In another 10 years, it would have developed both nukes and delivery vehicles in abundance. Then, these lunatics would cheerfully attack the USA regardless of consequences. They feel that causing a world catastrophe would BRING ABOUT paradise or some other such insanity.

Iran's leadership, rooted in Shi'ite Twelverism, holds a messianic, apocalyptic worldview centered on the violent return of the Hidden Imam, driving a "Cult of Mahdism" within the IRGC. This theology shapes a radical foreign policy, including threats to Israel and the U.S., nuclear ambitions, and a "martyrdom-seeking" ideology, raising concerns of a potential, deliberate, or accidental, catastrophic conflict.
Key Aspects of Iranian Apocalypticism:

The Hidden Imam (Mahdism): A central belief that the Twelfth Imam will return to restore justice, often interpreted as occurring after a period of intense global chaos, war, and violence.
Radicalization of the IRGC: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has incorporated this apocalypticism into its ideology, particularly through the "maddah" culture (eulogizers), which fosters a "Cult of Mahdism".
Geopolitical Impact: This worldview has fueled decades of "death to" rhetoric against Israel and the U.S., the funding of proxy groups, and a defiant nuclear program seen by many as a step towards a, potentially, cataclysmic, end-times scenario.
Regional Instability: The regime has used, in the past, a "martyrdom-seeking" ideology to fuel, during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, human-wave attacks, suggesting a potential willingness to trigger, or, at least, accelerate, an, existential, and, ultimately, devastating conflict.

As of March 2026, experts continue to debate whether this ideology is merely rhetorical or if it drives a practical,, and, deeply, concerning, intent for a, potentially,, terminal, and, total, war, as described in this Wikipedia article.

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