Iran claims the Egyptian uprising was managed by the Mahdi; the missing 12th Imam

Ahmadinejad: Egypt Revolution Reveals Hand of the 'Mahdi'

In the near future, will America and Israel somehow leave the Middle East? According to this news account from Iran's state-controlled Kahyan,

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told cheering crowds celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the Iranian Revolution that the Mahdi, the Muslim version of the messiah, is managing the Egyptian Revolution and global affairs, and that he will soon deal with the 'child of Satan' - the United States.