In a speech inaugurating Iran's National Center for Globalization Studies, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that the center's goal was "to spread anticipation and love for the Hidden Imam" who is expected to save the community of Shi'ite believers and the world.
Ahmadinejad called the universal rule of the Hidden Imam humanity's most important need.
The new center, established recently on Ahmadinejad's instructions, replaced former president Mohammad Khatami's Center for Dialogue of Civilizations, which has been disbanded.
Source: Mehr, Iran, January 21, 2008
