Author: Raz Zimmt
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Tehran anxiously examining Assad’s fall amid fears of ‘Syrization’
Analysis: Iran intensely studying reasons behind Syrian leader’s ouster amid fears of brewing revolution against Islamic regime; those looking for a sliver of hope for social and political reforms won’t find it in Khamenei’s rhetoric Many Iranians were taken aback by instances of vandalism and violence during the wave of protests that swept through Iran in…
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The rise and fall of Iran’s Shia Crescent
Opinion: While it is premature to dismiss Iran’s influence in the Middle East, the collapse of the Assad regime has placed its ‘Axis of Resistance’ in unprecedented jeopardy In February 2013, Mehdi Taeb, a radical Iranian cleric, told a student conference supporting the Iranian regime that “Syria is Iran’s 35th province” and declared it held…