The Knockout Punch of ISIS Begins in Iran
By Wahab Raofi Published on Huffington Post Politicians keep taking jabs at ISIS, yet the world’s most notorious terrorist group continues to carry out spectacular, deadly attacks around the world. This is because politicians jab only at the extremities of their foe – they cannot win unless they deliver a knockout blow to the head. And that target is Iran. Peace-seeking governments need to pinpoint the source of the problem. Why is ISIS, for all its brutality, still able to recruit young Sunni Muslims from around the world? The path of destruction leads to the doorstep of Shiite Iran. Iran’s religious clergy oligarchy has declared an unholy war on Sunnis. Iran blatantly interferes in the domestic affairs of the entire region. Since usurping power in 1979, Iran’s Ayatollahs use proxies such as Hezbollah and other Shiite groups to export its radical view throughout the Islamic world. Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia, comfortable in its...