Iran Loses Its Sectarian Bet

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For over four decades, the Iranian regime has treated Shiites outside its borders as a political extension of itself, not as citizens of sovereign states. It sought to use Shiism as a tool for loyalty to Tehran and religious affiliation as a means to infiltrate Arab countries and control their decisions. This was not merely a miscalculation, but a systematic project to expand Iranian influence at the expense of regional stability and the soverei…