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Video: Behind Iranian Escalation in the Persian Gulf
(Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Dore Gold - Iran is driven by an expansionist doctrine to export the Iranian Revolution. In 2015, Iranian Quds Force Commander Qassem Suleimani admitted, "We are witnessing the export of the Iranian Revolution throughout the region, from Bahrain and Iraq to Syria, Yemen, and North Africa." In Syria and Iraq, the export of the revolution has led to the massive expulsion of Sunni Arabs to Europe, and their replacement with Shiites from Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Iranians have been attacking Western shipping in the Persian Gulf since the mid-1980s. This has nothing to do with nuclear agreements or disagreements. It does have to do with Iran's quest for regional hegemony. The writer is President of the Jerusalem Center.