<![CDATA[Some of the people who are the most excited about Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral election are the ruling mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who see the triumph of their fellow Twelver Shi’ite Muslim as a marvelous harbinger of even better things to come. America is on the ropes, the mullahs think, or want the world to think, and Mamdani could be just the man to administer the coup de grace. ]]>