Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Calls for Muslim Unity Against the United States and Israel: how 76 outlets framed it
Khamenei’s Unity Message
In the same message, Khamenei urged rulers of Islamic states to identify what they consider the real enemy, understand its moves, and confront it, linking the United States and Israel with what he described as targeting the Islamic Republic and the Iranian people.
The message also stressed strengthening unity within Iran itself, with Khamenei urging officials and Iranian citizens to set aside differences and not allow divisions that could affect social cohesion.
Khamenei’s call came as the sources describe tense regional circumstances and “rising tensions between Iran on one side and the United States and Israel on the other,” alongside continuing repercussions of the war in the Middle East region.
The Anadolu Ajansı report said Khamenei told rulers of Muslim nations to recognize what he called “the true enemy,” accusing the US and Israel of being “sworn enemies” of Islamic unity.
West Bank Escalation Fears
A separate report carried by Al-Manar TV Lebanon said Khamenei warned that the “criminal rulers” of the United States and the Zionist regime are adversaries not merely of Iran, but of the entire global Muslim community.
In that framing, Khamenei cautioned that hostility from Washington and Tel Aviv extends beyond the Islamic Republic’s borders, and he described the US and the Zionist regime as “sworn enemies” of unity and friendship.
The Al-Manar TV Lebanon material also included a reference to Israel Hayom, citing sources in the Israeli military and reporting growing concerns that some members of the Israeli government may be seeking escalation in the occupied West Bank for political reasons.
In the ABNA English coverage of the Tehran Islamic Unity Conference, Lebanese scholar Sheikh Hassan Baghdadi warned that failure to confront Israeli aggression could see the threat spread from Lebanon and Syria to other countries across the region.
ABNA English also quoted Baghdadi saying, “Today, more than ever, we need to adhere to this method and choose Islamic unity to stand against aggression and oppression,” tying unity to resisting US and Israeli efforts to dominate the region.
Resistance and Regional Stakes
The sources link Khamenei’s unity message to a broader strategy of confronting US and Israeli pressure, with the Al Jazeera report saying Khamenei urged Gulf leaders to identify their “real enemy” and confront it as Tehran maintains its hard line over the Strait of Hormuz.
“The Strait of Hormuz is closed”
Al Jazeera reported that Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said, “The Strait of Hormuz is closed,” adding that any vessel seeking to cross would have to coordinate with Iran.
That same Al Jazeera account described economic pressure on Tehran, including Iran’s annual inflation reaching 66 percent last month and President Masoud Pezeshkian saying imports and exports had fallen nearly 35 percent because of US sanctions and the naval blockade.
In parallel, the ANI report said Khamenei called for unity among Muslims and urged Islamic countries to identify and confront what he called their “true enemy,” warning that the enemy of Islam seeks to exploit racial, cultural, social, economic, political and geographical differences to sow division among Muslims.
The Anadolu Ajansı report described Khamenei’s warning that the US and Israel are “sworn enemies” of Islamic unity and said tensions in the Middle East have heightened since the US and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran in late February, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory strikes on regional countries hosting US assets.