Iran’s revolution bridged sectarian rift before deepening it
Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:18:35 +0000
Islamists initially saw Iran’s revolution as the start of an effort to push out the strongman Arab nationalism that had taken hold across the Middle East. But those divisions now feel inflamed by the sectarian bloodshed that followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Syria’s long civil war and the regional rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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