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Iran's Khamenei urges Gulf rulers in written message to confront 'real enemy'

The message called for Muslim unity and mutual defence, saying divisions among Muslims help the United States and Israel.

  • On Sunday, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged Gulf rulers in a written message to identify their "real enemy," understand its plans, and confront it while calling for Muslim unity and mutual defense.
  • Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Gulf Arab monarchies have viewed Iran's revolutionary ideology, anti-monarchic rhetoric, and regional influence as threats to their political systems, creating persistent regional distrust.
  • Published for Islamic Unity Week marking Prophet Muhammad's birthday, Khamenei's message warned that divisions among Muslims "knowingly or unknowingly" help Islam's enemies and asked if "rogues without identity" would covet their lands if united.
  • Tehran has struck military facilities and infrastructure in Gulf states during the ongoing conflict, underscoring deep friction between Iran and its neighbors despite Khamenei's unity appeal.
  • Khamenei has not appeared publicly since being injured in airstrikes six months ago that killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and launched the war, raising questions about the current leader's capacity to advance regional diplomacy.
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Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, called on Muslim countries to unite against the United States and Israel in a written message on Sunday, six months after the beginning of the Middle East war, transmitted AFP. Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, killed on the first day of the American-Israeli offensive against Iran, ...

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Gulf News broke the news in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (the) on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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