The BBC Quotes Iran's Foreign Minister as saying:
Speaking to the BBC, Mohamed Javad Zarif blamed some Sunni countries for what he called "fear-mongering".
"Some people have fanned the animosity for short-sighted political interests," he said.
Syria, Iraq and Pakistan are among the countries currently grappling with a surge in sectarian violence.
Mr Zarif said conflict between Sunnis and Shias was "the most serious security threat not only to the region but to the world at large".
"I think we need to come to understand that a sectarian divide in the Islamic world is a threat to all of us."
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From Turkey, along the same lines, concern that the Sunni and Shia division is a threat to the region.
"A Sunni-Shiite rift is a worrying trend in the Middle East but recent developments in Turkey’s ties with Iraq and Iran could prevent the threat of a sectarian war, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday as he visited Baghdad in the latest sign of a thaw in bilateral relations."
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Speaking to the BBC, Mohamed Javad Zarif blamed some Sunni countries for what he called "fear-mongering".
"Some people have fanned the animosity for short-sighted political interests," he said.
Syria, Iraq and Pakistan are among the countries currently grappling with a surge in sectarian violence.
Mr Zarif said conflict between Sunnis and Shias was "the most serious security threat not only to the region but to the world at large".
"I think we need to come to understand that a sectarian divide in the Islamic world is a threat to all of us."
Read More
From Turkey, along the same lines, concern that the Sunni and Shia division is a threat to the region.
"A Sunni-Shiite rift is a worrying trend in the Middle East but recent developments in Turkey’s ties with Iraq and Iran could prevent the threat of a sectarian war, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday as he visited Baghdad in the latest sign of a thaw in bilateral relations."
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