FTP, identify this branch of Islam that predominates in Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran and is distinguished from its Sunni counterpart.
One branch of it recognizes any descendant who rises against a corrupt government as a potential leader, while another branch occupied Alamut and plotted to kill certain statesmen. Many adherents of it believe in the occultation, the messianic return of the mahdi, and most followers are part of the "twelver" and "sevener" branches that recognize different numbers of imams descended from Ali, the son of the Prophet Muhammad. FTP, identify this branch of Islam that predominates in Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran and is distinguished from its Sunni counterpart.
One branch of it recognizes any descendant who rises against a corrupt government as a potential leader, while another branch occupied Alamut and plotted to kill certain statesmen.
{Shi'ism} (prompt on {Islam} before it is mentioned; accept {Zaydi} before the word “{Alamut}”; accept al-{Shi'a}; do not accept {Twelver} or {Sevener} Shi'ism at any point)