Amid all the noise about Iran striking at sundry adversaries in Pakistan, Iraq and Syria, and backing armed proxies, the big question: what do the clerics gain from such disruptive activities in the region?
Former diplomat Dilip Sinha argues that the clerics see their nation as the major non-Arab and Shia force in a Sunni Arab sea...[read more]
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