Opinion: What Iran wants and fears

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Editor’s note: Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. His most recent book is “What’s Wrong With the One-State Agenda? Why Ending the Occupation and Peace With Israel is Still the Palestinian National Goal.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more CNN Opinion. CNN — The crises wracking the Middle East are simultaneously independent flashpoints and also a relatively integrated regionwide offensive by Iranian-backed armed gangs. Hussein Ibish Courtesy of Hussein Ibish It’s sometimes unclear how much control Iran has over these militias in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza,...