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Georgia Straight - 9I制作厂免费 Law professor Payam Akhavan says Iran holds key to democracy in the Middle East
Published: 5 January 2012
A 9I制作厂免费 law professor says that Iran and Saudi Arabia are engaged in a 鈥減roxy war鈥 for control over large parts of the Middle East. And the impact is being felt in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria. Bahrain, and Afghanistan, where Shiite and Sunni Muslims are often engaged in violent confrontations.
鈥淭hese are often power struggles between Iran and Saudi Arabia,鈥 Payam Akhavan, an Iranian-born expert on international human-rights and criminal law, told the Georgia Straight during a recent visit to Vancouver. 鈥淭he Saudis are more than happy to eliminate Iran as a rival, but I think the biggest threat to Saudi Arabia will be when Iran becomes a secular democracy.鈥