Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, said he had learned that Pope Leo XIV issued an encyclical titled "Magnicia Humanitas" urging the disarmament of artificial intelligence. He praised the letter, arguing that AI defies divine purpose and is employed in many harmful ways. The Ayatollah called for a joint intellectual effort—he described it as a "Jihad-Crusade"—in which Christian allies could play a significant role.