“There is a belief among the Muslims of Iran that it will be necessary for Iran to launch a nuclear war to create the conditions for the Mahdi and Jesus Christ to return to Earth and usher in Judgment Day.”
No, you’re wrong. Please provide *factual* proof for your assertion.
There is neither a “belief” nor consensus among “muslims in Iran”. Not even among the Iranian Regime members, “that it will be necessary...[for them] to launch a nuclear war to create the conditions for the Mahdi and Jesus Christ to return to Earth, etc...”
In fact, theologically, Mahdi is meant to arrive in time. Nothing can expedite his arrival - that’s the general belief.
People are entitled to believe what they want. That includes deciphering through propaganda fed on both sides of the POLITICAL spectrum.
See the U.S. Army War College Research Project which describes the threat as being minimal but real enough to require close monitoring for any important changes in that risk.
MAHDI AND THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT - DTIC
www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a467203.pdf
USAWC STRATEGY RESEARCH PROJECT MAHDI AND THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT by Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Crytzer United States Army Colonel Charles Higbee