The origins and representations of these ideological conflicts lie in the differences among religious groups,the confrontations between Arab nationalism and Iranian nationalism,and the struggles between Pan-Arabism and Pan-Islamism.

• 教派分属的差异、阿拉伯民族主义和伊朗民族主义的对立以及泛阿拉伯主义和泛伊斯兰主义的斗争,是阿拉伯人和波斯人思想冲突的主要原因和表现。