The Arab countries of the Middle East are afraid of the “Iranian model” of democracy and stability rather than the nuclear deal with the P5+1, an analyst says.

Mark Glenn, the co-founder of Crescent and Cross Solidarity Movement, made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Monday.

US President Barack Obama said earlier in the day that Iran is no threat to the Arab countries in the region, saying, “The biggest threats that they face may not be coming from Iran invading. It’s going to be from dissatisfaction inside their own countries”.

According to Glen, what has made them so worried is not military invasion by Iran but “rather that Iran is going to export its 1979 Revolution to these countries which are under the same type of American and Zionist domination that Iran was previous to the Revolution in 1979”.

The Islamic Revolution, under the leadership of Imam Khomeini, established a new political system based on Islamic values and democracy after it put a definitive end to the rule of the monarchical Pahlavi regime and thus an end to 2,500 years of monarchical rule.

Iranians mark the anniversary of the triumph of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (file photo)



Arabs are afraid that “The Iranian model that was created in 1979 will be repeated and recreated throughout the entire region.”

The only downside of the nuclear deal with Iran would transpire if Tehran no longer extends its influence in the region.

“Right now what the region needs more than anything else and indeed what the entire world needs is for the Zionist and American influence to be booted out of the region,” Glen said, noting, that would only be possible if the Islamic Revolution is “repeated and recreated” throughout the Middle East.

Iran and P5+1 group of countries – Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany -- along with officials from the European Union finally reached a mutual understanding on Tehran’s nuclear program after marathon talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Thursday.

Many countries and international organizations have hailed the Iran-P5+1 statement that followed, with many calling it a big victory for proponents of diplomacy across the world. However, the mutual understanding has infuriated Israel, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu branding it a “historic mistake.”

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