Shia Islamist groups that sprang up during the 1980s , often " receiving financial and political support from Tehran " include the Amal Movement of Musa al-Sadr and later the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon , Islamic Dawa Party in Iraq , Hizb-e Wahdat in Afghanistan , Tahrik-e Jafaria in Pakistan , al-Wifaq in Bahrain , and the Saudi Hezbollah and al-Haraka al-Islahiya al-Islamiya in Saudi Arabia . Shia were involved in the 1979 – 80 riots and demonstrations in oil-rich eastern Saudi Arabia , the 1981 Bahraini coup d'état attempt and the 1983 Kuwait bombings
1983 Kuwait bombings
1983 Kuwait bombings
Political thought and legacy of Ruhollah Khomeini