In Shia Islam, the Imamah is a doctrine which asserts that certain individuals from the lineage of the Islamic prophet Muhammad are to be accepted as leaders and guides of the ummah after the death of Muhammad. Imamah further says that Imams possess divine knowledge and authority (Ismah) as well as being part of the Ahl al-Bayt, the family of Muhammad. These Imams have the role of providing commentary and interpretation of the Quran as well as guidance.
Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Mahdi is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the Mahdi, an eschatological redeemer of Islam and the final Imam of the Twelve Imams who will emerge with Isa (Jesus) in order to fulfil their mission of bringing peace and justice to the world. Twelver Shias believe that al-Mahdi was born on the 15th Sha'ban 870 CE/ 256 AH and assumed Imamate at nearly four years of age following the killing of his father Hasan al-Askari. In the early years of his Imamah, he is believed to have had contact with his followers only through The Four Deputies. This period was known as the Minor Occultation and lasted from 873 to 941 CE. A few days before the death of his fourth deputy Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Samarri in 941, he is believed to have sent his followers a letter. In that letter, which was transmitted by al-Samarri, he declared the beginning of Major Occultation, during which Mahdi was not to be in contact with his followers directly, but had instructed them to follow the pious high clerics for whom he has mentioned some distinguishing merits.
Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr was an Iranian-born Lebanese scholar and political leader who founded the Amal Movement.
Abu Kamal or Al-Bukamal is a city on the Euphrates river in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate of eastern Syria near the border with Iraq. It is the administrative centre of the Abu Kamal District and the local subdistrict. Just to the south-east is the Al-Qa'im border crossing to the town of Husaybah in the Al-Qa'im District of Iraq's Al Anbar Governorate.
Iran and Georgia have had relations for millennia, although official diplomatic relations between the two nations in the 20th century were established on May 15, 1992. Georgia is represented by its embassy in Tehran, while Iran has its representative embassy in Tbilisi. Iran is an important trade partner of Georgia.
The Minor Occultation, also known as the First Occultation, in Shia Islam refers to the early years of the Imamate of Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi, who disappeared and would only contact his followers through the Four Deputies. It was followed by the Major Occultation.
The Islamic Coalition Party is a conservative political party in Iran that favors economic liberalism.
United Front of Principlists was an Iranian principlist political coalition that contested the 2008 and 2012 legislative elections.
Murād Mīrzā was the 36th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Shia Islam community.
Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader, formerly known as Islamic Aligned Organizations is a Coalition of Iranian Principlist political groups. The group which consists of a wide range of traditional conservative parties, is active since administration of Mohammad Khatami, and is aligned with The two Societies.
America can't do a damn thing against us is a slogan originally used by the former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during the Iran hostage crisis, for the first time to assure the Iranians that the United States would not be able to restore the ousted Shah of Iran back to the Persian throne. The statement then became an inofficial slogan for the Iranian Revolution which resulted in the establishment of an Islamic Republic under Khomeini's rule.
Imam's Line is a term equivalent to the party line approved by the "Imam"—Ayatollah Khomeini in the Iranian revolutionary terminology.
Islamic Society of Athletes is an Iranian principlist political party affiliated with the Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader.
Islamic Association of Physicians of Iran is an Iranian principlist political party affiliated with the Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader.
Islamic Society of Employees is an Iranian principlist political party affiliated with the Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader.
The Union of Islamic Student Societies also known as the Islamic Society of Students is an Iranian student organization.
