Iran's New Identity: Patriotism vs. Islamism

... Rahimpour Azghadi, a hardline figure, wrote on X that trying to murder Khamenei would be “the biggest mistake of the century” and would lead to “a wave of retaliatory attacks across five continents, including within the US.” Patriotism Instead of Islamism With nationalism centered inside a Shiite Islamic framework, the Islamic Republic's public message increasingly indicates that it is shifting from a “Islamic-Iranian” to “Iranian-Islamic” identity. In the past, eulogies during Ashura ...