam. In particular, emphasis was placed on rapprochement with those countries and groups that showed friendly feelings to Tehran. In many respects this concerned the countries of the Arab region in which the Shi‘a community was present or prevailed. One of these states is Yemen. In particular, Iran’s participation in the Yemeni crisis, in which Tehran is trying to strengthen its own positions and prevent the strengthening of Saudi positions in Yemen by means of the Zaydi group of the Houthi, is being considered.
About the Author
T. R. KHAIRULLIN
Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
junior research fellow, Centre for Civilizational and Regional Studies
30/1, Spiridonovka str., Moscow, 123001, Russian Federation
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KHAIRULLIN T.R. IRANIAN POLITICAL ISLAM AND THE YEMENI CRISIS. Islam in the modern world. 2019;15(2):135-150. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2019-15-2-135-150
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