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What if the Safavid Dynasty in Iran (back then known as Persian) did not engage in a massive campaign to change the religion of their subjects from Sunni Islam to Shia Islam?

How exactly would this have affected Iran and the Middle East, especially in the long-term?

In this scenario, it appears that Iran, Azerbaijan, and Iraq (as far as I know, both Azerbaijan and Iraq were under Iranian rule back then) would still be overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim.

Thoughts on this?
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