
I am fascinated and amused when societies over-promote people, and this guy seems a perfect case study (unless the mullahs know something I don't - which is quite possible).
Not sure about you, but my science teachers never gave me the option of being ritually sacrificed. But if they had, I'd have been obsessed about whether on re-entry, I would have burnt with a squeaky pop; would have turned lime-water milky; or would have re-lit a glowing splint.
Maybe we'll find out if President Ahmedinejad literally goes ballistic...