Hussein Ibish, Columnist

What Iran Means to the Arab World

The Islamic Republic represents a danger, but it’s also a convenient excuse for the region’s rulers.

February 10, 2019 at 6:00 AM UTC

By Hussein Ibish

Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.

Blood brothers.
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Bloomberg Opinion is marking the 40th anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution with a collection of columns from around the world.

Iran has represented many things to many people during its 40 years of Islamic revolution. To the Arab world that surrounds it today, it’s both a danger and an excuse.