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Short answer
It’s not just Israel or the West that should be concerned about the Iranian regime — the Muslim world should be, too. Iran’s Shiite theocracy doesn’t simply oppose “Zionists”; it views many Sunni Muslims as enemies and heretics. From Syria to Yemen, Iran has fueled brutal sectarian wars, backing Shiite militias that have targeted and massacred Sunni civilians.
It arms Hezbollah, the Houthis, and sectarian groups in Iraq, Syria, and Bahrain — not to defend Islam, but to impose its radical vision of Shiite dominance across the region. Sunni-majority nations like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Jordan have experienced this threat firsthand.
Long answer
It’s not just Israel or the West that should be worried about Iran’s regime — the entire Muslim world should. Iran’s leaders don’t just practice Shiism; they
export a radical, militant version that sees many Sunni Muslims as enemies or heretics. And they don’t just preach it. They wage war to spread it.In Iraq, Iran-backed militias like Kata’ib Hezbollah and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq have carried out brutal attacks against Sunni civilians, looted villages, and torched homes. Even after ISIS was pushed out. Human Rights Watch called it collective punishment
.In Syria, Iran helped prop up Assad by sending in thousands of Hezbollah fighters and foreign Shiite militias from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The result? Mass killings of Sunnis, emptied towns, and sectarian cleansing just to keep Assad in control and expand Iran’s influence.
In Yemen, Iran’s support for the Houthi rebels — a radical Shiite group — turned a political crisis into a brutal civil war. The Houthis bomb Sunni mosques, target civilians, and use Iranian-supplied missiles and drones, sparking one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.
In Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, Iran has backed armed Shiite cells, stirred unrest, and even launched missiles at Saudi oil infrastructure.Sunni-majority countries aren’t imagining this. From Egypt and Jordan to the Gulf states, many see Iran as a destabilizing force trying to export its revolution across the region through terrorism and violence.
Even extremist Sunni groups like ISIS and the Taliban see Iran as a threat. That doesn’t make them right, it just show how far Iran’s ambitions reach.
Iran’s regime doesn’t want peace or unity in the Muslim world. It wants domination. It uses religion to divide, not unite. And it doesn’t just fight Israel — it fights anyone, Sunni, Shia, or secular, who won’t bow to its radical rule.
