"a former CIA operative in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the author of the award-winning book" explains Shi`ite theology

"Shiite theology holds that great wars must engulf the Earth, during which one-third of the world’s population will die in the fighting and another third from hunger, lawlessness and havoc. Israel is to be destroyed, and only then will the 12th imam, Mahdi, reappear and kill all the infidels, raising the flag of Islam in all corners of the world." (thanks "Ibn Rushd")

PS He is not related to comrade Laleh Khalili.