The Globe and Mail
e major powers led by the United States are busy negotiating a nuclear agreement with Tehran, Iran is driving toward regional supremacy throughout the Middle East,
directly challenging Saudi Arabia’s strategic interests.
Iran and Saudi Arabia, which have been at odds for decades, view themselves as defenders of Shia and Sunni Islam, respectively. Today, flashpoints in their regional power struggle stretch from Yemen to Syria as Iran supports Shia minorities and Saudi Arabia mobilizes to check Iran’s growing influence.
But the expanding rift threatens to tear the region apart.
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