This article originally appeared in the National Post. Below is an excerpt from the article.
By Mohammed Rizwan, July 14, 2025
The recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran may have fundamentally altered the balance of power in the Middle East, but one takeaway stood out glaringly: most Muslim countries did not stand with Iran when it was being pounded by Israeli bombs.
This says a lot about how much the theocratic regime in Tehran has been distanced from the rest of the Muslim world. Even Iran’s partners in the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation — which are largely seen as anti-U.S., anti-western alliances — didn’t lift a finger.
Many Iranians living outside Iran supported the campaign by Israel and the United States to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities. While there were some Iranian dissidents living in the West who passionately supported Hamas and took to the streets to protest Israel after October 7, this time around, there wasn’t much intimidation, bluster or vandalism.
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