To view Iran’s foreign policy posture as strictly a state sponsor of terrorism is short-sighted and fails to appropriately capture the comprehensive nature of how Iran operates. Iran’s strategy is sophisticated and nuanced, using tactics including soft power and various economic support structures to further its aims.Iran’s grand strategy is intended to achieve absolute security, defined as the ability to thwart its adversaries’ ability to overturn its regime or invade Iran militarily. Related goals are preserving the country’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national unity, as well as keeping the country free from foreign interference, especially American interference…