*Israel berusaha untuk menghentikan [[program nuklir Iran]].<ref>{{cite news |first1=Will |last1=Jordan |first2=Rahul |last2= Radhakrishnan |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/leaks-netanyahu-misled-iran-nuclear-programme-guardian-iran-nuclear-speech-2012-150218165622065.html |title=Mossad contradicted Netanyahu on Iran nuclear programme |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=23 February 2015}}</ref>
*Iran dalam proses mendirikan pengaruh di seluruh [[Irak]], [[Suriah]], [[Lebanon]], [[Yaman]] dan sebagian [[Asia Tengah]].
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