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This has been pointed out several hundred times before this article, but it boils down to how is the fact that Iranians are Persian seperates them from general Arab politics and mentality?

It means that Iran is viewed with suspicion and fear by nations like Egypt and Saudi Arabia. They don't see Iran's growing nuclear capability, Iran's proxy war for Lebanon through Hezbollah, and Iran's threats to close the Straits of Hormuz as wins for global Islam - they see them as part of the Persian strategy to dominate the Mideast and the Arab world. Meanwhile, Iranians are not Arabs - they are more Westernized than the average Arab and reportedly the average Iranian doesn't have the kind of hatred for America that Iranian leadership or the average Arab do. There are divisions to be exploited for those who can make the distinction.

All theory based. Reality is that all Muslim countries are distrustful of others and there is even a larger split than Shiite and Sunni (Qahtan and Adnan). We heard the same thing about Iraq and frankly I just don't see Persians being anymore cosmopolitan than Arabs given their actions after the Ayatollah was thrust into power. Seemed like they were more than happy to go along with the edicts.

Understand that all Iranians are not like this, but unfortunately the moderates are usually the ones that like to see others do their dirty work and are unwilling to sacrifice to take their country back.