A feature-length documentary film produced by a top adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims that the current unrest in the Middle East is a signal that the Mahdi—or Islamic messiah—is about to appear. Former Revolutionary Guards officer Reza Kahlili, who defected to the West after spying on behalf of the cia inside Iran for more than a decade, obtained a bootleg copy of this new film and turned it over to Western media sources.

This film was screened just a few weeks ago by Ahmadinejad’s office and is soon to be distributed to Islamic audiences across the Middle East. It links Islamic prophecies to current events in an attempt to convince Muslims around the world that a scenario of Muslim world government, led by Iran, was foretold in the Koran and the Hadith, the sayings of the Prophet Mohammed. “The Hadith have clearly described the events and the transformations of various countries in the Middle East and also that of Iran in the age of The Coming,” said a narrator of the film, who also went on to claim that America’s invasion of Iraq was foretold by Islamic scripture.

The narrator lists the following world events as prophesied “signs” of the Mahdi’s return:

The leaders of Iran believe that the current violence and turmoil in the Middle East are signs of the imminent triumph of their version of Islam. This belief will definitely make Iran—and its allies—much more bold in its attempts to violently wrench Jerusalem away from Israeli control.

Another Book—one with an infallible track record when it comes to fulfilled prophecy—reveals that Islamic forces will indeed conquer part of Jerusalem. This Book, however, further reveals that Iran’s Islamic empire will be destroyed by an even more violent power shortly after this initial success.

Passages from the Holy Bible foretell an end-time clash between a German-led Holy Roman Empire and an Iranian-led Islamic caliphate. These passages show that Islamic radicals will conquer half of Jerusalem just before this clash is triggered. For more information on this intriguing prophecy, read our editor in chief’s 2006 article “Jerusalem Is About to Be Cut in Half.” Then, carefully study Herbert W. Armstrong’s classic The Proof of the Bible.