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 je „Iran bio privlačan zbog svoje sposobnosti da se postavi kao brend otpora Zapadu, pa samim tim i autokratskim arapskim vladarima saveznicima Zapada“, kaže Hentov.