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A 69热视频 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�