The Sultanate of Oman s foreign Policy towards the Islamic of Iran (1979_2007Ad)

Abstract

The relationship between the Sultanate of Oman and Iran is distinct from that of other Gulf Cooperation  Council (GCC) countries in terms of historical political relations. What distinguished this  relationship was the geographical factor and the nature of the Sultanate of Oman s foreign policy , especially when Sultan Qaboos bin Said took over the Sultanate of Oman and made its foreign policy a starting point for a prudent policy , making its relationship whith Iran a focus of regional and international that it expressed since the advent of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 . the location of the Sultanate of Oman in the Arabian Gulf made it between the two major poles of conflict in the Gulf and the region Iran and Sauadi Arabia  despite this it was able to maintain a balanced policy towards Iran as the Sultanate of Oman was able to adopt a balanced position in its foreign policy , unlike the rest of the countries in the region , at a time when the middle East witnessed many events and experiences that made some countries seek to find a space for alliances and join them . the Sultanate of Oman is considered among all the Gulf cooperation Council countries to be the most comfortable country towards Iran this is a result of the balanced behavior that the Sultanate of oman follows in its foreign policy towards Iran as a way to maintain its security because it does not see , in light of its capabilities to deter military threats rather , by managing the threads of balance through calming external threats in the Arabian Gulf it seeks as much as possible to be a source of regional and international trust in order to maintain a balance between the conflicting interests of its neighbors and its supreme national interest represented by its security within a foreign policy that places national intersts and avoiding conflicts as a fundamental goal in its orientations , even after the invasion of Iraq by the United states of America in 2003 , to the liberation of the British sailors hostages in 2007 and the effective role the Sultanate of Oman in resolving these crises.