For 37 years, the martyred leader, Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei was at the helm of affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was an early follower of Imam Khomeini and served the country in numerous capacities before being elected Wali-e Faqih by the Assembly of Experts in June 1989.
Donald Trump is not only a convicted felon, self-confessed rapist and fraud but a war criminal. Despite signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran on June 18, 2026, he has continued to violate its terms. He is now openly committing war crimes against Islamic Iran.
While the Arabian rulers in West Asia are incapable of defending themselves, their reliance on the US and zionist Israel has also proved illusionary. Three countries—Islamic Iran, Pakistan and Turkiye—and potentially Egypt can create stability in the region.
A prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz will bring down the US colossus. Disruption in energy supplies will have a global impact that western economies are incapable of addressing.
Attacks on oil tankers and vessels in the Strait of Hormuz can be traced to the “tanker war” between 1981-1988. The western-Arabian-Communist-backed Iraqi-imposed war on Islamic Iran was in full swing. The US wanted to cripple Iran’s economy by attacking its oil tankers.
Islamic Iran has the longest coastline along the Strait of Hormuz. The US lies thousands of miles away yet it wants to control it. Under what law do the American warlords make such a claim, apart from gangsterism and sheer greed? They will not succeed; they must not succeed.
While the western regimes and their media mouthpieces deliberately misrepresent components of the Axis of Resistance as ‘Iranian proxies’, in reality, they are independent entities coordinating their activities with the Islamic Republic.
In classical Sunni political theory, bay‘ah is often treated as a stabilizing mechanism, a safeguard against civil chaos (fitnah). However, looked at through the Qur’anic lens, bay‘ah becomes a conditional trust (amānah), accountability-based governance and revocable political consent.
The Qur’anic verse, 4:59 is often misinterpreted as a blank check for rulers. It is a conditional delegation of authority embedded in accountability. There is absolute obedience to Allah; normative authority to the Messenger and conditional authority to the ruler.
Since the defeat and retreat of the Ottoman Turks from the Balkans in 1878, Muslims have faced repeated humiliations at the hands of western colonial powers. Islamic Iran’s valiant resistance against the US-zionist evil duo and defeating them has washed away the shame of 150 years.
That Islamic Iran won the war—convincingly—against the US and Israel is confirmed by the MoU. Iran can now sell its oil and related products in the international market, sanctions have been lifted, its frozen assets released and it will control the Strait of Hormuz.
All of Iran’s neighbours to the west of the Persian Gulf have maintained US military bases from where attacks on Iran have been launched. While the Arab regimes’ policies are not uniform, some appear more hostile than others.
The vast majority of Muslims—Sunnis and Shi‘is—support the Islamic Republic of Iran but not ideologically. Their support is based on issues: Islamic Iran’s call for Muslim unity or its support for the Palestinian resistance movement. Muslims need to mak the ideological leap.
In his continuing series, Mohamed Ousman differentiates support for the Islamic Resistance Axis with endorsement of the concept of Walayat al-Faqih. The two are very different in Islamic political discourse.
Why some Sunni scholars, even those otherwise known to be knowledgeable about the Qur’an, are unable to understand that the concept of Walayat al-Faqih is just as valid as the Khilafah that they yearn for. While the Khilafah remains a distant dream, the Walayat al-Faqih is a reality.
