Bush juga memperingatkan Iran atas dukungannya terhadap serangan kaum Syiah melawan Sunni dan mengatakan selama pidatonya bahwa gerilyawan Syiah didukung oleh Iran meningkatkan ancaman teroris dan seperti mitra Sunni mereka yang memiliki determinasi yang sama guna menciptakan rezim represif di Timur Tengah.
Bush has also warned Iran for supporting Shiite attacks againstSunnis and said during the speech that Shiite extremists backed by Iran were on the rise as terrorist threat and were as equally determined as their Sunni counterparts to create a Middle Eastgoverned by repressive regimes.