A report came out that the US DoD released a previously classified video of the IRGC rocket attack January 8, 2020, on the Iraqi Ayn al-Asad airbase being used by US forces. That IRGC rocket attack was a reaction to Soleimani’s assassination five days earlier.
The released video (which is downloadable here) is a reminder of one of the Persian Ram’s capabilities to pull off the Second Signpost. That capability is that the Persian ram, as it runs out across the Middle East per Daniel 8:4, can indeed take out American military land assets with pinpoint accuracy. Note in the photo below taken the next day after the attack how each building was destroyed in its exact center.
An overhead photo of the Al Asad base in western Iraq. Note the circled areas where IRGC ballistic missiles struck. Not, too, that each strike hit the center of each building.
Since the rocket attack occurred at night, the video is in night-vision, and evidently shot from a drone. The drone was looking to the south since the rockets, though coming in from the left side of the screen, actually came from the east.
Though the photo supposedly tells us the Persian Ram has the capability to hit its targets at will, the video gives us a better perspective as to the conditions people might experience when the Persian Ram finally makes its run to the west, north, and south. Just like a charging and butting ram shocks the people or animals the ram strikes, so to, the IRGC will be shocking the Mideast population in the first hours and days of the Second Signpost.
You might want to play and watch the video several times. The rocket bomb payloads streaking in from the sky might have seemed like a raining hell, terrifying to those on the ground. The rockets were evidently moving faster than the speed of sound so there would be many sonic booms. These sonic booms would precede each explosion made by a half-ton bomb. The news report also mentions US military personnel thought they were going to die.
The Second Signpost is coming. It will terrorize the Middle East. It will cause economic chaos in much of the rest of the world. It will likely bring about the fall that the USA is being set up for with the public debt now half again larger than its GDP.
Categories: In The News, Signpost #2: Iran
THE FOUR SIGNPOSTS 
FAI posted this earlier today, Mark.
https://www.faimission.org/wire/fierce-battle-yemen-drone-attacks-saudi-arabia
There could be a Mediterranean aspect to Iran’s coming invasion. Iran has recently warned that if Israel attacks Iran, Tel Aviv and Haifa would be obliterated. https://iranwire.com/en/features/9118 Tel Aviv and Haifa are cities on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. In February of 2021, Iran and Russia conducted joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman. https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/02/17/645467/Iranian,-Russian-forces-rescue-hijacked-merchant-vessels-in-joint-naval-drill Russia has a Mediterranean naval base at Tartus, Syria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_naval_facility_in_Tartus Iran has a naval presence at Latakia, Syria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Latakia “Since 2019, Iran leases parts of the port of Latakia for civilian and military use.” On 2021-03-10, Iran is to begin a direct shipping of cargo to Latakia. https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/bandar-abbas-latakia-direct-shipping-line-to-be-launched-by-early-mar/ Could IRGC fast attack boats be included in that cargo?
Mediterranean port of Latakia, Syria
While Tel Aviv and Haifa might bask in the promise “no weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper” (Isaiah 54:17), Cyprus does not have such protection. The distance between Iran’s port at Latakia and the town of Rizokárpaso in the Turkish area of Cyprus is 79.5 miles. In less than an hour, 98 miles per hour IRGC fast attack boats too small to be picked up on radar could be launching missiles at whatever Greek, Turkish, or British Cypriot forces could be hastily mustered for defense.
Why would Iran invade Cyprus? On 2021-03-08, Israel signed an energy agreement with Cyprus and Greece. https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/03/08/cyprus-greece-and-israel-sign-mou-to-link-power-grids/ The Israel-hating IRGC cannot be happy about this. Conquering Cyprus would be a way to stop it.
I just watched in full screen mode this recent MEMRI video with English subtitles.
https://www.memri.org/tv/new-irgc-speedboats-torpedoes-aircraft-carriers-oil-rigs-docks-cruise-missiles-drones
Then I reread Revelation 6:3-4, Daniel 7:5, and Daniel 8:4. It looks to me that 2021, 42 years after the Islamic Republic of Iran was founded, may be the year their fulfillment begins.
I now look for chiasmi to help clarify difficult-to-understand Bible passages. Isaiah 22 is a challenge. After noticing a chiasmus linking the historical portions of Isaiah, a path towards understanding Isaiah 22 may have opened. The two main historical passages are Isaiah 6-8 during the reign of Ahaz (732–716 BC) and Isaiah 36-39 during the reign of Hezekiah (716–697 BC). In between these passages is Isaiah 22, which is partly historical. A word link runs through the three passages.
A “the conduit of the upper POOL in the highway of the fuller’s field” (7:3)
B “ye gathered together the waters of the lower POOL” (22:9)
B’ “ye also made a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old POOL (22:11)
A’ “the conduit of the upper POOL in the highway of the fuller’s field” (36:2)
The word “pool” throughout is Strong’s 1295 meaning “reservoir.” The other uses of “pool” in the KJV of Isaiah are Strong’s 98 meaning “marsh.”
During the reign of Hezekiah, to channel water from the Gihon spring near the Temple SW to Siloam, a tunnel was hewn through solid rock (2 Kings 20:20; 2 Chronicles 32:30). The reason for redirecting the flow of water is explained in 2 Chronicles 32:1-8.
For those tunneling from the SW to meet those tunneling from the NE was a challenge. After the connection was made, an inscription lauding the achievement was chiseled into a wall near the Siloam end. In 1890, that inscription was removed, and the Ottoman Empire controlling Jerusalem sent it to be on display in Turkey. Israel has asked for its return. A replica has been put where the original was. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siloam_inscription The “lower” pool is the Siloam pool discovered by accident in 2004. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Siloam It was where Jesus sent a blind man to wash off mud that Jesus had made with his spit and had daubed on the blind man’s eyes (John 9). Isaiah 22 mentioned the treasurer Shebna, who had hewed out a fancy sepulcher for himself. There is a Shebna inscription confirming that he was a real person. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebna_inscription Although part of Isaiah 22 is historical, verses 1-14 may have some end-time fulfillment. The mention of Elam (verse 6) may refer to Iran’s coming invasion, and historical portions may be types for future fulfillment.
Mark,
I watched this earlier today. This goes viral more pressure will be on Pres. Biden to step down. With Harris as president, due her not being close to knowing the military ins and out as Biden did in his 47 years, I have a feeling Iran will definitely exploit her inexperience.
2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37; 19:2 mirror Isaiah 36:3, 11, 22; 37:2 in characterizing Eliakim as the majordomo of the king’s palace and Shebna as a scribe. In contrast, Isaiah 22:15-25 has Shebna as the majordomo, but prophesied that he would be replaced in that role by Eliakim. Isaiah 22 may have been written after Hezekiah made the mistake of allowing leaders from pre-Nebuchadnezzar Babylon to see all the treasures in the royal palace. Isaiah prophesied that the palace treasures and the royal household would eventually be taken to Babylon (Isaiah 39). Shebna must have been promoted from scribe to majordomo over the palace when wicked Manasseh had succeeded Hezekiah as king. So when Manasseh and his household were taken to Babylon (2 Chronicles 33:11), that would have included Shebna. Notice the parallel between Isaiah asking Hezekiah questions about showing off wealth to visiting Babylonians (Isaiah 39:3) and Isaiah asking Shebna questions about his plans for personal wealth (Isaiah 22:15-16). Isaiah told Shebna, “The Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity” (Isaiah 22:17), obviously the same captivity that Manasseh’s household would experience. When the repentant Manasseh was returned to be king of Judah (2 Chronicles 33:12-20), Eliakim would be restored to his former majordomo status (Isaiah 22:20-25), leaving Shebna to die in Babylon (Isaiah 22:18-19).
None of this is foreign to present spiritual conditions in Israel and America.
On 2020-09-04, the Trump Administration brokered a peace deal between Kosovo and Serbia. In the English text of the agreement https://kryeministri-ks.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Implementation-Plan-for-the-Washington-Agreement_19102020.pdf point 16 states: “Kosovo (Pristina) and Israel agree to mutually recognize each other.” On 2021-03-14, Kosovo opened its Israel embassy in Jerusalem, the third nation after United States and Guatemala to do so, the first majority Muslim nation to do so. Kosovo’s population is 95% Albanian. Turkey has close relations with Albania itself, but doesn’t know how to react to what Kosovo has done. A short video on the event produced by Turkey’s TRT World avoids praising or condemning. https://youtu.be/N3UkRqRXoZg What would happen if both Turkey and Israel find themselves under attack by Iran? Would they not agree to work together to stop further invasions? The Turkey-led Sunni confederacy that must beat back Iran could become friendly with Israel. Part of Turkey’s animosity against Israel is out of fear that Israel will build its Temple on the Muslim-controlled “Temple Mount.” https://www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-east/jews-in-east-jerusalem-divided-over-demolishing-al-aqsa-mosque The Temple Mount is actually the site of the Roman fort Antonia. All Israel needs to do to end Muslim fears is to acknowledge that the true Temple site has always been above the Gihon spring to the south of fort Antonia. I have come to believe that Satan himself is behind the idea that fort Antonia is the future Temple site. That Liar would have everyone believe that the 10,000 neatly stacked stones of the walls of Antonia are proof that Jesus falsely prophesied that not one stone of the Temple complex would remain that had not been thrown down. Once Israel realizes where the Temple should be, I can picture a representative of Turkey slapping a representative of Israel on the back and saying, “Well, why didn’t you say so? We’ll support building your Temple south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque! What? You want your Siloam inscription back? No problem!” Books revealing the true Temple location are: The Temples that Jerusalem Forgot by Ernest L. Martin, Temple by Robert Cornuke, The Jerusalem Temple Mount Myth by Marilyn Sams.
Dear Mark,
Here is a link to the most recent article from conservative Washington Examiner regarding the real threat to the USA regarding EMP technology developments by Russia. The Biden Administration foolish decision to allow enemy China (and by extension, China’s allies Russia and Iran) to gain a backdoor access to our national power grid will be something that will be exploited in time by China and China’s allies.
Four years of the Biden’s Administration and progressive radical leftists will make the year 2025 a year to watch and pray about as End Time signs seem to be moving.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/new-grid-threat-russia-deploys-first-strike-weapon-china-ready-too
Blessings!
Prism,
I believe the Sunni Confederacy will be friendly toward Israel. Sort of a “calm before the storm.”
Since only a small percentage of Christians know about the four signposts, Iran’s invasion will be a shock to Christendom. Revelation 6:3-4, Daniel 7:5, Daniel 8:4, will simultaneously be fulfilled, as shown in Daniel Revisited. The bear of Daniel 7:5 is commanded, “Arise, devour much flesh.” We know that besides Iran’s own military are proxy forces armed by Iran, which surround Israel, including Hezbollah (Party of Allah) forces in Lebanon. As Iran invades Sunni Muslim lands, Iran’s proxies may be simultaneously invading portions of Israel. If so, we could be looking at a fulfillment of Joel 1:4, which I am quoting as three markers:
(1) That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten;
(2) and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten;
(3) and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
Lest one think that these refer to crop pests only, jump to Joel 2:25: “And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.” In the Jewish Publication Society’s 1985 translation, that final phrase is worded: “the great army I let loose against you.”
The three markers in Joel 1:4 remind me of three markers in Isaiah 24:17-18:
(1) Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
(2) … he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit;
(3) and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare …
Isaiah 24:17-18 is immediately preceded by “the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously,”
which links to “the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously” of Isaiah 21:2, which mentions
Elam and Media, which together designate Iran.
The universal application in Isaiah 24:17-18 is focused in Jeremiah 48:43-44 on Moab in Jordan:
(1) Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab …
(2) He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit;
(3) and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare …
Since Lebanon is north of Israel, Hezbollah may be the northerner referred to in Joel 2:20 JPS:
“I will drive the northerner far from you, I will thrust it into a parched land. Its van to the Eastern [Dead] Sea and its rear to the Western [Mediterranean] Sea; and the stench of it shall go up, and the foul smell rise.”
Although the IRGC flag is dyed Persian blue and the Hezbollah flag is dyed yellow, they are cut from the same Shia cloth.
https://www.angelfire.com/ks/landzastanza/images/irgcflag.jpg https://www.angelfire.com/ks/landzastanza/images/hezbollahflag.jpg
Perched on a hill in the Lebanese village of Maroun al-Ras is “Iran Garden.” Within it is a building looking similar to Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock, but with the Iranian symbol of Allah on it. On 2020-03-05, The Times of Israel posted a photo-rich article by Lenny Ben-David titled
“Soleimani Statue Put Up in Lebanon’s ‘Iran Garden’.” https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/soleimani-statue-put-up-in-lebanons-iran-garden/ The statue was a plywood cutout portraying Soleimani pointing towards Israel, whose border is only a kilometer away.
Prism,
Interesting.
Mark, this was just posted by Erick Stakelback earlier today.
We see all the End Times Events starting to unfold.
I note that the GLOBAL COVID problem has disrupted so many things. Commercial Enterprises that thought they were stable economically eg entertainment, restaurants have been severely impacted.
The COVID things has turned so many people’s lives upside down in particular the owners of these establishments who , no doubt, thought they were untouchable.
Perhaps the next major event to follow will be a great INFLATION which has already started due to the debasement of currencies through QE Money printing. Inflation will totally destroy so many things and peoples billions held in cash will become worthless.
Sadly a thing that might accelerate this process would be a major natural disaster or widespread Middle Eastern war.
Gary,
The Psalm 83 war is being set up. I believe it will occur during the Second Signpost.
It may seem odd that Iran arms and relies on proxies against Israel, while planning to invade Sunni countries directly. According to Daniel 8:4, Iran’s west, north, and south invasions will be 100% successful. The fate of its proxies against Israel, depending on which prophecies apply, may be to achieve partial success at first, but eventual failure. Why won’t Iran attack Israel directly? A clue can be found in Iran’s participation or lack thereof in the sport of wrestling. The Iranian regime purposely directs that Iranian wrestlers must never compete directly with Israeli wrestlers. See the 2018 IranWire article “Will Iranian Wrestlers Compete against Israelis?” https://iranwire.com/en/features/5516 It would be extremely embarrassing to a regime that calls Israel the Little Satan to have the sporting world watch an Iranian wrestler being pinned to the mat by an Israeli wrestler. Similarly, while Iran is supremely confident in the superiority of its forces and weaponry against friendly-with-Israel Sunni countries, it shies away from direct engagements with Israel.
EVERGREEN line container ship EVER GIVEN blocking the Suez Canal
On 2015-10-13, Mark Taylor wrote:
The Spirit of God says,
The Clintons, the Clintons,
your time has come to an end,
for you both are being omitted
for the crimes you have committed.
Hillary’s is no secret,
and they will be her downfall,
but Bill’s will be exposed one after the other,
and it will be a windfall.
For this time you will not escape prosecution
and restitution for the rape and prostitution.
You thought no one saw, but I, the Lord, see it all,
and now this will be your downfall.
A windfall is something unexpected, like a container ship getting stuck
in the Suez Canal and exposed for the world to see. The EVERGREEN
painted on the ship’s sides matches Hillary Clinton’s Secret Service code
name of “Evergreen.” The call sign of the stuck ship is H3RC, which has
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s initials.
From 2017-10-28 to 2020-12-08, a patriotic American military intelligence
backchannel created 4,953 posts signed Q. Most Q post collections are
searchable. “Evergreen” occurred twice.
2018-04-26 Q post 1279:
[EG].
Define Evergreen.
When do you call a plumber?
Ongoing investigations require…..
Egypt hired the Dutch company Smit Salvage to open up blockage
in the Suez Canal caused by the Evergreen Line ship Ever Given.
2020-02-12 Q post 3856:
The lines are drawn.
[Zw7301-&vQ-00-00-03]
Define Renegade [Hussein USSS code name].
Standard definition.
Define Evergreen [HRC USSS code name]
Non-standard definition.
Think depopulation.
The Silent War continues…
Barack Hussein Obama’s Secret Service code name was Renegade.
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Secret Service code name was Evergreen.
tugboat BARAKA I attempting to pull EVERGREEN line container ship H3RC free
On 2020-11-17, Amanda Grace wrote: “Watch Holland, says the Lord.”
Holland is a region comprising most of the western coast of the Netherlands.
Marine Traffic reported that the container ship Ever Given was bound for
Rotterdam, a port city in South Holland.
On 2021-03-26 the Irish Raidió Teilifís Éireann reported:
“A Dutch super-salvage firm that has worked on some of the most famous
wrecks of recent years now faces one of its biggest challenges in the Suez
Canal. Netherlands-based firm Smit Salvage has been hired to help shift
the 400-metre, 200,000-tonne Ever Given container ship currently blocking
the Suez Canal…. The company was founded in 1842 in the Dutch port city
of Rotterdam, and now has four “strategic emergency response bases” in
Rotterdam, Houston, Cape Town and Singapore.”
After several failed attempts to float the ship, it looks like the only
remaining option is unloading containers to reduce the draft. But that
could expose what was being sent to Rotterdam and why. On 2021-03-10,
Amanda Grace wrote: “This shall be a memorable Passover, for I the
Lord God shall put an exclamation point on such, and foundations shall
be shifted and shaken.” The Suez Canal conundrum began 2021-03-23
not far from where the original Passover happened. Passover 2021 began
on 03-27 and ends on 04-04, Easter Sunday.
Good article on the continual rise of Erdogan.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/erdoganistan-new-islamic-superpower
Prism,
Don’t forget Psalm 83. All the peoples with one mind (the mind of the IRGC) say “let us erase the name of Israel.” The IRGC says “let us erase Israel from the pages of history.”
Mark:
I agree with your statement: “The Psalm 83 war is being set up. I believe it will occur during the Second Signpost.”
On Monday 2021-03-29, 2 days into the 2021 Passover season, dredgers and tugboats successfully removed the Evergreen ship Ever Given (H3RC) from where it was stuck, and ship traffic through the Suez Canal, in Egypt, resumed. This was announced at 3PM Cairo time, which is 9AM Washington time. That same day the United States Supreme Court denied efforts to require former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to face a deposition over her unsecured email setup while she served in the Obama Administration.
Nineteen days before these two events, Amanda Grace wrote: “And says the Spirit of the Lord this day, this shall be a memorable Passover, for I the Lord God shall put an exclamation point on such, and foundations shall be shifted and shaken as even the Supreme Court shall feel what I the Lord God have set out to do, for a power struggle has ensued behind the scenes of the courts, a hostile takeover, says the Lord, as they have sold their powers off to the highest bidder, for men are filled with lawlessness and do not fear the law because they have taken control of the law and make and manipulate their own. “Do what thou wilt” is not the whole of MY LAW, says the Lord of Hosts, and My righteous laws are touching down and being carried out in many areas of life, not only personally, but up to the highest seats in the land, says the Lord of Hosts.”
Since the Ever Given is now world famous, its intended unloading of shipping containers in Rotterdam, South Holland, may come under unwanted scrutiny. The port of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest sea port. On 2020-11-17, Amanda Grace wrote: “Watch Holland, says the Lord.” On 2020-07-08, there had been an article titled “Dutch police discover secret torture site in shipping containers.” https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/dutch-police-discover-secret-torture-site-in-shipping-containers/news-story/4e19debb9590073afb9c1c88feae96e2
With regard to the Psalm 83 war with the US/Saudi charm offensive towards Israel and Jordan’s relative neutral stance it is difficult to imagine the Psalm 83 War occurring for many years yet.
The only thing that i could think of that might cause a rapid degeneration would be a Jewish Temple being built on the Mount.
The other indicators seem to show us rushing towards the End Times eg volcanic activity, bizarre weather events, Rise of Turkey and its Ottoman ambitions, Russia in the middle East, Irans nuclear programme etc. etc. but these events have caused the Saudis (and Jordan ?) to be less anti Israel as the Iranian Shiites are the main threat.
With regard to the end times in general the recent Suez blockage has shown how easy it will be for the Iranians to completely disrupt World trade via Hormuz, Suez and Bab el Mandeb.
Brian,
I believe it is because of the great victory won in the Psalm 83 war that will embolden Israel to build their temple. Catch what the enemies say – its the same thing the IRGC says and all those peoples are united and paid for by the IRGC. Search this site for psalm 83 – a few posts have been made.
While the signpost perspective reveals the order of events and countries involved, not much is known about the timing of remaining signposts. In 1979, both the Supreme Leader of Iran (first) and the IRGC (second) came into power. That the charge of the ram would happen when the second had become more powerful than the first makes sense. I wrongly argued that recent advances in IRGC military equipment has made it more powerful than the Supreme Leader. Greater power implies greater authority, independent of weaponry status.
On 2021-03-27, the day Passover began, Iran and China signed a 25 year cooperation agreement. That same day, Amanda Grace was given a prophecy that began with a vision of 25, starting at the 6:02 mark of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7qhIJWQZo Here is the part that reminds me of Psalm 83:
“They have reached the tipping point, they have reached the tipping point, says the Lord! And TIP OVER it shall in more ways than one, says the Lord of Hosts, for weight is shifting. It is shifting, says the Lord, and weights, millstones, judgments, shall be heaved upon them, says the Lord, for daring to touch My firstborn, for daring to even attempt to harm them, for they shall be devoured in their place, the rulers, ayatollahs, who hold court, their trusted advisors, men who loath the things of God and worship a very false principality, in whom war is its portion, for the wars it seeks to start, says the Lord of Hosts, for daring to attack and persecute My children, for daring to poison their minds, weary their spirits, and attempting to mock and belittle, to make them recant, says the Lord, and those I the Lord have raised up who call me ABBA, Father, shall not recant in this hour, but shall firmly stomp and march on the ground and move ahead, full steam ahead, says the Lord of Hosts this day.”
On 2021-04-02, Amanda Grace was given a prophecy, starting at the 8:22 mark of https://youtu.be/4UlUQj2DdnU Here is the part that reminds me of Psalm 83:
“And says the Spirit of the Lord this day, An Ayatollah and a dragon have merged in agreement, with the purse prize being the destruction of Israel, two countries who are set to be threshed have merged in an attempt to harm My firstborn Israel, two countries who serve a principality, in whom they govern now. The time has come for them to be threshed doing the bidding of these bloodthirsty, vain entities, who have now reluctantly come into agreement to influence the men who are so their slaves and servants to change their focus to Israel first and its brother America the eagle second. And says the Spirit of the Lord this day, The agreements that have been made are as dust in My sight. They are fallible meaningless contracts, murder for hire. What has laid hidden in the dark shall be brought out into the light and be placed at the threshing floor, and I the Lord shall smack down on both nations and beat and press what has laid hidden in the dark out into the light. A chain reaction, a chemical reaction shall be triggered that shall destroy labs and nuclear cooking pots in both countries, as the temperature is raised and boils take place, says the Lord of Hosts. For they shall be squeezed as other countries so go on high alert as they see this unholy blasphemous creature that has emerged from Persia, and the Muslims and the Hindus shall squabble. For their demons are very territorial, and so infighting, squabbles, and calculated attacks on relations so shall occur as even Israel gets into their motherboard and tightly guarded labs, and so explosions shall you see as the mouth is shut off, the dragon speaking blasphemies against My children, for the agreement with My enemies and the enemies of My firstborn. So I the Lord shall shake those nations, and leadership so shall be struck and fall, a domino effect that reaches across both countries, ring around the Rosie, a pocket full of posey, ashes, ashes, they ALL fall down, and plagues and boils it shall be, as rats consume them for plotting to harm the covenant nations I the Lord have so protected.” See the definition of Ayatollah at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayatollah
The failure of an ill-fated agreement with China, approved by the Supreme Leader, may shift some authority and power to the IRGC, which could then launch 100% successful invasions of Sunni countries.