Iran Wants CHAOS to Bring Back the Mahdi? | Mordechai Kedar

Dr Mordechai Kedar argues that to understand Iran’s Islamic regime, the West must first understand the religious ideology that shapes how its leaders see the world. In this powerful discussion, Kedar examines the Shiite concept of the Mahdi — the Hidden Imam — and explains why he believes this worldview is essential to understanding the Iranian regime’s ambitions, hostility toward Israel and the United States, and approach to regional and global conflict. Kedar points to ideological material he says was recovered in southern Lebanon and discusses how Iran’s leadership views Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s revolutionary mission, and Iran’s place in the broader Middle East. Could Iran’s leaders actually view global instability and chaos through a religious, apocalyptic lens? And are Western policymakers making a dangerous mistake by analyzing Tehran as if it were simply another conventional nation-state? Mordechai Kedar is an Israeli scholar of Arab and Islamic affairs and a longtime analyst of the Middle East. In this conversation, he offers his interpretation of the ideology, history, and religious beliefs influencing the Islamic Republic of Iran. ▶️ WATCH THE F