Comparative study of place of foreign policy in Constitution of Iran with America, France, India, Turkey and Afghanistan

The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran which was codified and enacted after victory of Islamic Revolution was majorly affected by religious teachings and Islamic ideology. In this Constitution, foreign policy is one of the categories which has attracted much attention and has gained a special place so that this foreign policy as a revolutionary nature and affected by ideological space of the regime intends to delineate special strategy in foreign relations of Iran with governmental and nongovernmental actors , international and regional institutions and even issues and subjects of Iran , Islam world and Muslims and international system by designing ideal society and presenting new behavioral patterns. In this research, formation of foreign policy in Constitution of Iran in stage of enactment and revision is discussed in addition to study of Agency-Structuretheory. It is highly important to compare place of foreign policy in two constitutions and the current system which have been studied in another part of the paper and specifications and approaches of each case are discussed. In the last part of the paper, place of foreign policy in Constitution of America, France, India, Turkey and Afghanistan is studied compared with Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran. Methodologically, this research was conducted with comparative studies and content analysis of constitutions.