Iran As a Regional Power

This thesis addresses position of Iran in the Middle East and is trying to find out whether Iran is regional power or not. In the first part the key concepts for defining regional power are explained. Because of absence of unified view on phenomenon of regional power, our own characteristics of it are introduced. Second part is focused on Iran and its position as an actor of international relations in five areas: identity, geopolitical position, foreign policy, regional security and economy. In next part the characteristics of regional power defined in the first part are applied on the findings about Iran. Based on this application, the thesis comes to an opinion that Iran can be marked as regional power. However, it still faces challenges, which are shortly indicated in the final part of the thesis