Unlike US, Iran prepared for a long war: Security chief

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Larijani (File photo)

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Larijani, says Iran did not initiate the current war, but it remains fully prepared to sustain a long-term conflict, unlike the United States.

“Iran, unlike the United States, has prepared itself for a long war,” Larijani stated in a post on the social media platform X on Monday.

Echoing historical precedents, Larijani added, “As in the past 300 years, Iran did not start this war, our brave armed forces have not engaged in a single offensive operation, acting solely in self-defense.”

The Security Council chief pledged that Iran would “fiercely defend itself and its six-thousand-year-old civilization regardless of the costs,” promising that the enemies would “regret their miscalculation.”

The remarks follow a fresh round of aerial aggression launched by the US and Israel on Saturday, marking a new escalation just eight months after previous unprovoked attacks on the Islamic Republic.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was assassinated in the first salvo of the terrorist attacks, even as Tehran was engaged in diplomatic talks with Washington over its nuclear program.

Iran swiftly initiated retaliation, launching coordinated barrages of missiles and drones targeting Israeli-occupied territories and US military bases across the region.

Despite Leader's martyrdom, Islamic Republic firmly in control and punishing the enemy

 By Iqbal Jassat

Using the most lethal weapons of mass destruction, the United States and the illegal apartheid regime of Israel launched another war of aggression earlier this week, designed to bring about “regime-change” in the country.

Though it is widely known that the script is written in Tel Aviv by a wanted war criminal facing charges at the Hague for genocide in Gaza, the execution of the war on the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Trump administration in cahoots with the Zionist regime follows a pattern of racist white supremacists.

The target is Iran. The price is a bloodbath. The goal has precedence in a history of vile hatred against Islam and Muslim nations that refuse to be vassals of the West.

Independence and self-determination by the only Muslim state in post-colonialism, founded on values of human rights and justice, for itself and oppressed people across the globe, has posed a threat to corrupt Western domination since the groundbreaking Islamic Revolution of 1979 led by Imam Khomeini, which toppled an Israeli/American lackey.

Since then, every trick in CIA and Mossad's books has been tried to remove Iran's principled Islamic government and replace it with the corrupt dictatorship that will be subservient to the Western hegemonic powers, as it was before the 1979 revolution.

Puppets like Reza Pahlavi do not operate in a vacuum. As a committed Zionist, his political orientation to serve US/Israeli interests has been incubated in Washington and Tel Aviv. He accounts not to Iran but to those who manipulate him: CIA and Mossad.

In his folly, he forgets that the history of his family's repression and tyranny was orchestrated by the British colonial empire during the 1920s and culminated in the infamous coup against the democratically elected government in the mid-1950s.

Reza Pahlavi's vain hope to be installed on the despised "Peacock Throne" relies on the US and Israel’s war on Iran - in other words, at gunpoint in typical gangster style.

The collective memory of millions of Iranians who remain faithful to Islam and the revolutionary ideals of the Islamic Republic will recall how Britain orchestrated a coup to install his notorious grandfather Reza Khan.

They forcefully imposed a loyal secular dictator not to serve Iran, but to secure Britain's oil interests and to disrupt any efforts by Persia, as it was known then, to unite with the Muslim Caliphate.

Indeed, in March 1924, just days after Kamal Ataturk abolished the Ottoman Caliphate, Reza Khan attempted to declare a "Persian Republic" on the Turkish model. When that failed, he crowned himself the new Shah, officially severing Persia's religious, cultural and political links to the wider Caliphate.

Serving British interests, he set out to erase Iran's Islamic identity and replace it with a pre-Islamic nationalist one, dividing Muslims along racial and ethnic lines.

Another important era that is reduced to marginal footnotes is that of Mohammad Mossadegh, who became Prime Minister of Iran in 1951 and was hugely popular for taking a firm stand against the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.

As soon as he nationalised British oil, the CIA and MI6 orchestrated a coup to overthrow him. Reza's notorious father, the Shah, was installed as a puppet, exactly what's being plotted today to ensure that Iran's resources are directed to fill Western coffers.

While the unelected self-anointed "crown prince" waits to be parachuted into power, Trump and Netanyahu’s Operation Shield of Judah and Operation Epic Fury have led to doubts about any likely success of their dubious, illegal war on a sovereign country.

Between glaring contradictions of war goals and the day after, the world, especially the Global South, is acutely aware that while negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program between Washington and Tehran were underway, diplomacy was exposed as deception.

The plot hatched under the pretence created by Trump that he would provide his team more time, instead gave Netanyahu the go-ahead with CENTCOM to unleash terror.

Iranian policymakers had already and rightly accused the US of bad faith after the June 2025 strikes disrupted previously scheduled talks.

Two days after the cowardly assassination of Iran’s Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Tehran has not folded nor collapsed.

To the dismay and shock of the US/Israel calculations, Iran has escalated its retaliation, demonstrating its continued ability to maintain operational command and control across its military assets.

As per the latest reports, Iranian armed forces have inflicted massive costs on the Israeli regime and the United States by targeting with high success their bases and assets in the region, including both in the occupied territories and countries across West Asia.

Iranian missiles have pounded Israeli military installations in different parts of the occupied territories as well as US bases from Bahrain to the UAE to Qatar, demonstrating that despite the assassination of the country’s top leader and key military commanders, Iranian armed forces are firmly in control. An

Contrary to expectations that the Supreme Leader’s death might trigger immediate paralysis, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran remains firmly in control and the process to elect Ayatollah Khamenei’s successor has already started.

Analysts point out that the scope and depth of Iran’s retaliatory attacks confirm that the system and its institutions remain rock-solid rather than disrupted.

As the country’s leadership has warned, they started it and Iran will decide how and when to end it.

Iqbal Jassat is an executive member of the Media Review Network, Johannesburg, South Africa.                       

First US fighter downed in past 27 years: Iran Armed Forces hit F-15 near Kuwait border

Iran Armed Forces shoot down US F-15 fighter jet near Kuwait border

Iranian Armed Forces have shot down an advanced US F-15 fighter jet near the border with Kuwait – the first downing of an American fighter jet in the past 27 years.

“An F-15 fighter jet [belonging] to the intruding US army which intended to attack the country has been targeted by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Air Defense and brought down,” Iran’s Khatam Al-Anbiya Air Defense Base said in a statement on Monday.

It added that the jet’s debris has been crashed in Kuwaiti soil.

Kuwait’s Defense Ministry on Monday confirmed the jet’s crash with its video footage widely being circulated in global media.

An American F-117 fighter jet was downed by former Yugoslavia during the Kosovo war some 27 years ago.

No American fighter jet has been officially destroyed since then despite significant progress made in airplane technology.

Iranian retaliatory attacks comes amid three days of aggression against the country, which has killed at least 555 people, including more than 145 children in a strike on an elementary school in Hormozgan Province in addition to Iranian officials, according to the Red Crescent Society.

The IRGC and the Army have targeted strategic sites in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US-operated bases across West Asia, including the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, along with key installations in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their role in supporting aggression against Iran.

In martyrdom, Imam Khamenei has achieved eternal life

Crescent International

Martyred in the Israeli strike on his office on February 28, the Rahbar, Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei has achieved eternal life.

The noble Qur’an declares:

“And say not of those who are slain [on a course to Him] in Allah’s cause, ‘They are dead’: they are alive, nay, but you perceive it not” (Surat al-Baqarah, ayat 154).

Also martyred in the dastardly attack were several members of the Rahbar’s family.

His daughter, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and several grandchildren were among those who were martyred.

One granddaughter, Zahra Mohammadi Golpayegani was only 14 months old.

This is what the zionist war criminals do best: kill innocent children, as they have been doing in Gaza since October 2023.

A number of army and Revolutionary Guards commanders meeting the Rahbar at the time also achieved martyrdom.

In its statement following the announcement of the Rahbar’s martyrdom, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the Iranian people have lost a great leader.

He was the “one who, in purity of spirit, strength of faith, prudence in affairs, courage against the arrogant powers, and striving in the path of God, was unparalleled in his era.”

“His martyrdom at the hands of the most wretched terrorists and executioners of humanity is a sign of the righteousness of this great leader and the acceptance of his sincere services,” read the statement.

IRGC said the martyrdom in the path of Islam and great Iran “is a sign of victory and drawing closer to the goal; yet with the martyrdom and migration unto God of Imam Khamenei (may God be pleased with him), his path and legacy will not be halted, but will continue with strength and grandeur.”

“This martyrdom will make our nation more resolute in continuing the luminous path of the beloved Imam Khamenei,” the statement noted.

“The criminal and terrorist act of the wicked US, zionist regimes constitutes a clear violation of religious, moral, legal, and customary principles; therefore, the hand of vengeance of the Iranian nation, for severe, decisive, and regret-inducing punishment of the killers of the Imam of the Ummah, will not release them.”

The Rahbar’s security personnel urged him on a number of occasions to move to a more secure place or transfer to a bunker.

His residence and office in what is referred as the Rahbari, are quite vulnerable.

This is a modest compound in the heart of Tehran.

Imam Khamenei refused.

He said that the “90 million people of Iran are also vulnerable to enemy attacks.

“Unless you can provide them shelter, I cannot abandon them.”

He preferred martyrdom to personal safety, unlike the terrorists Trump and Netanyahu.

The zionist security committee held its meeting not in Tel Aviv but in Berlin.

Netanyahu and his henchmen fled the country to the relative safety of Germany as Iranian missiles slammed the entity.

Sooner or later, an Iranian missile will find its way into the sewer where Netanyahu and his henchmen are hiding like rats.

The IRGC said on March 2 that its missiles scored a direct hit at Netanyahu’s office and the residence of the airforce chief.

Their fate is unknown.

In attacking Iran, Trump believed the Iranian people will rise up, come out into the streets and overthrow the Islamic government.

They came out into the streets but not to overthrow the government.

They expressed their outrage at the dastardly crime committed by the US-zionist terrorists.

They are shouting “Death to America” and “Long live the Martyr Khamenei!”

The people of Iran are saying: no to Trump, no to America, no to Israel.

No to Pahlavi.

Yes to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Such people can never be defeated.

The Rahbar had on a number of occasions spoken out about his death.

He did not want to die in bed.

As a descendant of Imam Hussein, he wanted a martyr’s death in the service of Islam and his people.

The Rahbar was in his office, carrying out his duties as the Leader of the Islamic revolution when the missiles struck.

He wasn’t hiding.

He was working, serving his people until the last moments of his life on earth.

He, his family and the commanders sacrificed themselves for Iran.

Their sacrifices, like tens of thousands of others before them, have only strengthened the resolve of the people to stand up for their Islamic principles and freedom with dignity.

It should be clear: the US-zionist war is not just against Iran, it is against Islam.

Muslims must realize that the rapists of underage girls are waging war on anybody who questions their depravity and greed.

This is also the challenge for all people of conscience everywhere.

They must rise up and stop these terrorists from killing more innocent people.

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The Wisdom of Martyr Ali Khamenei’s Rejection of Nuclear Weapons

Dalal Zainabi, Orinoco Tribune

It has become commonplace for those who support the liberation of Palestine and are against the US-empire to ridicule the Islamic Republic for not developing nuclear weapons. However, I believe that history will prove the correctness of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s fatwa prohibiting them.

If Iran had nuclear weapons, then Iranian hypersonic missiles would not currently be striking Tel Aviv. If Iran had nuclear weapons, then the Zionist comprador Gulf kingdoms would not be in crisis and US-NATO bases in over six countries would not be burning.

When the martyr Sayyed Ali Khamenei made the honorable choice to refuse nuclear weapons, he was making the choice for Islamic Iran to be the spear against global Zionism in a world that has been emptied of conscience. Iran could have sat back with nuclear deterrence while the people of Gaza continue to be slaughtered. However, it is precisely because Iran does not have nuclear weapons that it can engage in direct military confrontation with the United States and “israel.” And it is precisely because the Islamic Republic did not strike first against the US and “israel” that its hands are free to rain missiles on US assets across the entire region of West Asia.

For the Leader, Iranian blood is not more valuable than the blood of Gaza. It is not more valuable than the blood of Yemen and South Lebanon and the millions of Arabs suffering under US occupation and tyrannical fascist regimes. The blood of the 150 Iranian schoolgirls massacred by US missiles in Minab Elementary School on Saturday is mixed with the blood of the tens of thousands of children in Gaza slaughtered by the same monstrous people wielding the same US-made weapons. The sacrifices of the pure blood of these martyrs is not in vain and, God willing, the battle of True Promise 4 will usher in an era where the US and Israel can no longer slaughter children with impunity.

The martyr Sayyed Ali Khamenei’s decision to forbid nuclear weapons was also in defense of the Islamic Republic. Nuclear weapons do not stop imperialist soft-war technologies. If the Islamic Republic had developed nuclear weapons it would not have stopped the US-israeli organized terror riots in January, nor would it have ended the suffocating unilateral sanctions regime that undermines social fabric and stresses the state. For example, Pakistan’s nuclear weapons have not stopped it from succumbing to imperialist hybrid war.

The resilience of any revolution comes from the masses. The Islamic Revolution survives because of the support it maintains from the Iranian people and these direct confrontations with the enemy have weakened the forces of reaction inside Iran and strengthened national cohesion.

The sovereign decision of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to acquire nuclear weapons is their right. Their demand is to be left alone by the forces of imperialism, this is what Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed in his most recent speech. Whereas Iran’s sovereign decision to not acquire nuclear weapons reflects the dedication of the revolution to supporting regional resistance forces in a proactive way. Both sovereign decisions are the right of their respective countries and they should not be pitted against one another.

The position of the Leader reflects the Islamic Republic’s dedication to Palestine and internationalism. This principled dedication is what makes the Islamic Revolution an inspiration to free people of the world, whether they are Muslim or not. In a world of “realpolitik,” the martyr Ali Khamenei will be remembered as the Leader who refused to even speak with the mass murdering pedophile US president and the Leader who made “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” into policy rather than just a slogan.

When the Leader chose not to allow nuclear weapons, he knew very well that it might result in his martyrdom at the hands of the most evil forces on earth today.

Praise be to Allah for the wisdom of this great leader who chose sacrifice instead of submission, a wise leader who chose internationalism and chose to follow the path of Imam Ali (peace be upon him.)(1)

Thanks be to Allah that we are blessed to live in an age with such honorable leaders and that those who love humanity can deliver such powerful blows to those who hate humanity.

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(1) Not only were both Imam Ali (peace be upon him) and Sayyed Khamenei martyred during the month of Ramadan, but the historical event of the Battle of Siffin and the legacy of Ali provides an important insight into the Leader’s Islamic reasoning against nuclear weapons. In the year 657 CE, Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) led the Muslims into battle against the opportunist Muawiya in Syria who was trying to fracture the new Islamic nation. As Ali’s army arrived, Muawiya occupied the bank of the Euphrates and planned to achieve victory by denying Ali’s army access to water. In the heat of the desert, Muawiya believed that he could simply kill Ali’s army, scores of Muslims, through dehydration. Islamic Historian Shaykh Muhammad Jawad Chirri writes:

The Imam waged a battle for the water and this was his first Holy Battle against Muawiya and his camp. He succeeded in occupying the bank of the Euphrates and driving the Umayyad army away from the river. By this the situation was reversed. Now it became possible for the Imam and his army to do to their opponents what their opponents were trying to do to them. It became possible for the Imam to annihilate his opponents by their own weapons. Would the Imam do that?

Here the history of war kneels to glorify Ali Ibn Abu Talib. Here Ali stands among the leaders of nations towering like a mountain as he gives generations of humanity his impressive lesson. The religion of Islam stands against all kinds of wars of genocide and annihilation. The leaders of the nations of the twentieth century have legalized the annihilation of civilians through atomic bombs and so far have failed to prohibit the use of such weapons.

The faith of Islam (over fourteen centuries ago) had prohibited what was much less than a nuclear war. It prohibited killing children women elderly people and blind enemies. It prohibits the demolishing of houses of the enemies and destruction of their orchards.

I cannot conceive that anyone after the Messenger could take the attitude of the Imam Ali towards his enemy after his enemy had given him every justification to annihilate him and his army by his own weapon.

The leaders of the Imam’s army and their soldiers shouted: Prevent them from water as they prevented us from water. The Imam replied: “God has given you victory against them because of their injustice and aggression. Certainly the issue is more important than depriving them of water.”

Ramadan: The Month Of Patience And Struggle

Zafar Bangash

The early Muslims faced major challenges in the month of Ramadan. Among them was the Battle of Badr that occurred on Ramadan 17 in the second year of the Hijrah. This needs elaboration.

Allah had just made fasting compulsory. This was the Muslims’ first experience at fasting for an entire month. And in that very first month, Muslims were tested in the Battle of Badr.

The Prophet (ﷺ) chose to wage battle against his Makkan mushrik foes. The odds could not be greater. The enemy was three times larger than the 313 Muslims that set out for Badr.

The Makkan mushriks were also heavily armed while the Muslims had few weapons between them. Further, Muslims had never been tested in battle. So, on all accounts, Muslims were at a disadvantage.

It is at such junctures in history that faith triumphs over materialism. While the Makkan mushriks were intoxicated by their numbers and weapons, the small group of Muslims were fortified by an unshakable faith in Allah.

If they were killed, they would achieve martyrdom and enter Paradise. If they defeated the enemy, they would come out victorious and write a glorious chapter in Islamic history.

That is what they did with Allah’s help. Against great odds, they defeated the enemy and came out victorious. A number of Makkan chiefs were killed, among them Utbah ibn Rabia, his brother Shaybah and Utbah’s son Waleed. The killing of three members of her family sent Hind into such a rage that she vowed to exact revenge from Hamza, the Prophet’s uncle who had killed Utbah. When Hamza was martyred in the battle of Uhud, Hind ripped open his chest and chewed his liver. This mutilation deeply saddened the Prophet (ﷺ).

Also consigned to hell in the battle of Badr were such other Makkan chiefs as Abu Jahl and Umayya ibn Khalaf. These two were particularly vicious and had tormented Muslims in the early days of Islam in Makkah.

The battle of Badr also teaches us another lesson. Abu Sufyan who was leading the Makkan trade caravan, had dispatched a rider to Makkah with the message that they must come and save their goods. Abu Sufyan managed to escape without being attacked. He sent another message to Makkah that the caravan was safe.

The arrogant Makkan chiefs, however, wanted to “teach” the Muslims a lesson. They mobilized a large force to attack and finish them off. Between their mobilization and the battle of Badr, perhaps a week to 10 days must have elapsed.

The Prophet (ﷺ) knew about the inevitability of the clash. So, he stayed at Badr making preparations for the battle. In addition to posting his men at a stategic location, he also took control of the well at Badr, water being an important source in the desert conditions. A pond was built and filled with water so that Muslims did not have to draw water from the well in the heat of battle.

This strategic decision served them well, reflecting the Prophet’s (ﷺ) military genius. Badr proved a turning point in early Islamic history, indeed the entire history of Islam. Had Muslims lost, Islam would have been dealt a severe blow. Allah did not let His faithful servants down. He “helped them with hosts they did not see” (Surat al-Anfal: verses 17-19).

In addition to Badr, the other great events in Ramadan were the digging of the trench in preparation of the Battle of Ahzab (5AH), the liberation of Makkah and the Battle of Hunayn (8 AH). Each had an enormous impact on the life of the nascent Muslim community.

The lessons we must draw from these momentous events in early Islamic history are that Ramadan is a month of struggle and sacrifice. If we apply its lessons to the contemporary situation, we find our brothers and sisters in Palestine, Iran, Lebanon and Yemen undergo the test of struggle and patience.

They exemplify the true spirit of Islam as embodied in the month long fasting of Ramadan. Each one of us must evaluate our own response to these challenges and ask what role we are playing to help our struggling brothers and sisters.

The last Friday of Ramadan is observed as Quds Day. Massive rallies are organized in different parts of the world to draw attention to the ongoing illegal occupation of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) where Masjid al Aqsa, the first Qibla of the Muslims, is located. It is under direct threat of destruction of the zionist war criminals.

It is incumbent on all Muslims wherever they may reside, to join these rallies. The purpose is to not forget that Masjid al Aqsa faces very real danger. Its protection is not just the responsibility of the Palestinians residing there, but of all Muslims. Every Muslim must play his/her part in keeping the issue of Masjid al-Aqsa alive.

Ramadan, the month of patience and struggle, is an important time to remind the world of the grave injustices inflicted on the Palestinian people. Joining Quds Day rallies in one way of doing so. Making financial contributions to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinians especially in Gaza is another.

Each one of us must do our part. Ramadan offers an opportunity to do so.

Month of Ramadan

Leader Links Moses Story to Modern Struggles, Outlines Divine Path from Oppression to Empowerment

Yemen: In his third Ramadan lecture on Friday, the leader of the revolution, Sayyed Abdulmalik Badreddin al-Houthi continued his exploration of the story of Prophet Moses, drawing profound parallels between the Quranic narrative and contemporary challenges facing the Islamic nation.

The Quran: Source of Truth in an Age of Doubt

Sayyed Abdulmalik opened by emphasizing the divine origin of the Quranic narratives, citing verse 3 of Surat Al-Qasas: "We recite to you from the news of Moses and Pharaoh in truth for a people who believe." 

He stressed that these accounts are free from mythology, serving instead to strengthen believers' faith, insight, and certainty that God's will ultimately prevails over all tyrants.

Moses and Pharaoh: Eternal Archetypes of Righteousness and Tyranny

The leader presented two contrasting models representing the eternal struggle between truth and falsehood. 

Prophet Moses embodies divine guidance, absolute trust in God, and tireless efforts to rescue the oppressed while confronting tyranny. 

In contrast, Pharaoh represents the pinnacle of arrogance—possessing overwhelming military, economic, and political power that led him to claim divinity.

Modern Tyranny: Exploitation and Corruption of Society

Drawing contemporary parallels, the leader connected Pharaoh's policies to modern arrogant powers, noting the continued use of "divide and rule" tactics.

He described how tyrants exploit all segments of society, targeting men through killing and oppression and women through exploitation and degradation, aiming to dissolve the moral fabric of communities.

"Tyrants use societal corruption as a means of control," Sayyed Abdulmalik stated, "while God's guidance elevates entire societies and grants even women important roles within the framework of truth."

Divine Law: Supporting the Oppressed

The leader focused extensively on verse 5 of Surat Al-Qasas: "And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors." 

He explained that this divine favor means liberation from servitude, injustice, and oppression, transitioning to dignity, honor, freedom, and movement according to God's teachings.

"This is an established and continuous divine law," he emphasized. "God wants to rescue the oppressed, show them mercy, and move them to the stage of confronting tyrants and performing a sacred role."

Three Categories of the Oppressed

Sayyed Abdulmalik classified the oppressed mentioned in the Quran into three distinct categories:

The Conscious Oppressed: Those aware of their condition, rejecting injustice, and turning to God for change. He cited verse 75 of Surat Al-Nisa: "What is [the matter] with you that you fight not in the cause of God and [for] the oppressed among men, women, and children who say, 'Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper?'" These are worthy of God's care and mercy.

The Submissive (Unconscious) Oppressed: Those unaware of their reality, lacking desire for change, in a state of submission and stagnation. He referenced verse 97 of Surat Al-Nisa, where angels ask those who wronged themselves: "In what [condition] were you?" They reply, "We were oppressed in the land." The angels respond, "Was not the earth of God spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?" These, he explained, lacked the will for change and the means of relief.

Allies of Tyrants: Those who follow and align themselves with tyrants and oppressors. He cited verse 129 of Surat Al-An'am: "And thus We make some wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn."

God's Promise: From Oppression to Leadership

Concluding his lecture, the leader emphasized that divine law extends beyond merely liberating the oppressed from injustice to elevating their status, making them a strong nation with leadership emerging from among them, capable of influencing the entire arena.

"This transition from oppression to will and leadership occurred for Muslims even with the Messenger in Mecca when the promise of victory came," he noted, citing the Battle of the Trench where hypocrites mocked God's promise of victory, saying, "God and His Messenger promised us nothing but delusion" (Al-Ahzab: 12).

Sayyed Abdulmalik affirmed that the Quranic expression confirms God's established law on earth: "And We will show Pharaoh and Haman and their soldiers what they were fearing" (Al-Qasas: 6).

The lecture represents the leader's annual tradition of delivering educational Ramadan lectures that combine Quranic exegesis with contemporary political analysis.

This year's focus on the Moses narrative serves multiple strategic purposes: reinforcing the general religious awareness of the importance of liberation from subservience to tyranny, drawing parallels between ancient tyranny and modern powers (implicitly the US and Israeli enemy), and providing spiritual motivation for supporters facing difficult circumstances.

The detailed categorization of the oppressed serves as both theological instruction and political mobilization, encouraging followers to identify as "conscious oppressed" worthy of divine favor while warning against passivity or alliance with oppressors. 

Translated by Almasirah English website