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Source: http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/712781
Iran's Hunger for Regional Hegemony
(Arab News-Saudi Arabia) Abdulrahman Al-Rashed - Iran's leadership does not hide its aspiration to expand and export its revolution to the region. Its fingerprints are everywhere. Iran is directly fighting in Syria and Iraq, and has proxies in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen and elsewhere. It also has a presence in Sudan. The Iranian regime imitates the old Soviet model by supporting what it calls "liberation movements in the Third World." Tehran is always on the offensive.