the relationship between efficiency and national security of the islamic republic of iran

abstractexamine the concept of national security in a country, its nature, and consistency of its constituent elements and components as well as the factors threatening it requires a logical, coherent and systematic definition that will help us to have a correct analysis of the country’s situation once that definition is into practice. hence, research on the national security of the islamic republic of iran should be done through a scientific approach that takes into account the nature of its singularity and uniqueness. criticizing mainstream theories of national security analysis in iran, the present article seeks to provide a theoretical framework based on binary relationship and the interaction between state and society on the basis of efficiency or inefficiency of the state. this article is an attempt to answer the question of what the most important factor threatening the national security of iran is. the findings show that the ineffectiveness of the state is the most important factor that threatens the national security of the islamic republic of iran