OICC Press International Journal of Political Science 2228-6217 11 3 2021 09 01 Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Track Two Diplomacy in Iran-US Relations(With an Emphasis on Sports Diplomacy) 145 161 EN Soudabeh Mokhtari PhD candidate in International Relations, Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish Island, Iran Garineh Keshishyan Siraki Department of Political Science and International Relations, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Arsalan Ghorbani Sheikhneshin Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2021 09 01 Sports diplomacy is one of the Track Two diplomacy that helps countries in times when two countries cannot improve their relations through official diplomacy. The two countries of Iran and the United States faced many problems in their relations after the victory of the Islamic revolution in Iran, which made it impossible to continue cooperation with official diplomacy. Therefore, sports diplomacy under informal diplomacy and second track diplomacy has been considered in order to help improve the relations between the two countries, although in a very small measure. In line with this issue, in this article, the opportunities and challenges fac-ing the diplomacy of the Track Two in Iran-US relations (with an emphasis on sports diplo-macy) have been discussed and the relevant cases have been examined. In this article, the op-portunities, challenges, strengths and weaknesses in this field have been discussed by empha-sizing the theoretical framework of SWOT. The findings show that sports diplomacy between the two countries has been able to help improve relations at a very limited level.