This is how a victorious nation speaks, and the Islamic Republic of Iran has maintained this posture unflinchingly amid Trump’s claims that the U.S. is actually the winner. It could all, of course, be an elaborate game of deception. The problem is trying to discern which side is being deceptive.
“Supreme Leader Advisor: Small Countries on the Margins of the Persian Gulf Should Know Their Place Better,” IranWire, June 26, 2026 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Ali Akbar Velayati, the international affairs advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, severely criticized the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in a post on the social media platform X, using the GCC hashtag.
Using derogatory language, Velayati described the Persian Gulf Arab states as “the small countries on the margins of the Persian Gulf,” writing: “Your survival depends on picking up the crumbs from this table. In the rearrangement of grand equations, the small countries on the margins of the Persian Gulf have no place at the table; they will be eliminated, and their strategic existence is indebted to Tehran’s ceiling of tolerance.”…
Concurrently, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy declared in a statement that “the only authorized route for transiting through the Strait of Hormuz is the exact routes announced by the Islamic Republic of Iran.”…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Somehow, a part of me enjoys watching the Gulf nations getting insulted & humiliated in this manner
Thinker1 says
Good bet ALL are deceptive, particularly with public statements.
Timmy says
Nothing short of the entire elimination of leadership in Iran will solve the problem. But the US should just do the job from the air. However many bombs need to be dropped, however long it takes, at some point they will all be gone. But we should insist that the Iranians do something other than sit by and watch, either they want new leadership or they do not. Islam provides zero political avenues to change, it makes the population look pathetic.
Billy says
Trump is the definite loser because the Sunni Muslim Countries(Qatar, UAE, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, etc.) are playing President Trump for a fool while the Shia Muslims, Iran, are laughing all the way to the bank. Muslims, Sunni and Shia, play together against the Non-Muslims to make Islam supreme. Allah in Qur’an 5:51 says, “O you who have believed[Muslims], DO NOT TAKE the Jews and the Nasara(Christians) as friends. They are friends to one another. And whoever among you takes them as friends, so surely he is of them. Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.” Also, Allah says that Jews are the worst enemies of the Muslims in Qur’an 5:82.
Islam’s Muslims are murderous, Totalitarian Terrorists of Allah operating as a Criminal-Terrorist-Gang Enterprise under Islamic Law to ultimately conquer the Non-Muslims with Islamic Law DBA Islam(Qur’an 8:60; 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15, etc.). Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…”
Westman says
I’m guessing Trump has finally realized that Iranian citizens are too frightened to attempt an overthrow of their rotten government. This of course changes the acceptable level of military violence where before limits were placed to give the citizens a chance and minimize civilian casualties.
Like it or not, the US is effectively a protector of Saudi Arabia and a few other GCC nations. Iran’s threat to them will not go unanswered.
Ali Akbar Velayati’s threats to gulf nations is like a growling dog that snaps its teeth until the whack on the nose changes the growl to yelps and whines. I wouldn’t be surprised if Allah hit Iran with an earthquake.
Steve says
Too frightened, very ignorant statement…wth are you talking about? Too frightened would mean they had at least one, or ANY way to fight back, they have none!!! Nothing, zero except mass numbers. This DOES not and CANNOT work when the military and the ruling party are working together, period. If, the military is toppled from within, or the ruling party concedes, it may change. But for now, wading into katyusha type guns, rockets, and machetes, with just their “bravery” as a shield, is just plain suicide, if they’re lucky enough to be instantly killed, not taken prisoner. Have you not read any real news before this news article?
Josh says
With Trump, everything is optics. Everything. He’s venal and vacuous. For those, including Robert Spencer, who continue to think Trump is playing the Iranians or that Trump is playing 6D chess – geopolitical edition. Here’s even more reason to cut the crap.
US warned Iran of Israeli assassination threats to negotiators – report
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202607037783
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Spencer has been pretty critical of Trump, and has not been positing the theory that Trump is playing 6D chess
John1 says
Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran.
Mohammed Kamilfooker says
I think the United States should be charging fees for all the ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, because we’re protecting them. It is costing us millions of dollars a day.