Arch-terrorist and war criminal Donald Trump used the UN podium to threaten Iran with “annihilation”. With the exception of Iran’s delegation, nobody else left the hall. Trump should have been denounced as a war criminal and arrested.
That Islamic Iran (annual defence budget $7.5 billion) defeated the combined military might of US and zionist Israel (combined annual military budget $1.5 trillion) is nothing short of a miracle. It was the result of a shift in Iran’s strategic thinking from defensive to offensive operations.
Donald Trump suffers from delusions. He thinks that he has wiped out Iran’s navy, army, missiles and drones and that the US controls the Strait of Hormuz. Islamic Iran has decided to cure him of his delusions. The Iranians appear to be having success.
For 47 years, Islamic Iran has been under illegal US sanctions. While they have caused much suffering to ordinary Iranians, officials have also learned to bypass the sanctions and survive. The latest US economic sanctions are faring no better. Most countries refuse to abide by them.
In this continuous series of articles, Mohamed Ousman places authority in the context of obedience to Allah and His Prophet. No human being can operate outside this framework and claim legitimacy.
In this concluding article of the 8-part series, bay‘ah, governance, and the Islamic Movement are compared with liberal democratic legitimacy theory. There are fundamental differences between the two.
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.
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.
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.
