[bogomipz]

What are you talking about? They have one of the biggest influences both politically and militarily in the region right now. They are backing and involved with the Houthis in Yemen, the Hezzbollah in Lebanon, and the Quds Force in Iraq.

And also those three proxies I mention above, none of them are about resources but regional dominance. What would the resource even be? Iran has its own oil. In fact what's going on in Yemen is basically a proxy war between Saudia Arabia and Iran.