Christian Post – And to Iran, that “model” includes a messianic-type figure known as the “Mahdi”; the “mighty lord” Ahmadinejad was referring to in his U.N. speech. During another talk Ahmadinejad gave that same year, he stated that his main mission was to “pave the path for the glorious reappearance of Imam Mahdi, may Allah hasten his reappearance.”
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