Ideologically, the central conflict between Iran and its neighbors is based on the sectarian conflict between Sunni and Shia Islam. The devastating Syrian civil war is already being fought along these lines; given signs of a military and political stalemate, those lines could become the basis of a permanent division of the country, as in Bosnia.
意识形态上，逊尼和什叶派穆斯林的教派冲突是伊朗及其邻国核心冲突的起源。由此引发了毁灭性的叙利亚内战；由于已经显露出军事政治僵局的迹象，上述问题可能像在波斯尼亚那样造成国家的永久性分裂。