Analysts at the Middle East Policy Council’s 67th Capitol Hill Conference titled “Israel, Turkey & Iran in a Changing Arab World” addressed how the national interests of these three nations have been affected by the ongoing political upheavals in the broader Middle East, particularly the challenge to the Syrian regime.
Karim Sadjadpour, Middle East Program Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, noted that the loss of Assad in Syria would be a huge blow to Iran's regional influence, as is Hamas' potential relocation from Damascus to Doha. He also argued that Iran will face competition not only from Saudi Arabia and Turkey, but from an increasingly proud and assertive Egypt.
Please see below a full video of his comments from Thursday January 5th on Capitol Hill:
Iran in a Changing Arab World