The iranian gov & hezbollah have really got themselves in a mess. Decades of shia playing clever tactics to be accepted as a 'fifth madhab' have been undone by the their involvement in the syriam war.
Now the syrians & rest of the muslim world view the shia with hatred & won't forgive them for whats happened in syria & iraq.
I would agree with you, but they were smart in allying themselves with Russia. The Iranians had no choice but to get involved. Assad is one who funnels weapons to Hezbullah from Iran. Imagine if Iran didn't get involved that flow would come to an end. Then whoever would take over would go after Hezbullah and wipe them out. So before all this could have happen they stepped in, and turned this into a Shia\Sunni conflict.
Now the syrians & rest of the muslim world view the shia with hatred & won't forgive them for whats happened in syria & iraq.
They couldn't care less. In their view when the 12th Imam comes, this is destined to happen. The 12th Imam is then going to take action and tell the Sunni world either you become a 12ers and curse the 1,2,3 or don't call yourself a Muslim.
Just look at Naskhawani, he got a hair transplant to improve his looks, and now he is frustrated with the Sunnis in Iraq for not becoming 12er Shia. Year back when he was bald the same man was shouting at Yassir Habib. Today we learned that, even the anger was a form of taqiyyah.