Iranian Merchants as a Religious Community in Late Ottoman Istanbul by Abdülkadir Yeler

“…This community, formed mainly by merchants, was also a religious community belonging to the Shia sect, which enabled them to act together and form an organized community in Ottoman Istanbul, the population of which consisted mainly of Sunni Muslims. …”
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COOPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND BAHRAIN IN THE FIELD OF REGIONAL SECURITY by A. Khaled Mohamed Ali

“…To such “baskets” the author included problems: Arab-Persian contradictions, terrorism and extremism, Shia-Sunni confrontation, interstate relations in the format of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. …”
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Analysis of the Localization of physical expansion in Germi city, using VIKOR by Fariba Esfandiari, Soghra Jedi Gheshlagh Ilkhchi, Elnaz Piroozi

“…ncompatibility natural environment in the areas of urban development can create various hazards as well as to provide natural, natural bed is capable of  In relation to climatic factors and soil, slope, climate and restrictions on the physical development of cities, the (Shia, 1369: 68). That threaten the lives of a lot of financial damage, so that a reduction in development processes and precludes the formation of the development process are stable. …”
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SOCIAL PROTEST MOVEMENTS IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN by S. B. Druzhilovsky

“…Great importance is attached to the Shia clergy ́s role in leading protest movements in the country before the Islamic revolution. …”
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The Middle East Shiite Arc: A Real Threat or Geopolitical Chimera? by A. V. Sarabiev

“…Since the basic criteria of membership in the alliance are the allegiance to Iran and the commitment to Shia Islam it can be expanded to include Iraq, Syria, Lebanese Hezbollah, and sometimes the Shiite forces of Bahrain and even Yemen. …”
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Germany-Iran Relations in Political-Military Sphere: The Impossible Unlocking of Potential? by V. S. Мirzekhanov, Ph. O. Trunov

“…One of the key reasons of it is that Germany avoids being drawn into action against the Iranian troops or its junior allies («Hezbollah» in Lebanon, Shia combatants in Southern Iraq). Germany also recognizes that ignoring Iranian interests in each of these cases will make it difficult to maintain its political-military presence in the region. …”
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