Mr. Ledeen,
I had never thought about a possible resurgence of Zoroastrianism if the Mullahs fell; I must say it is an interesting premise though. It would seem to make sense as well, considering how secular most Iranians are, and how connected to their long and established cultural heritage they are.
Perhaps a rebirth of modern Zoroastrianism is concomitant to nationalism and hopefully, counter-mullah revolution. Perhaps our Intelligence community should start putting Zoroastrian religious literature in public places like we did in the Soviet Union and Eastern Germany. Those KGB/Stasi guys could never find out where all these pocket-sized bibles were coming from! Just as Soviet Communism made the state into a religion, in Iran the state is a religion- erode people’s faith in the state, erode the state. The only option then for the Mullahs is enforcement by terror (which is already nothing new), and since the Persians are a proud and steadfast lot, they will only take it for so long.
I have just read that KHAMENEI just DIED? Is it so?!
