Iranian strategies towards Arabian Gulf countries

The main aim of the study was to shed light on the political, economic and social strategies followed by Iran towards the Gulf Arab countries, affecting their security and stability. The study was based on quantitative method by distributing a hand-held survey to a random sample of Baghdad University students. The study concluded that there is a statistically significant negative relationship between the political, social and economic strategies of the Arabian Gulf states and their security and stability. The study also found that each of the economic and political strategies pursued by Iran had a statistically significant negative impact on the security and stability of the Arabian Gulf states. On the other hand, the results show that the social strategies followed by Iran have a negative impact on the security and stability of the Arabian Gulf states, but this impact is not statistically significant since the p value is greater than 5%. The first and second hypotheses were accepted, and the third hypothesis was rejected.