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A framing of Iran’s political motivation as unifying and sacralizing social cohesion under Shia theological continuity.
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Shia exceptionalism
A framing of Iran’s political motivation as unifying and sacralizing social cohesion under Shia theological continuity.
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"...extremists and they alienate everyone else. Okay. The grand strategy is Shia exceptionalism. And the idea here is that the Iranians are Shia Muslims...."
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"And Saudi Arabia is the center of the Sunni Muslim world. And Iran is the center of the Shia Muslim world. And so what..."
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"And Zoroastrianism was the first eschatological religion in the world. And that they believe that there is an end of the world, Judgment Day...."
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Jiang reframes the Iran-Israel-U.S.-Russia conflict as a long-horizon contest in worldview and political systems, where structural elites, narrative control, and religious grammar shape strategy more than leaders changing seats.
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