(Worthy Insights) – The Islamic Republic of Iran is a Shi’a Muslim government. While it is not the only Shi’a Muslim majority country, it is the only one with a Shi’a theocratic government based on the Islamic Revolutionary philosophy of its founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
It is also a government that has attempted to spread its political and religious ideology outward – to other Shi’a regions, to Sunni Muslim nations, and to the rest of the world as a means of ensuring the survival of its Islamic revolutionary philosophy.
Most Shi’ites today are Twelver Shi’ites, believing in the return of the Hidden (12th) Imam, who will bring about the institution of a perfect, incorrupt Islamic government. [ Source (Read More…) ]