In the past, "Iran's appeal stemmed from is ability to establish itself as a brand of resistance against the West, and by extension the autocratic and Western allied Arab rulers," according to Hentov.
U prošlosti "privlačnost Irana proizlazila je iz njegove sposobnosti da se postavi kao sinonim otpora Zapadu, pa samim tim i autokratskim arapskim vladarima koji su zapadni saveznici", kaže Hentov.