An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Resilience of the Islamic Republic of Iran to International Economic Sanctions(2006-2020)

National resilience is one of the issues that has attracted a lot of attention in recent years; One of the research concerns of political scientists has been the extent to which international systems can withstand international pressures and based on what indicators they can withstand and how they can return to their systemic equilibrium. Considering the application of a complex system of international sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, this article seeks to examine the factors influencing the country's national resilience in the international arena.

For this purpose, using the thematic analysis method, the existing literature was examined and all existing works in the field of research, including books, articles and doctoral thesis, were examined, which according to three indicators: The scientific validity of the place of publication, 17 research works were selected and studied.

The findings of this study indicate that the basic components of Iran's resilience to the International Sanctions Organization are the three areas of discourse, Iran's actions and the environmental characteristics of the international system. The main claim of this study is that each of these components has strong and constructive aspects, as well as reducing and destructively affecting national resilience. Economic, strengthening good governance, strengthening military deterrence, strengthening social capital, strengthening resistance discourse, making maximum use of multilateralist capacities in the international system, and weakening aspects of national resilience such as the spread of corruption in the national economy, and Western coalition power against Iran Find.