Shi’a nationalism has followed Persian chauvinism as a rallying point, but neither has succeeded fully in bolstering Iran’s political institutions and securing the allegiance of its young population, nearly two-thirds of which is under the age of 30.
什叶派的民族主义分子一直把波斯沙文主义作为凝聚人的着力点，但没有完全成功地提高伊朗的政治体制，也没有确保其年轻的人口的忠诚-其人口的将近三分之二的在30岁以下。