To achieve this, Mamdani’s video erased anything that might complicate its claims. Then came the decisive move: Anyone with “eyes,” “a heart” and “a conscience,” Mamdani said, should reach the same personal conclusions as he has. There are only the moral human being and someone whose eyes are closed, heart is shut and conscience has failed. Khamenei came from revolutionary Shiite Islam and identified American conscience as a resource that could be leveraged. Khamenei understood that American conscience could be claimed without formal allegiance.