Philosophy is a serious matter in Iran. The local culture war pales in comparison.

Initially, the Popperites had rallied around Murtadha Mutahhari, a mid-ranking mullah who had worked for Empress Farah’s High Council of Philosophy before the revolution. When Mutahhari was assassinated, presumably by hard-line Heideggerites, the Popperites promoted a non-cleric amateur philosopher named Abdul-Karim Sorush as chief spokesman.

Popperites? Sounds like something you'd get from too much amyl.

At home, there's a picture on the wall of dad with the Farah Diba in the sixties. I'll have to ask him if he ran into any Farsi Heideggerites.  ¶ 7:46 PM