By ALI BLUWI | ARAB NEWS
Youssef Makki, a Saudi political analyst and secretary-general of the Center for Arab Unity Studies claimed that Arab states should collectively isolate Iran by reinforcing their own national unity.
“Iran has done what it takes to terminate the Shiite reference of Najaf, to dominate Iraq, and yet the Shiites are not under the influence of Iran,” Makki said in an interview with Arab News.
He said the majority of Arab Shiites are for restoring the Arabism of Iraq and for resisting American occupation. He also added that there were some objective reasons for the Arab Spring.
Nonetheless, aspects of external interference confirm the trend of targeting the wealth of Arab nations to implement a new Middle East project, he said.
Note by the editor: “Isolate Iran”? Is this what Muslim brotherhood is all about? Arab Shiites may be interested in restoring ‘Arabism’ of Iraq. My personal opinion is that this could be done without ‘isolating’ Iran, just by drawing Iran’s attention to the fact that Iraqi Shiahs and Iranian Shiahs can live next to each other on equal terms.
Categories: Asia, Iran, Islam, Saudi Arabia