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“land of the Aryans” and was the name the natives used in referring to their country. 4
    During more than twenty-five centuries of history, Persians have maintained their unique sense of identity. Though they converted to Islam, they have not always followed the accepted views of the religion. To an extent, Zoroastrianism, the religion of the early Persians, colors the Iranian variety of Islam.
    Iran is now one of the largest countries not only in the Middle East, but also in the Islamic world. Because of past experiences, Iran has developed a thorny separatism. Invaded during both World Wars and later set upon by Iraq, Iran has reason to fear foreign influence.
    The borders of Iran remained largely unchanged during the twentieth century, but the desire to recapture the glory of the vast Persian Empire has apparently lain dormant. Perhaps this pragmatism is the driving force behind Iran’s seemingly sudden emergence as a budding player in the world’s nuclear superpower game.
    It was during the reign of the last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, that plans to bring Iran into the nuclear age began. Bushehr was to be the site of the first two reactors, and, indeed, building on the site began in 1975. While the shah was still in control, research and development on fissile material production was also initiated. This, however, as well as all of the shah’s other ambitions, ended with the Islamic revolution of 1979.
     
    B ABYLON W ILL R ISE A GAIN
     
    In my book Beyond Iraq: The Next Move , I discussed many of the biblical implications of the second Gulf War, including the fact that Saddam Hussein saw himself as Nebuchadnezzar reincarnate. It is odd to note that since the publication of that book, Hussein’s end was very much like that of Nebuchadnezzar:
     
    Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like cattle. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
    —D ANIEL 4:33
     
    Daniel had just prophesied to Nebuchadnezzar that he was going to go insane, be driven from his kingdom, and end up in the field hiding, looking like a wild animal. Precisely what happened to Nebuchadnezzar happened to Saddam Hussein. On December 13, 2003, U.S. soldiers found him completely disoriented, hiding in a hole, his hair and fingernails grown out, and looking like a wild man. It was no different.
    While Hussein’s “Babylon” fell with him, the spirit of Babylon identified in the Book of Revelation did not. It is important to note that Persia is not mentioned in the Book of Revelation, while Babylon—likely the name used to represent the entire region around where the ancient city sat—is used several times as the head of the forces that rise against those represented by the city of Jerusalem—the Jews. In Scripture, Babylon is the seat of Satan’s evil as much as Jerusalem is the seat of God’s righteousness. They symbolize the two alliances that meet against one another in the final battle of Armageddon.
    At the same time, however, the Book of Ezekiel describes the force that will rise against Israel during the End Times with these words, mentioning Persia and others by name:
     
    The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; prophesy against him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal…. Persia [Iran], Cush [other translations have Ethiopia or Sudan—possibly representing African Muslims] and Put [kjv: Libya]…[and] the many nations with you….
     “‘…After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war [Israel’s return to existence after WWII?], whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long