By consolidating its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has dealt a devastating and irreversible blow to American naval supremacy, forcing Washington to choose between humiliating submission or catastrophic confrontation.

In his 2026 Hajj message, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei called Hajj a perpetual spiritual migration, urged Muslim unity to shape a new regional order, and declared the American regime’s era over.

The third imposed war is drawing to a close with Iran victorious and America defeated, none of the enemy's objectives achieved – marking Iran's superpower ascendancy and the definitive, irreversible decline of US hegemony.

As geopolitical tremors of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran continue to reshape global alliances, the BRICS bloc finds itself at a historic inflection point, says an analyst.

The closure of the Red Sea in the event of American escalation in the region would cripple global supply chains, trigger economic shocks, end Western maritime hegemony, and accelerate a multipolar world order.

US power, shaped by geography and media narratives, enables global military reach and economic coercion, but Iran has leveraged its strategic geography and endurance to challenge US global hegemony through asymmetric warfare.

Millions of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the United States on Saturday to take part in the “No Kings” protest movement against President Donald Trump’s policies both at home and abroad.