ALWAGHT- A 1987 prediction by Iran’s Martyred Leader—that the Persian Gulf would destroy America’s ‘superpower majestic’—has materialized four decades later.
In August 1987, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Vorontsev met with Iran's then-President Ayatollah Khamenei amid the Tanker War. During that meeting, Iran's future Martyred Leader made a strategic prediction: the Persian Gulf would be the ideal arena to shatter America's "superpower majestic." Nearly four decades later, this foresight has become reality, with America's superpower image collapsing due to its defeats in the Persian Gulf.
For decades, the US sought to establish itself as the world's sole superpower by building military and spy bases across the Persian Gulf, supposedly to protect regional states from Iran. However, Washington's true goal was defending Israeli interests and supporting expansionist Zionist aims. The turning point came with Donald Trump's miscalculations and policies favoring Israel, which ultimately dragged the US toward war with Iran—triggering the collapse of its "superpower majestic." Events like the Ukraine war and Operation Al-Aqsa Storm had already paved the way for American decline, but the destruction of US bases and Iran's intelligent control of the Strait of Hormuz sealed it.
Today, the message of the Martyred Leader's successor, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, confirms this collapse and heralds a new regional order—a future without America, built on shared fate among Persian Gulf neighbors. Iran's longstanding doctrine of "common regional security" calls for collective security without foreign interference. Although some Arab leaders' dependence on the US initially blocked this vision, America's aggression and Iran's legitimate, popular-backed defense has convinced Persian Gulf elites that US policies serve Israeli instability. Iran has now emerged as a powerful, reliable partner for regional cooperation.
With the Strait of Hormuz as Iran's new advantage card, discussions have begun on a fair legal regime restricting access for enemy nations. As the Martyred Leader's successor stated on May 10, 2026, Iran will secure the Persian Gulf, eliminate hostile abuses of the waterway, and bring progress to the region's peoples. In the post-war era, Iran must engage in active diplomacy with its Muslim neighbors to form a new, multilateral regional order—one where the main players are local countries, and the US and Zionist regime have no place.
