You all know that Iran's security chief Ali Larijani was assassinated.

Doris Welsh

It was said that he is the de facto head of Iran because he has command over Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

That means he has more power than the Supreme Leader.

There is a lot of talk online about his academic qualifications.

He did his bachelor's in computer science. Then he did higher education and a PhD in philosophy. Specifically, on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant.

You will see such a pattern of higher education in every top leader of Iran.

President Masoud Pazeshkian is a thorough heart surgeon.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, on the one hand, has reached the peak of religious knowledge, and on the other hand, he has done higher education in Psychology/psychoanalysis.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi did his PhD in Political Science from the University of Kent in Britain.

Parliament Speaker Bagheir Ghalibaf holds a PhD in Political Geography. The topic of his thesis dissertation is Evolution of local institutions in contemporary Iran.

Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

And all of them have received some level of Islamic religious jurisprudence education.

The pattern is clear.

Each of their leaders is highly educated. They are not just politicians. Before becoming politicians, they have reached the highest peaks in their professional level.

Even leaders who do not have university degrees have received higher education at the traditional Iranian madrasa level.

You will not find this sequence in any other country.

There are several reasons why Iranians are like this.

First of all, Persians have been famous for their knowledge since ancient times.

Before the Islamic Renaissance, the Persians were the only ones who preserved the Greek knowledge.

From where Islam came later and continued Greek knowledge.

If the Persians had not preserved the Greek knowledge in their libraries, the Muslim Renaissance might have looked different.

And after the advent of Islam in Persia, the situation was such that Arabic scholars were afraid - whether the Persian language would take over the place of Arabic.

This is the historical reason for the Iranians to prioritize meritocracy. Such is their civilizational tradition.

Another reason is - this is the strategy to tackle global sanctions and isolation.

Iran is under the weight of American sanctions.

The economic situation is therefore difficult.

On the other hand, war and internal conflicts are still ongoing.

A sharp mind is needed to handle these.

Diplomacy needs people who know the pulse of the stars.

Iran cannot run with just a businessmen's deep state like other capitalist countries. Therefore, Iran cannot afford a stupid king like other countries can afford.

If Iran makes a sesame-sized mistake in diplomacy, their existence can be turned into dust.

For this, people who know history, culture, and philosophy are needed.

Those who will fully apply the knowledge of the pen and paper in practical life.

Meritocracy is not Iran's choice, it is a non-negotiable strategy for its existence.

Iran wants to become a great civilization again.

The first condition for becoming great is to value knowledge. If Iran had appointed five-pass ministers like us and useless diplomats who memorized BCS, its advanced missile system would not have been created.

The world's most powerful non-state armed force and well-planned proxy network would not have been created.

It would not have been able to stand face to face with the combined power of Israel-America-Europe.