On March 19, at the age of 86, Chuck Norris, the star of many b-movie movies and the series “Cool Walker,” a friend of Steve McQueen and Bruce Lee, a member of the “Expendables” team and the hero of crazy memes, died. In recent years, Norris became a Trumpist, a right-wing columnist, opposed the legalization of gay marriage and did not abandon the image of a Texas Ranger until his death.

US President Donald Trump speaks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he leaves the White House on March 20, 2026. Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP Donald Trump repeats every day: Iran is defeated, the war is going well, victory will be ours. Every day Iran responds with missiles and drones - and in recent days the intensity of these attacks has increased , while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.

Iran is the main stronghold of Shiism in the Islamic world. Trying to understand how the features of this branch of Islam influence what is happening now in the Islamic Republic, my interlocutor and I inevitably turned to politics, because Iranian theology is in many ways politics.