The 1,400-Year-Old Sunni-Shia Islamic Religious Split Is Shaping the Iran War
Iranians call Sunnis dogs. They don’t mean it as a compliment. Mohammed bin Salman (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) and Iranian mourners (Getty Images) March 4, 2026 image/svg+xml Iranian Shiites have a saying, “Sag Sunni.” It means Sunni Muslims are dogs. The Iranians don’t mean it as a compliment. The framing of the recent military