By **ah Browning and Angus McDowall DUBAI/RIYADH, June 24 (Reuters) -
Gulf Arab
states have long feared a sanctions-free
Iran and as a
nuclear agreement edges closer they have become
more aggressive in preparing for a resurgence of their main regional foe. The biggest concern is what they see as Shi'ite Iran's regional expansionism, manifest in its backing for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, Leba**n's Hezbollah, Iraq's Shi'ite militias and Yemen's Houthi group. From the airstrikes in Yemen to backing for Syrian rebels, *****downs on dissent and
more forceful diplomacy, the actions of the mostly Sunni Muslim
Gulf states in recent months has been driven by a sense that
Iran is on the cusp of a comeback.
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