The establishment seems determined not to compromise its current policies while underlining that it will maintain this determination since the experience of the Shah regime's weakness cost the overthrow of the system.

The death of Amini, who was detained for breaking the hijab rules and battered by the morality police, has gotten reactions from many people around the country and the world.

The main Iranian activities in Western Balkan were the opening of colleges, institutes of study, translation and publication of books and magazines.

The scope of Iran is the extension of their cultural hegemony by opening institutes, associations, schools, and other kinds of institutions.

Unlike other Balkan countries, Iran even nowadays continues having a wide presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The concept of Ahl al-Bayt was used as a mechanism to install Shiite sectarian discourse in Sunni Muslim society.

Greatest achievement of Iranian cultural investments in Albania is observed in the leaders of the Bektashi sect, who have begun presenting their sect as part of Shi'ism.

The Yazidi existential crisis and return dilemma continues amidst the geopolitical security burdens and the lack of efficient government-led national reconciliation.

Although Khomeini’s Shi’ism and Islamist ideology in the beginning attracted Kosovars’ attention, nowadays, there is no visible Shia influence in Kosovo.

Since the inception of the Arab uprisings, the MENA region has been an open battlefield for regional and foreign actors.

Essebsi’s death will not change much in Tunisia’s foreign policy, at least in the next two months. This means that in the short run, Iran-Tunisia relations are likely to remain cordial, without necessarily becoming formal.