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𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐑𝐄𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐍𝐔𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑-𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐀 𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐌𝐁 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐏, 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐘.
𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐢’𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝟗𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬. Twelvers believe in a line of twelve divinely appointed Imams descended from Muhammad’s cousin Ali. The twelfth Imam, 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐥-𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐝𝐢, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟖𝟔𝟖 𝐀𝐃 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 ‘𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’ (𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐡) 𝐢𝐧 𝟖𝟕𝟒 𝐀𝐃. He is, in this theology, a 1,155-year-old hidden messiah, alive and biding his time until Allah returns him at the end of days to bring justice, conquer the world for Islam, and inaugurate the apocalypse.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭.
Mainstream Twelver theology, like mainstream Christian eschatology, holds that the Mahdi’s return is in Allah’s hands. 𝐀 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐝𝐢’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐇𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐡. That subset has had a name in Iran since 1953: the Hojjatieh Society.
The Hojjatieh teach that the world before the Mahdi’s return must descend into total chaos. Specifically: the destruction of Israel, the destruction of Christian civilization, the elimination of ‘Greater’ and ‘Lesser Satan’ (the United States and Israel), and the spread of injustice so severe that only the Mahdi can resolve it. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The Mahdi cannot return until the conditions are met. Therefore, faithful Twelvers must hasten them.
𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐊𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐣𝐣𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. The doctrine survived inside the seminary system in Qom, inside the Office of the Supreme Leader, and most consequentially inside the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Khomeini’s successor, 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐢 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐢, has spent four decades quietly rebuilding Hojjatieh-aligned networks. The radicalization accelerated dramatically after the 2009 Green Movement uprising, when Khamenei concluded the regime needed harder ideological insulation against domestic dissent.
Today, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥-𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐂 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫. The training is explicit. The IRGC is taught that it is the ‘Mahdi’s army-in-waiting.’ Its mission is to prepare the geopolitical conditions for the Mahdi’s return. The eradication of Israel, the destabilization of the Sunni Arab world, and the crippling of the United States are framed in IRGC manuals as 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝. Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during his eight years in office (2005-2013), repeatedly stated in public addresses, including at the UN General Assembly, that 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 ‘𝐩𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞.’ IRGC commanders posed for photographs in front of ballistic missiles emblazoned with ‘Ya Mahdi’ (‘O Mahdi’). Iranian state television regularly airs Quran-expert segments arguing that detained protesters should be tortured and dismembered under Quran 5:33. Iranian state-aligned clerics openly call for the destruction of Israel as ‘the greatest barrier to the reappearance of the 12th Imam.’
𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲.
Every analytical framework the U.S. State Department, the European foreign ministries, the IAEA, and the New York Times editorial page applies to Iran assumes the regime is a 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 maximizing survival and economic interest. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧. The IRGC, the Supreme Leader’s office, and the apocalyptic cleric class that controls foreign policy are not maximizing GDP, regional influence, or even regime survival in the conventional sense. They are maximizing the speed of the Mahdi’s return.
Within that framework:
— A nuclear weapon that destroys Israel and triggers nuclear retaliation against Iran is not a deterrent failure. It is mission accomplished.
— A regional war that kills millions of Muslims and Jews is not a tragedy to be averted. It is the chaos the Mahdi requires to return.
— Sanctions that impoverish 90 million Iranian civilians are not a domestic crisis. They are part of the suffering that purifies the faithful before the messianic age.
— Talks that delay the bomb are useful for buying time, but they are not a destination. The destination is the bomb, and what the bomb is for.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞. There is no negotiation, no sanctions package, no economic incentive, no diplomatic framework that produces a verifiable end-state in which the Iranian regime voluntarily and permanently surrenders its nuclear capability. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬.
𝐌𝐨𝐣𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐢, 𝐀𝐥𝐢 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐢’𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫, 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐑𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. The next generation of Iranian leadership is not a moderating force. It is an accelerating one. Iran International, the dissident outlet, has reported that Mojtaba and the IRGC fourth generation share a working assumption that the Mahdi’s return is imminent and that their generation has been chosen to deliver it. A nuclear arsenal in those hands is not a Cuban Missile Crisis. It is a Final Solution.
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬, 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐭, 𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐝𝐢 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐣𝐢 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐑𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. The State Department’s career Middle East desk has actively suppressed the analysis for four administrations because acknowledging it forecloses the diplomatic options the careerists are paid to pursue.
𝐀𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤. The IRGC senior leadership is already destroyed. The nuclear facilities at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan have already been hit. What remains is enriched uranium hidden in mountain bunkers, the residual centrifuge cascade, and the Mahdist clerical class that controls them. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟗𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗. The sooner Trump is briefed past the diplomatic euphemisms and into the actual eschatology, the sooner the regime falls, the sooner Iran rejoins the family of nations, and the sooner the world stops living one Khamenei son’s decision away from an apocalyptic war the Twelver clergy believes Allah personally requires.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭.
