IRAN's expansionist intentions in the region have become a source of real worry not only for the GCC countries alone but also for the Arab countries and the world at large. When we look at the factors that aid Iran to extend its influence, the painful fact that comes to surface is its fifth column, which is living among us in the GCC and Arab countries. This column remains to be an important factor that helps Iran infiltrate into our countries and expand its influence. It also helps Iran move a step further from the level of sectarian assistance to actually spreading its hegemony in the targeted countries. We should not soften our tone and tenor at the expense of the security and stability of our countries. We should deal with these hypocrites very sternly, especially after the successive crises have exposed their loyalty to the Wilayat Al-Fakeeh (guardianship of Islamic jurist) and the deploring of their own countries. The top of these hypocrites is Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. It is regretful that some countries insist on licking Iran's boots so as to be saved from its hateful policies of expansion and hegemony. These bootlicking countries have not learned any lessons from the current situations in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon. These countries got their independence decades ago from the colonists French and British. How can they afford to overlook the Iranian criminal colonization which has become clear and evident in the East and the West? Despite Iran's malicious expansionist agenda, some of the GCC countries are still receiving groups of what they call "Iranian investors". These countries, naively or at best with good intentions or ignorance of Iran's hidden agenda, allow these investors to stay and plot against them. They should know that no Iranian citizen will be allowed to leave Tehran or practice any commercial or investment activities outside without the knowledge and the blessings of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Iran is a security and military regime which is obsessed by the urge to invade, extend influence and collide with the regional powers to establish the Greater Iran (the Persian empire) on the ruins of Arab countries. We should be honest with ourselves and admit that people who succumb to Iran and open their doors for it to infiltrate into the Arab societies and meddle in our internal affairs are mostly the Shiites of Lebanon, Iraq and some GCC citizens, like the renegade former Kuwaiti parliament member, Abdul-Hamid Dashti. These citizens are intent on helping Iran extend its influence in a number of Arab countries. They also defend Iran's policies at all forums through spreading lies. Opposed to these traitors, there are honest and patriotic Shiites in the GCC and other Arab countries. They reject Iran's practices. In fact they are too many. Does the claim that there are traitors and agents for Iran need any evidence? The answer is a big NO. Among others, the evidence includes the cell of the 32 Iranian spies who were working on an Iranian agenda to sabotage and destroy many vital establishments in the Kingdom. About two years ago, the criminal Ahmed Al-Mughasil, an Iranian agent, was caught after years of hiding in Iran and Lebanon. He was involved in the explosion of the oil installations in the eastern town of Al-Khobar in 1996. Are they not the same people who attack the security men in Qatif? Are they not the agents of the devils in Tehran? Let us now look at Yemen. Is not Badruddin Al-Houthi a big Iranian agent? Had the situation in Yemen reached its present level, would it not have been for Iran's devilish policies and the directives of its religious leaders in Qom? These satanic leaders have turned the simple civilians into military militias, fighters, suicide bombers and dreamers of controlling the land, people and resources of Yemen. Look also at Bahrain. Though it is a geographically small country, it has not escaped Iran›s machinations of attacking the policemen, busting the prisons and exploding the mosques and other facilities. Iran does this in Bahrain either directly or through the help of its agents there. Let us now go to Iraq to see who foments the detestable sectarianism, kills the citizens on identity and enters the liberated cities to torture, kill and rape its inhabitants? Who helps Daesh other than the extremist Shiite militates? They force the Sunni population to desert their towns and cities to become homeless people in their own country. These are the leaders and elements of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi (Iran›s popular military militia), Badr Organization, Asa›ib Ahl Al-Haq and the Nujaba. It is Iran itself which leads these criminal sectarian organizations which have been established and are being led by Qasim Sulaimani under the invitation of the incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and his hateful predecessor Nuri Al-Malki. Sulaimani is enjoying complete freedom to intervene in the affairs of the Iraqi armed forces simply because he has been made an adviser to the Baghdad government! Iran's ambition to control the GCC and other Arab countries is old. It was discovered by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd, according to the documents of the British Prime Minister Margret Thatcher which were recently released and published by Okaz. More than three decades ago Jordanian King Hussein had warned against Iran's machinations. He told the Arab leaders that Iran would rule their countries if they remained divided. Silence over Iran's agents and the supporters of Wilayat Al-Fakeeh system of government will be like the ostrich which buries its head in the sand believing that this would protect it against any imminent danger. Iran is openly speaking about its animosity to the Arabs with the help of its fifth column who are living in the Arab countries with Arab passports and posing as investors with one objective which is to kill us and destroy our countries. This is the truth plain and simple. The author is the editor-in-chief of Okaz.
