Iran has declared it will oversee a “future free of America” in a statement attributed to its supreme leader, who is reportedly severely injured and communicating from a hospital bed through top security officials. The warning, directed at former US President Donald Trump, threatens to send American “aliens” to the “depths of the water.”
Supreme Leader's Message
The statement, released by the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA), claims that “by divine will, the future of the Persian Gulf will be bright—a future free of America, devoted to progress, peace, and prosperity for its nations.” It adds that “America’s hollow bases can barely guarantee their own safety, let alone that of their dependents or pro-American allies in the area.”
Referring to the United States, the message continues: “Those aliens who, from thousands of kilometers away, greedily sow mischief in that expanse of the blue waters of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, have no place there except in the depths of its waters.”
Context of the Conflict
The statement asserts that a new chapter for the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz has been taking shape since the outbreak of war between Iran and the United States and Israel on February 28. Tehran claims it will secure the Gulf region and eliminate what it describes as “the enemy's abuses of the waterway.”
The supreme leader also stated that new management of the Strait of Hormuz would bring calm, progress, and economic benefits to all Gulf nations. “This strategic asset has long provoked the greed of many evildoers over the centuries,” the message added. “The record of repeated invasions by European and American foreigners—the insecurities, damages, and multiple threats they have imposed on the region’s countries—reflects only a fraction of the malicious schemes of global oppressors against the peoples of the Persian Gulf.”
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