Tehran [Iran], May 26 (ANI): In a significant diplomatic outreach amid shifting geopolitical alignments in West Asia, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has invited Muslim nations to collaborate with Tehran in addressing regional instability.
The Iranian leader expressed these views on Tuesday in a post on X, adopting a conciliatory tone during the annual Hajj season and positioning Tehran as a willing partner in fostering regional cooperation.
“I, with sincerity and purity of intention, invite all Islamic countries and governments to friendship and cooperation in goodness, so that, by working together, we may take steps toward the advancement of the Islamic Ummah and the resolution of the Islamic world’s problems,” Khamenei wrote on X.
Earlier in the day, however, the Supreme Leader struck a far sharper tone regarding external involvement in the region.
Following renewed tensions in the Persian Gulf, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei warned that regional territories would no longer act as protective zones for US military installations and asserted that Washington would no longer have a “safe haven for mischief.”
The remarks came after recent US military strikes targeting Iranian missile launch positions and maritime vessels near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The Pentagon defended the actions as measures taken in self-defense, even as the hostilities threatened a fragile ceasefire and complicated ongoing diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalating the crisis.
In a subsequent written statement, the Supreme Leader issued a stern warning regarding the American military presence in West Asia.
“The hand of time does not turn back, and the nations and lands of the region will no longer serve as shields for American bases,” Mojtaba Khamenei said.
“America will no longer have a safe haven for mischief and the establishment of military bases in the region,” he added.
Paying tribute to his predecessor and father, the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba claimed Iran’s strategic capabilities had undergone a spiritual revival following the leadership transition earlier this year.
“The weapon of God is great; it bestowed such strength and power upon the Iranian nation that, following the heart-wrenching event of the martyrdom of the great leader, the worthy successor of the Noble Messenger, His Eminence Ayatollah al-Uzma Sayyid Ali Husayni Khamenei, at the hands of the villains of today’s world, it found divine resurrection,” he stated.
Directly criticizing Washington and Israel, the Iranian leader praised the operational readiness of Iran’s armed forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
“The valiant mujahideen and self-sacrificing armed forces, placing their trust in the Divine Lord and by means of their missiles and drones on land, in the air, and at sea, hurled their weapons at the Great Satan, namely America, and its trained beast, the Zionist regime, and beheld with their own eyes the fulfilment of God’s true promise of victory to the warriors striving in His path,” he said.
Khamenei further claimed that Israel was nearing collapse, referencing an earlier prediction regarding the state’s future.
“The shaky Zionist regime and the cancerous tumour of Israel have also drawn near to the final stages of their cursed demise, and by the grace of God and in accordance with the decisive and prescient statement of the supremely dignified Leader ten years ago, it shall not see twenty-five years hence from that date, God willing,” he added.
According to the statement, Tehran’s recent military operations had rendered Israel “helpless” and delivered “devastating blows” during the conflict.
Mojtaba Khamenei concluded by asserting that the Islamic Republic had delivered “a harsh slap to the aggressor America” and thwarted “the enemy in its goal of forcing Iran’s surrender.” (ANI)
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