> Iran is on an unprecedented aggressive and violent push towards dominating the Middle East. So are the US's allies in the region, Israel and Saudi Arabia. >

> Iran is on an unprecedented aggressive and violent push towards dominating the Middle East. So are the US's allies in the region, Israel and Saudi Arabia. > They are deployed in Syria So are the US, after bringing chaos to it by funding and training rebels for billions of dollars. > They are sponsoring and arming Shiite militias in Iraq Profiting from the chaos and destruction brought by USA's invasion of Iraq. > They are supporting and funding the Houthis in Yemen who are responsible for the civil war And how are the US not responsible for the civil war in Syria then? > They are supporting, funding and arming Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, both of which are recognized terrorist groups intent on murdering Jews. I call them resistance armies against illegal Israeli occupation. The "murdering Jews" thing is pure propaganda (although it is true that decades of prepotence and occupation have fueled religious hatred- but this is the product of inflicted violence, not the prime driver of Hamas). > They are responsible for historical attacks on US forces in Lebanon during the 80s which killed hundreds of Americans The US has armed and funded Saddam in a war that killed at least half a million Iranians. > Iran is developing a ballistic missile program which is intended to threaten Western Europe Iran is certainly not going to start a war with western Europe- these programs are defensive, are meant to create a deterrent (a mutually assured destruction) in case of attacks- which are very likely, as we're seeing these days. As a sidenote, I find it interesting how the US get hysterical at the idea of countries acquiring defensive weapons, for example the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system. > Iran hangs gays from cranes This is true and obviously heinous, but it seems to be much rarer than it is generally thought. And sanctions and frontal aggression are not the way to improve the situation, it only further radicalizes the country.