Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he’s aiming to topple the regime in Iran, as part of his continued strikes against the country’s nuclear facilities and civilian infrastructure, such as oil refineries. 

But what forces could he unleash by overthrowing Iran’s Islamic theocracy? There’s a serious prospect that a Shi’ite backlash could erupt across the region 

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• Dr Ali Mamouri is an academic and journalist specialising in religious studies, Middle East studies, fundamentalism, Salafism and political Islam at Deakin University. He previously served as strategic communication advisor to the Iraqi prime minister from 2020 to 2022.