The Iranian regime hold the belief that the last Imam, Imam al-Mahdi, will reappear as "the awaited Mahdi". Basically their equivalent to the ‘Messiah’ in Christianity. He supposedly has been ...

The next day, the 19th of Ramadan, marked the assassination of Imam Ali, the first imam of Shia Islam, ushering in a period of mourning for Shi’ites. Iranian state media ramped up religious ...