Because Fardid knew no German, his knowledge of Heidegger was based on scanty reading and misreading of French or Persian translations. Fardid's understanding of Heidegger could be summed up in two erroneous beliefs: society's need for order and the need for an unimpeachable leader to impose that order. He also claimed a visceral hatred of Marxism in all its many different forms No one was allowed to join the debate and suggest, ever so modestly, that maybe it was time for Iranians to use their own heads and begin thinking themselves. At a time that the ruling elite in Tehran were busy marking the anniversary of the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the Khomeinist movement lost another of its iconic figures: Ayatollah Muhammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi (pictured). (Image source: Mostafameraji/Wikimedia Commons)