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  I had a Persian coworker that came to Canada as a religious refugee (he was atheist) and he absolutely despised Arabs, claimed they ruined his country and they’re the ones that turned it into a religious hellhole. 
  Before that I didn’t had no clue there was tension between the groups, guess I thought they were all Muslim brothers or something lol
context: Iran iraq conflict is old as fuck >
  
  And one of the bloodiest wars in recent memory with Saddam using chemical warfare against Iranians also not one sided like this thread seems to imply the two sides have great reason to have disdain for each other. >
  
  I wish it was that simple, what if you get carried by 6 regardless >
  
  Considering Iran has a private army in Iraq that’s larger than the Iraqi military…yeah no shit >
  
  What militia is this? There are so many on the Middle East I can’t keep track lol. >
  
  Quds Force is essentially the direct sponsor of every Shia militia in Iraq, but the most prominent militia is Kata'ib Hezbollah, the militia that raided the US Embassy in Baghdad on 27 December 2019 and who's leader was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a member of Quds Force and the guy who Qasem Soleimani, the leader of Quds Force, was meeting with in Iraq when the US assassinated both of them with an airstrike on 3 January 2020. >
  
  For a very related statistic, Iraq is about 40% Sunni and Iran has been meddling in Iraqi affairs for decades after the end of the Iraq / Iran War - especially after Saddam was deposed. >
  
  That's why I'm really surprised by the survey, I thought Iran would have high approval ratings in Iraq. >
  
  I've had this discussion with an Iraqi Shiite. He said that the Arab/Persian antipathy is stronger than the Shiite/Shiite solidarity. Iraqi Shiites have sought Iranian support when they saw it as their best option, but it was always a relationship of need and convenience, never of affection or preference.