Hope, Messiah and troubles of messianic futures in Iran: exploring martyrdom and politics of hope amongst the Iranian revolutionary youth

Hope for a messianic future and the Messiah’s return emerge from everyday life negotiations of some Iranians within Islamic Republic Iran. The has co-opted religion, hope Messiah to build mode religious governance maintain pro-regime families revolutionary youth. I will demonstrate politics in Iran argue that subscribing by may appear as expression futurity or compliance with at first glance. However, is world-making endure militancy, militarization life, political Islam pain caused stream dead bodies coming different conflict zones. This article builds on existing debates show how reality ‘the future’ becomes Shia believers social actors carving amidst precarities not an orientation towards but rather making-do.