Many predicted early on that Hamas’ vicious attack of Oct. 7 and Israel’s subsequent brutal retaliation in Gaza would herald a broader Middle East conflagration with the Iranian Shia-allied world.
Shia-dominated Iran is an Islamic republic, led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior Islamic cleric. But the Iranian model of government - a theocratic state - is not supported by Shi’ism’s ...