@Open Source Intel: American‑Iranian Shiite scholar Hamza Sodagar on the spread of Islam in the U.S.: “Ayatollah Khamenei wanted Islam to grow within the United States by the hands of those who live here,” Sodagar said,

American-Iranian Shiite scholar Hamza Sodagar spoke at a Texas mosque event about establishing Iranian-led Shiite seminaries in the U.S. and Canada, as directed by Ayatollah Khamenei to grow Islam in the United States through local residents.