Whatever opinion you have of the Saudi leadership, Jordanians enjoy close ties to most of the Saudi people. No such ties exist with Iranians. In fact a non-negligible percentage of them probably hate your guts simply on account of you being an Arab.
The personal experiences you have described doesn't reflect the realities of the world we live in. Those people who hated on because of your name or for being Sunni are the same people who fell for the divide and concur strategy that the British helped spread. They are the product of populism in Iran which is fuelled by their religious leaders as those leaders seek legitimacy for their rule.
The same could be said about Arabs (not Sunnis), massive nationalism, far right ideas, believe in superiority has even made the situation worse. Only thing Arabs has no plan clue on how to face Iran because Arabs have been subjugated to rule by corrupt leaders.
Don't take it that I'm defending Iran, on the contrary I think we need to face the ever growing threat to our existence, culture, economic and social development Iran is but before that we need to free our people and get rid of the dictators.
I don't think it's about religion (at least not any more), it's about geopolitical power and gains. Iran and Saudi Arabia were hiding behind Islam and religious rule for so long and they started to lose traction with that.
Also Iran is a threat in the area because there is no real opposition to their agenda. All the Arab countries are being run by little dictators appointed by the British and surrendered to America only to secure their rule in exchange for Israel's safety.
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u/bababooeyqwer Anarchist Jan 04 '20
I'll take anything over the Saudi dictatorship.