Sir, when the succeeding regime persecuted people from yemen to Egypt based on their their loyalty with the Caliph/Imam Ali , circulated notifications to the clergy to curse Ali (hujjatullah) in every sermon until they got routed out , dishonored every single clause of the power sharing agreement initiated by Caliph/Imam Hassan what choice were the people of conscious left with then? Keep on getting killed , properties confiscated and protrayed as "terrorists"?
Noone is personality worshipping here. The touch stone is The Book of Allah ------ and it says to obey the people in charge as long as they are serving Toheed otheriwse people can opt for civil disobedience and can wage an armed struggle ONLY if the man in charge publicly disown/ban any of the five pillars of Deen------- what Ali and Hassan as Caliphs did was to establish writ of Allah swt over the state as no governor how pious he is can challenge the authority of a sitting Caliph over whatever pretext coz when Allah swt has set a standard no one can transgress That Law. And Ali did extraordinary to preserve the Islamic notion of statehood. Its the Law of Allah swt not any personality which is supreme and shias would have no objection to hold the rebels in highesteem in case the roles gets reversed - -------.
As for the Persian Arab rivalry well the seed of Prophet Ibrahim A.s was given dominion from nile to eupherates only and they werent allowed to exceed the limit and force others to give up their sovereignty etc. Correct me if iam wrong, the reason we see early muslims expeditions faced two initial defeats at qaadsiya was a reminder from Allah swt "La Iqraha fi deen" eventually the freewill prevailed and the results of Semite vs persian rivalry is in front of us. East asian muslim nations are glaring example of what and how Allah swt wished us to do Dawah .
P:S Every time you tease a persian muslim calling him majoosi makes his human ego extract the "best" of him ------- likewise calling asians as former hindus. Allah swt doesnt like pride of any sort! if He can bestow The light of Truth on us He Swt can as well take it back