Why does Iran have such a different relationship with the West from that of its Gulf Arab neighbours?

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: 68, , language: English, abstract: This essay intends to justify the differences of the Iran's relationship with the West in comparison with its Arab neighbours located in Persian Gulf. Such different outlook towards the West by Iran originates from the 1950 national state as well as 1979 Islamic revolution of Iran which will be going to discussed in this essay. Both political movements are rooted from and affected on Iranians outlooks and gradually reformed the relationship with the West. In fact, the relationship with the West is the response to the long-term western socio-political and cultural influence in Iran, more particularly about 30 years of US domination over the country. The main section will then explore the revolution itself and how this drastically changed Iran's foreign policy, with a look at the resulting Constitution and immediate aftermath. Finally, there will be a brief analysis of how relations stand more recently outlining and how further disagreements and ideological hostility continue to fuel the broken relations between the US and Iran. Whilst, charting the more up and down relations between Iran and the West/Europe which can be viewed as being on the mend.