Iran's Apocalyptic Policy Makers - Saeed Ghasseminejad
Ayatollah
Khamenei's closest advisors and followers are obsessed with the idea of
Mahdi's reappearance. The Mahdi is the "hidden Imam" prophesied to
dominate the world and cleanse it of sin and sinners. Khamenei's
appointee at the Iranian Revolution Guard Corp, Ayatollah Ali Saeedi,
regularly mentions this notion in his speeches to IRGC officers.
While
many experts tell us Iran is a rational, pragmatic regime like any
other in the world, all the facts shout that it is not. A large number
of Iranian officials and decision makers have deeply rooted apocalyptic
beliefs. Underestimating this radical ideology even as the Iranian
regime is on its way to building a nuclear bomb can lead to dangerously
wrong conclusions. The suggestion taking hold of late that a nuclear
armed Iran is not the end of the world may unfortunately be dead wrong. (Times of Israel)
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