Speech by Leader Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi (May Allah protect him) on the Latest Developments

Thursday, 14 Shawwal 1447 A.H. (2 April 2026 A.D.)

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I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the outcast.

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Praise is to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. I believe that there is no god but Allah, the Sovereign and the Manifest Truth, and that our master Muhammad is His servant, Messenger, and Last Prophet.

O Allah! Confer Your salat and blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad as You conferred Your salat and blessings upon Ibrahim and the Family of Ibrahim. You are Owner of Praise, Owner of Glory! And be pleased with Muhammad's good companions and all Your righteous servants and mujahidin.

Brothers and sisters, peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

Allah (Glory be to Him) says in the Holy Quran, {'The believers fight in the cause of Allah, whereas the disbelievers fight in the cause of taghut. So, fight against the followers of Satan. Indeed, Satan's schemes are ever weak'}. This is the word of truth from Almighty Allah.

With steadfastness and effectiveness, the Islamic Republic of Iran, through its mujahid Revolutionary Guard and its valiant army, confronts American and Israeli tyranny and the brutal, savage, criminal Zionist aggression. This effectiveness has been demonstrated through major operations that continue in waves of missile strikes and drone attacks, day and night, and through what has been achieved as a result: the destruction of American military bases in the region, the infliction of severe blows on the Israeli enemy (including the destruction of its military capabilities, industrial capacities, and infrastructure), the large number of enemy drones—American and Israeli—shot down by the Revolutionary Guard and the Iranian army, and the massive destruction of American military capabilities, which is described as 'unprecedented' by American acknowledgment.

These important outcomes—also accompanied by significant human losses among the ranks of the American-Israeli enemy forces, including officers and soldiers—clearly indicate a high level of effectiveness in confronting the American-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

All of this is coupled with steadfastness at the political level, as well as strong grassroots resilience, reflected in and evidenced by the widespread mobilisation of the people that has continued from the outset of the aggression to the present day across various arenas in Iran. This broad participation is evident in demonstrations, marches, and gatherings taking place day and night without interruption, alongside the Iranian people's strong solidarity with the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Revolutionary Guard, and the Iranian army. It is also reflected in the people's clear, explicit, strong, and unwavering support for the Islamic system and its official institutions.

This great steadfastness stands as a formidable barrier against what the enemies seek to achieve: advancing a dangerous phase in their Zionist project. They intended to eliminate what they consider the greatest obstacle in our Islamic and Arab region—in what they refer to as 'the Middle East'—so that they may afterward proceed with further dangerous steps that would threaten the Arab countries before others.

Given the importance of this battle, the Axis of Jihad and Resistance has mobilised across various fronts within a unified stance, under the banner of 'Unity of the Fronts'. This unified position of the Axis—acting across all fronts against the enemy—is the very stance that all the countries of the Islamic Ummah should have adopted in order to confront the Zionist scheme, which targets all of them. Indeed, it is a scheme that they are fully aware of, because it is a declared, clear, and exposed project from its very beginning, and all hostile actions throughout previous stages have been connected to it. In the current phase, it has become even more exposed, clearer, and more explicit than before.

Since the beginning of the American-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Muslim Iranian people, the Israeli enemy and its American partner have affirmed that this aggression is aimed at implementing the Zionist project. Even the very design of this aggression, its planning, its declared goals, its framing, and the terminology used to describe it are all Zionist in nature. This is something clearly recognised on a global level: It is well known in America, in Europe, and across various countries of the world. Everyone is aware of this reality.

Therefore, this round of confrontation is of very great importance in its outcomes. Everyone understands that if the enemies were able to eliminate the Islamic Republic of Iran, bring it to a state of collapse, and force the Muslim Iranian people into surrender, the enemies would immediately move on to overrun the peoples of this region and advance through highly dangerous stages against this Ummah. At that point, the regimes that adopt a conditioning-oriented approach would surrender to them, as they do not rely on the option of confrontation at all. Their primary choice is conditioning, and if further developments occur, then surrender becomes their fallback. In fact, they do not base any of their planning, preparations, programmes, or activities on the option of confronting and resisting the enemies. The very idea of confronting the Israeli enemy is entirely removed from their agenda, making it impossible for confrontation to be a viable option for them at any level. This is especially true as they place themselves in dependency on the enemies and rely on them completely.

Then, if the outcome of this round is victory for the Islamic Republic of Iran and for the Axis of Jihad and Resistance, this result is of very great significance, as it would mark the failure of the enemies to proceed with that plan and that stage they aim to accomplish within their broader project. This is because they are working to implement the Zionist project in successive stages, with each stage seeking to achieve a certain level of gains: at the level of land, occupation, and control; at the level of subjugating the countries of this region; and at the level of achieving outcomes through dictates and imposing equations that would pave the way for subsequent steps.

Therefore, this round is of great significance, and its importance is clear in its motivations, its causes, and the enemies' incentives behind it. It targets the entire Ummah, and they are now targeting the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Muslim Iranian people due to their role, which is of very great importance in obstructing the project that aims at the entire Ummah.

Therefore, the firmness and strength of the Iranian position, alongside the strength of the Axis's stance in confronting the Zionists—both Israeli and American—are of immense importance to the Ummah. Their impact is significant: in safeguarding it and in thwarting the enemies' attempts to implement an extremely dangerous phase against it. They are also a source of great pride for the entire Ummah and represent a genuine collective interest, foremost among which is the Palestinian cause.

The American enemy and the Israeli enemy are both operating within the framework of a Zionist scheme and momentum, advancing in this phase under its influence—particularly following developments in America involving the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a Zionist and Jewish figure. Those driving these actions are the Zionist gang linked to those scandals, crimes, and schemes aimed at targeting this Ummah—posing a threat to human societies in general, with Muslims in the forefront.

They take action against this Ummah while hoping that they can achieve decisive results and settle this battle in their favour from the outset. This stems from the nature of the plan they adopted in targeting the Islamic Republic of Iran—by striking its leaders, capabilities, and command-and-control systems. They anticipated rapid success, followed by the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the submission of the Muslim Iranian people, after which they would proceed to implement their goals across the region. However, they were met with profound disappointment because of Iran's cohesion and remarkable steadfastness, as well as the high effectiveness of its response in confronting the aggression. This was further compounded by the continuous waves of missile strikes against them, day and night—influential, focused operations aimed at striking the enemy at critical points: targeting not only military bases, but also command centres and facilities of significant strategic importance to the enemy. This has led to a global crisis and serious problems arising from that Israeli-American aggression.

The Iranian stance in confronting enemies is indeed effective. The enemies had long been accustomed to decisively settling battles against this Ummah within hours or within days, and they had been accustomed to overrunning countries, occupying them, and toppling regimes and governments within these days. Yet they were met with profound disappointment due to the remarkable steadfastness, high effectiveness, and strength of Iran's position. This constitutes a major lesson—one that had already been foreshadowed by the great steadfastness in Gaza, the great steadfastness in Lebanon, the steadfast support for Gaza demonstrated by Yemen, and the steadfastness of the Iraqi jihadi stance.

All of this steadfastness at the level of the Axis, together with the high effectiveness of the Iranian position—owing also to the formidable military capabilities and substantial resources of the Islamic Republic of Iran—makes its position highly effective, exerting far-reaching impact on the enemies, inflicting heavy losses upon them, and dealing severe blows to them. This is of great importance.

Restoring the Ummah's deterrence balance and undermining the logic of violation and submission are among the outcomes of this position, steadfastness, strength, influence, and high level of effectiveness. This represents one of the most significant gains achieved by the Islamic Ummah as a result of this great position of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iranian people. It is of utmost importance, even though it entails sacrifices.

Sacrifices are an integral part of striving in the path of Allah (Glory be to Him), and they are a natural and expected element within that path. In upholding just causes and maintaining a rightful stance, there are sacrifices made for the sake of Allah—fruitful sacrifices that yield meaningful results. They also fall within the perspective articulated in the blessed Quranic verse, {'And do not weaken in pursuit of the enemy. If you are suffering, they too are suffering, but you hope to receive from Allah what they can never hope for. And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise'}. This reflects a Quranic principle that forbids violating the Islamic Ummah and leaving it to endure all forms of suffering alone, while the enemy ravages it—killing, destroying, occupying, violating sacred sites and sanctities, and seizing homelands—only to achieve all of this to its advantage without facing a punishing response, being effectively confronted, or incurring losses.

The Quranic principle is one that inflicts pain upon the enemy, delivers punitive blows, and serves as a deterrent. At the same time, it places the Ummah in a position of confronting the enemy—not one of surrender, submission, or acceptance of violation. The advanced position that receives Allah's care and is promised victory is the one that confronts the enemies, takes the initiative to target them, and does not submit to them. Since the enemies are targeting this Ummah with injustice, tyranny, evil, and criminality, it is the duty of the Ummah to confront their wrongdoing and criminality through striving in the path of Allah (Glory be to Him), to target them with full determination, and to stand firm against them with steadfastness and resilience.

{'And do not weaken in pursuit of the enemy'}: You have to target them, pursue them, chase them, and strike them, so that you do not become a defenceless Ummah—left open to violation, submitting to them, and allowing them to destroy it, ravage it, and violate its sanctities while remaining in a state of surrender. Allah (Glory be to Him) says, {'And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise'}. Indeed, serious action (executed with steadfastness and high effectiveness, without weakness in stance or performance) achieves the essential outcomes: protecting the Ummah, deterring the enemy, and repelling its evil, tyranny, aggression, and criminality.

Therefore, the elevated and dignified scene in today's battle—reflected in the unity of arenas within the Axis of Jihad and Resistance and the mobilisation across all its fronts—is a great and powerful scene, fully aligned with the Holy Quran, with wisdom, with truth and justice, and with what the Ummah as a whole ought to embody. Accordingly, the effectiveness of this position is magnified through coordinated action across multiple fronts.

When we observe the level of impact achieved by the actions of some members of this Ummah, we question what if the entire Ummah were to act? If this targeted Ummah were to mobilise collectively against its enemy—an enemy that poses a threat to all—if all Arab and Islamic countries stood side by side within this movement of the Axis of Jihad and Resistance, and if the entire Ummah were united as a single axis against the axis of disbelievers, oppressors, and aggressors targeting it, then what would the situation look like? What would be the scale of the results and the impact of such a stance? This is an entirely clear issue.

Therefore, the greatest problem facing this Ummah lies in its reluctance and inaction. It is a vast Ummah that possesses all the necessary capabilities for such a stance, if only it were to act correctly in accordance with the guidance of Allah and His teachings! Rather, its ailment lies in its reluctance, its evasion of responsibility, and in the absence of a sound, principled vision—one grounded in divine guidance and aligned with present realities and the demands of the current stage.

For the first time, the confrontation with the Israeli and American enemies in this region has reached such a level of effectiveness and impact: the strength of the stance, the very powerful strikes, and the high level of effectiveness in targeting bases with great courage and boldness—targeting American military bases, American and Israeli interests, and Israeli military bases in occupied Palestine.

It was important for our entire Muslim Ummah to harness the strength of this stance and to act together within the framework of this strong, effective, impactful, steadfast, and resolute stance. It represents an opportunity for the entire Ummah to act rightfully and a stance within which all have the right to move. This is because the Israeli enemy and its American partner stand in a position of aggression against this Ummah—one of tyranny and injustice directed at it.

Therefore, this Ummah possesses the right to act collectively in confronting the enemy and resisting its tyranny. This is a clear and legitimate right. In addition—as we have stated—it is fully in accordance with the Holy Quran and is among the deeds that earn the pleasure of Allah (Glory be to Him), as He says, {'Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a structure joined firmly'}. The phrase {'in a row as though they are a structure joined firmly'} describes how the entire Ummah ought to be when confronting America and Israel, opposing their tyranny and aggression, and standing against the Zionist project. Indeed, this is a matter in which there is no ambiguity or doubt whatsoever. There are no uncertainties or suspicions regarding the Zionist-Jewish-Israeli enemy and its American-Zionist partner being in the right, representing a just cause, or anything of that sort. Rather, they are in a state of tyranny, aggression, and criminality; they are the worst of humanity, posing a grave threat to human society. They possess a vast record of crime and act in pursuit of sinister, false, and unjust goals that target our Islamic Ummah and human society.

Thus, this movement within the Axis of Jihad and Resistance, across its various fronts, falls within the framework of divine guidance and reflects what the Ummah ought to do. It is a great stance, worthy of praise and recognition among the ranks of our Islamic Ummah, and deserving of broad support across the Ummah. In other words, the position of the entire Ummah and its peoples ought to support this exemplar, which—Allah willing—serves as a prelude to a broader movement that will ultimately lead to the reunification of the Ummah upon the rightful stance and the just cause, with the Palestinian cause standing as the unifying banner of this Ummah.

Allah (Glory be to Him) says in the Holy Quran, {'So fight in the cause of Allah '}; To whom is this addressed? It is addressed, first and foremost, to His Messenger and the Seal of His Prophets, Muhammad (PBUH&F), who is our exemplar and model. Allah says regarding him, {'There has certainly been an excellent example for you in the messenger of Allah, for whoever has hope in Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah often'}. He also says, {'So fight in the cause of Allah . You are accountable for none but yourself. And motivate the believers , so perhaps Allah will curb the disbelievers' might. And Allah is far superior in might and in punishment'}: This is in the face of the might, aggression, criminality, evil, and tyranny of the disbelievers, who—first and foremost—target us as Muslims before others and oppose us with the fiercest hostility. Who are at the forefront of these disbelievers? The Jews are the most intense in enmity, as stated explicitly in the Holy Quran, by the affirmation of Allah (Glory be to Him), who is most knowing of all His servants and most knowing of our enemies: He (the Almighty) says, {'Allah knows best who your enemies are'}.

What ensures protection and deterrence for this Ummah and allows it to attain divine support? Allah has made this clear to us in this call and blessed instruction in the blessed verse, {'So fight in the cause of Allah .'}. If this was the duty of the Messenger of Allah Muhammad (PBUH&F) and the path that Allah set for him—to repel the might and evil of the disbelievers through divine intervention, as a means of attaining victory, support, and assistance from Allah—then why does our Islamic Ummah not take guidance from its Messenger, from its Quran, and from the clear and evident path that Allah has laid out for it?

Indeed, confronting the enemies, repelling their harm, and standing against their tyranny through fighting in the cause of Allah presents the correct path—one that can protect this Ummah, thwart the plots of its enemies, and enable it to attain Allah’s support, so that He is with it and grants it aid, as stated in the blessed verse, {'so perhaps Allah will curb the disbelievers' might'}.

Had surrender or the culture of taming been effective in restraining the disbelievers' might, Allah would have guided His Prophet and the Muslims to it, and there would have been other expressions in the Holy Quran than {'So fight in the cause of Allah '}.

The Zionist enemy is in a constant state of aggression against the Ummah; the Muslim Ummah as a whole is being targeted by it, with the Arabs at the forefront. From the very outset of the occupation of Palestine up to the present day, the Israeli enemy has persistently targeted all Arabs and Muslims alike. Nevertheless, its declared Zionist project places the Arabs at the forefront of its targets. It is an explicit adversary to Islam as a religion, to the Prophet of Islam, to the Holy Quran, and to all Islamic sanctities—foremost among them the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Indeed, the Zionist enemy is a principal source of evil for the entire region—its countries and peoples alike—and it is joined in this by its American partner.

This partnership encompasses the Zionist project in its entirety—its ideology, its objectives, and its crimes—and includes the provision of all forms of support and cooperation to the Israeli enemy.

This is a clear and undeniable reality. Accordingly, the correct course for the Ummah—indeed, its responsibility—is evident: to confront this enemy, to face it directly, and to take serious and determined action against it. Allah says, {'Surely, Satan is an enemy to you, so take him as an enemy'}. As for those of whom Allah says in the Holy Quran, {'You will surely find the most serious of mankind in enmity to the believers to be the Jews'}, we must confront them with the utmost strength, at the height of intensity in our enmity. For, as our fiercest enemy, they act against us aggressively across all fields and at every level. The crimes they are committing—what they have done over the past two years in their assault on Gaza, and what preceded that from the beginning of the occupation of Palestine up to the present day—alongside their atrocities against the peoples of this Ummah as a whole, including Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt, all clearly demonstrate the depth of their enmity against this Ummah. Their culture, their beliefs, and all that they possess testify to their deep hostility towards this Ummah.

Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to be fully aware of this Zionist enemy, recognising that our countries, our peoples, and the entire region can never ultimately attain stability, security, or peace—or any of the other appealing slogans—so long as this enemy exists, continues its occupation of Palestine, and remains in this sacred land, from which it pursues its Zionist project to target the entire Ummah and all the peoples of the region. This is absolutely impossible.

The Jewish Zionist enemy is a source of harm in every sense of the word; its orientations, its schemes, its objectives—indeed, its entire reality— are fundamentally built on targeting us, driven by unparalleled hostility, profound malevolence and enmity, and truly extreme ambitions. And the prevailing state of passivity within our Ummah and its peoples only serves to entice and embolden it further. For this reason, confrontation with it is inevitable, as it is the appropriate course of action to counter its schemes, which it explicitly declares it seeks to implement.

Likewise, we must be fully confident in the correctness of our position, because there is a serious issue arising from certain regimes that have adopted normalisation of relations with the Israeli enemy and pledged allegiance to America and Israel. More concerningly, these regimes seek to deceive and mislead their peoples—even regarding the most fundamental truths and established constants that are among the clearest of all certainties and are well known in the Holy Quran, in the Ummah’s heritage, culture, beliefs, and religion, and even in basic human nature.

When it comes to confronting the Zionist enemy and its scheme that targets the entire Ummah, and when it comes to the obligation of jihad in this very context and the Quranic position against allegiance to those enemies—who are a grave evil to this Ummah—then with whom should the peoples of this Ummah stand? Should they stand with their aggressive and unjust Jewish Zionist enemy and its American partner in everything—or with their own free people, their mujahidin who act on the basis of Allah’s guidance, the teachings of the Quran, and the example of the Prophet (PBUH&F), in defence of their Ummah, its sanctities, its freedom, its independence, its dignity, its religion, its homelands, and its wealth? Indeed, there is no ambiguity in this, and the correct position is evident. Yet the scale of media propaganda—aimed at shaping public opinion in favour of Zionism, constantly distorting the rightful position, undermining the Ummah’s just cause, and discrediting its free people and mujahidin—is a serious problem. It has reached the point where confusion arises among some members of this Ummah and is reflected in their positions and in the extent to which they are influenced and conditioned.

The correct stance for this entire Ummah, when any Muslim country is attacked by an enemy that is hostile to all and targets them collectively, is as Allah (Glory be to Him) says, {'And fight the polytheists all together, as they fight you all together, and be sure that Allah is with the righteous'}. Accordingly, this Ummah must stand together in unity and cooperate in confronting its common enemy—an enemy that poses a real danger to it, aggresses against it, and seeks to target it collectively.

When the enemy succeeds in fragmenting the battle, it moves from one country to another and from one people to another, attacking each in turn. At the same time, it seeks to build alliances that serve its interests and adopt positions that support it in pursuing its objective that poses a danger to all. Therefore, this Muslim Ummah must be truly receptive to the Book of Allah—to His verses, His teachings, and His instructions—within which lies complete guidance and direction towards the wise and correct positions that benefit and serve it. For Allah is independent of us; He has no need of our striving or our actions: He says, {'And whoever strives , only does so for their own good. Surely Allah is not in need of His creation'}.

Within this context, and based on these firm principles and clear fundamentals in our Islam, in our Quran, and in the causes that concern us as a Muslim Ummah, we—the Yemeni people—have made our position clear and openly declared from the very beginning of this round. The hand that we previously said was on the trigger has, as of this week, begun launching missiles and drones as part of joint operations within the Axis of Jihad and Resistance against the criminal Zionist enemy. As we have stated, we act on the basis of these clear fundamentals alongside our brothers with whom we are united by the bond of Islam, in a cause that concerns us all, as we confront an open and obvious enemy of our entire Ummah—of all our peoples and of this whole region. It is an open and explicit enemy—a criminal, harmful, aggressive, unjust, and tyrannical—extremely dangerous and deeply hostile to this Ummah. It pursues its Zionist project that targets us all and speaks of it openly every day, declaring that it seeks to 'reshape the Middle East' and affirming it is actually 'reshaping the Middle East'—that is, all the countries of this region, including our own.

Therefore, in the face of this, we will not stand by idly while the enemy achieves what it seeks and strives for, nor will we leave all the burdens to others as though we were not concerned. We are part of this ummah—indeed, from its very heart: Yemen, the land of faith and wisdom, with its pivotal and historic role in this Ummah from the earliest days of Islam to the present. For this reason, in the face of such challenges and dangers directed against us as Muslims in all matters that concern us, we cannot remain absent from the scene. Rather, our position represents the fulfilment of the Islamic duty incumbent upon our Muslim Ummah: to rise to its collective and sacred responsibilities, to strive in the cause of Allah, and to repel the evil of its disbelieving, criminal, aggressive, and unjust enemies.

Taking a stand against the Israeli enemy, along with its American partner, is the purest, most righteous, and most principled position in any confrontation. Among all conflicts, tensions, hostilities, and crises, the clearest and most refined stance is, indeed, to fight the Israeli enemy. In other words, it is a stance free from any doubt or ambiguity. It is an explicit enemy of Islam and Muslims and poses a real danger to this entire Ummah. All of this Ummah is bound by its sacred Islamic duty to confront it, for it is an open enemy of Islam, of the Muslims, of the Prophet, of the Quran, of the sacred sanctities—indeed, an enemy of Islam in its entirety and of this Ummah as a whole. For this reason, when you move to fight it, pay no heed whatsoever to the reproach of those who act as the mouthpieces of Zionism, nor to the voices of hypocrisy and betrayal that blame you, condemn you, seek to distort your position, cast doubt upon it, or employ any other tactic that serves the enemy.

We are taking a position that is both natural and correct by all recognised standards: the standards of Islam, truth, justice, wisdom, and the interests of the entire region—including the interests of our own people. We are confronting a real enemy, one that is hostile to us as Muslims in every land, among every people, and in everything that concerns us. It is hostile to us in our religion—does not our Islam concern us? This enemy opposes us in our faith, in our sanctities, and in our freedom. It is an enemy that seeks to enslave the peoples of this region entirely, wanting everyone to become defenceless subjects whose lives and rights it can violate at will—inflicting severe suffering upon them, degrading their dignity, exploiting and manipulating them, and doing with them whatever it wishes. It opposes us in everything that concerns us: our Islam, our freedom, our dignity, our homelands. Therefore, this is not a case of involving ourselves in something that has no connection to us or does not concern us in any way.

The Zionist Jews, together with the Americans, have sought—through their collaborators—to distort the position of the Axis. There is a large-scale propaganda campaign across all media outlets and at every level, as well as within public discourse among the peoples, aimed at distorting the stance of the Axis, beginning with the Iranian position. There has been a sustained campaign to distort Iran’s stance, both before this round and throughout this phase of confrontation, as well as to misrepresent the positions of the rest of the axis.

All the mouthpieces of Zionism—through which the Jews broadcast their false and malicious propaganda, filled with misguidance and lies—work to portray the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the rest of the Axis using Jewish, Zionist, Israeli, and American characterisations. Consider, for instance, how they describe the Iranian response, despite the fact that is a legitimate response to aggression launched against it from American bases in the region—aggression that has targeted it in every possible way, committing all forms of crime: the killing of civilians (men and women from all segments of society), the destruction of vital and service infrastructure, and the targeting of everything within the country. The Iranian response is therefore a legitimate and rightful one. Iran has the full right to attack those bases that target it and to strike anything connected to the Americans that assists them in carrying out aggression against it. Yet how do they describe this response to the American bases? Day after day, in their media outlets and political discourse, they portray it as 'Iranian aggression against the region and its countries'. This is how they portray what is, in reality, a legitimate response.

They also distort the stance of other fronts in the axis, saying they are engaging their countries in issues that do not concern them. In other words, to them, it is not your business to face the Israeli enemy, although it is an enemy to you, your Islam, your Quran, your Prophet, and your sanctities—an enemy that antagonises you in every aspect, occupies your Arab homeland, and targets you through various forms of evil, including its Satanic and misleading soft warfare and its hard warfare. This is the narrative they push.

This is exactly what they previously did with Gaza in Palestine. They sought to distort the stance of the fellow mujahidin in Palestine, portraying them as people fighting without a genuine cause and claiming they were merely serving the interests of Iran—as if Palestine, Gaza, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque are not enough as a cause. It is as if the oppression committed against the Palestinian people—the killings, kidnappings, the torture of captives, the degradation of dignity, the crimes of rape, the seizure of homes and land, the destruction of farms, and every form of aggression—does not constitute a legitimate cause. They view the Palestinian people, and specifically their mujahidin, as merely meddlesome people engaging in matters that are none of their concern. They apply the same logic to every people. Whether the stance arises from a single front or from multiple fronts, they always insist on this same description.

Those loyal to the Americans and Israelis among governments, certain elites, and some forces and parties insist on entrenching a false Zionist thesis, suggesting that Arabs have no cause of their own and that they are not concerned with the Israeli enemy’s targeting of their Islam and sanctities, the occupation of their homelands, or the killing of their people. In their view, we as Arabs have no cause worth fighting for, even those very Arab peoples who are being slaughtered by the Israeli enemy and subjected to every form of violation—from killing and occupation to the seizure of property, the degradation of human dignity, and the violation of everything sacred! This reflects disdain, contempt, and degradation towards the Arabs. What is truly absurd is that certain Arab governments have adopted this very logic, depicting Arabs as unconcerned by the actions of their enemy—the one who always chants, 'Death to the Arabs,' whose plan is to annihilate Arabs, occupy their homelands, violate their honour, and carry out genocide against them, along with all sorts of heinous crimes. Thus, how can this not concern us?!

Palestine matters to us, and every Muslim country facing aggression concerns us. This is precisely what the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad (PBUH&F), said: 'Whoever does not care about the affairs of Muslims is not one of them, and whoever hears a Muslim calling out, "O Muslims!" and does not respond to him is not one of them.' A cry for help on behalf of the causes of Islam and the Muslims and in the face of the oppression facing the Ummah and its peoples— how can it not concern us?! How can we afford to ignore an enemy that is hostile to us all? Allah (Glory be to Him) has made us responsible when He commanded us and called upon us by our identity as believers: {'O believers! '} Determining what concerns us and what does not is not for the scum of hypocrisy and treachery within this Ummah, nor for those who submit and seek to tame this Ummah for the benefit of its enemies. That belongs to Allah, our Lord. Therefore, Allah has specified for us in the Holy Quran what concerns us and what does not.

Our freedom concerns us. Our dignity concerns us. Our Islam concerns us. This entire Ummah concerns us. Our sanctities concern us. Palestine concerns us. It is our concern to confront an enemy that is fiercely hostile to us all, and whose schemes—openly declared and actively pursued in word and deed—target us in every respect. Treating it as an enemy and taking a stand against it certainly concerns us. This matter is clear.

As we always said, from the very beginning, the Zionist enemy has targeted the Arabs, occupied Arab lands, and raised from the outset the slogan, 'Death to the Arabs!' The whole project of 'Greater Israel' targets Arab land, and the project of 'Changing the Middle East' targets every Arab. So how can they portray the Arabs as unconcerned with confronting this enemy?!

Our peoples must all be aware that propaganda warfare is part of the comprehensive targeting of any movement that credibly adopts the causes of the Ummah, with the Palestinian cause at the forefront. Whoever embraces these causes with sincerity, seriousness, and practical action is targeted militarily, economically, in the media, and in every possible way by the Zionist enemy, its American partner, and their helpers.

For example, in all past stages up to the present day, very important truths have manifested, truths that all our peoples must comprehend. These include the major contradictions in the logic of the mouthpieces of Zionism, those loyal to America and Israel, and the supporters of the Zionist Jews from among those who claim affiliation with this Ummah, when in truth they embody hypocrisy and betrayal of this Ummah, its religion, its Quran, and its Prophet.

Take, for example, what they promoted over many long years, even by governments and regimes through their media and ideological machinery, as well as by the takfiri groups within this Ummah. Their whole argument rested on casting doubt on the credibility and seriousness of the Iranian position. They constantly claimed that Iran was neither sincere nor serious in its support for the Palestinian cause and in its opposition to Zionist Jewish and Western tyranny, first and foremost American tyranny. They were casting doubt on credibility itself. In effect, they were admitting that the stance was right, but claiming that Iran was not sincere and not serious. That was how they framed it. They said it was not acting in earnest, claiming it would never enter into any confrontation with America and Israel, nor would America and Israel ever enter into any serious military confrontation with Iran.

Likewise, they would cast doubt on the rest of the fronts, even on Hezbollah, despite the fact that it has a great, pure, honourable, and unparalleled record within the Ummah in confronting the Israeli enemy. Even so, they questioned Hezbollah’s stance and the seriousness of its commitment. At times, they descended into sheer absurdity, accusing the resistance axis in all its fronts, including Iran, of acting as proxies for America and Israel. They sank to the lowest levels of baseness, meanness, and degradation in spreading propaganda that is utterly and plainly false.

Then events unfolded, revealing who among the people of this Ummah were truthful in their stance against the Americans and the Israelis and in confronting their tyranny. They drew a clear line between the truthful and the liars and sifted this Ummah in such a way that concealment was no longer possible. Matters became utterly clear, and the sun shone upon all—everything became clear.

After that, they turned to gloating and mockery, even celebrating alongside the Israeli Zionist enemy in its crimes. Whenever leaders from this Ummah were killed—even Palestinian leaders from among the mujahidin—they openly gloated over them and over their martyrdom. They gloated over all the sacrifices made by the free people and mujahidin of this Ummah in Lebanon, in Palestine, in Iran, and in Yemen. Once they could no longer cast doubt on the stance itself, they turned to gloating. They even turned to criticising this choice of jihad as a whole

They used to say, 'Why do you not fight the Israeli enemy?' Even here in Yemen, they mocked our slogan and our chant of dissociation from America and Israel: Allah is Greater, death to America, death to Israel, curse upon the Jews, victory to Islam. They mocked us and said things such as, 'Fight them! Do you only want to chant these slogans? What will this slogan achieve?' In fact, they used to mock even the very wording of this slogan. But then, when the situation escalated into a real and fiercely intense battle, demanding the greatest sacrifices, and when the credibility of this truthful stance of the fronts of jihad and resistance became evident to the whole world, they turned to criticising jihad and confrontation with the American-Israeli enemy: gloating on the one hand, and criticising that choice and portraying it as mistaken on the other. They claimed that the other options of normalisation or taming were the correct choices. They did not even stop there. Some of them collaborated with the Israeli enemy in many various ways, including through intelligence, financially, militarily, and politically.

This degree of exposure, clarity, and sifting within the Ummah is immensely important for the peoples of our Ummah, so that they may attain a high level of awareness. It comes within the divine practice of sifting people, so that the truthful may be distinguished from the liar. It is a process that sifts people and unveils truths: {'Never would Allah leave the believers in the state which you are in until He distinguishes the nasty from the good'}. Thus, it becomes clear to people who is wicked and who is good, who is truthful and who is lying. {'But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars'}. {'Or do those with sickness in their hearts think that Allah will not expose their malice? Had We willed, We could have truly shown them to you, and you would have certainly recognised them by their marks. But you will surely recognise them by their tone of speech'}. Look at what their media says, their propaganda, their words, their logic—it exposes them. {'And Allah knows your doings . And We will surely test you until We make evident those mujahidin among you and those who are patient, and We will test your affairs'}. Thus, the truth is laid bare before the people. In their alignment with the enemy, they gloat and rejoice at any calamity or pain that befalls the fronts of jihad and resistance. At the same time, any victory or achievement distresses them and fills them with the fiercest resentment: Allah said about them, {'If something good happens to you, it annoys them, and if something evil befalls you, they are delighted with it'}. And He said of them: {'If some good comes to you, it annoys them, and if hardship befalls you, they say, “We took our precaution in advance,” and they go their way delighted'}.

Therefore, our Islamic Ummah and our peoples must be aware. Events should only deepen their awareness so that they may benefit from this unveiling of truths and this process of separation. This reveals the reality within the Ummah and the truth about the enemies: the Americans and the Israelis.

Look at the American and Israeli propaganda directed against the Iranian Muslim people. The Americans and the Israelis used to say that they were only targeting the regime in Iran, not the Iranian people. Yet throughout the whole preceding period, the blockade and every form of conspiracy had already targeted the Iranian people. However, what are they doing in this aggression? They are targeting the Iranian people militarily with bombs and missiles across every sphere of life, in a way that leaves no doubt that the Iranian people themselves are the real target.

Thus, they have targeted residential buildings in the cities, killing members of the Iranian people, including women. They had once made 'women' their slogan in an attempt to stir unrest in Iran, yet now they are killing hundreds of Iranian Muslim women and children as well. They kill the old and the young; they kill men and women alike. At the same time, they are targeting every vital installation and public service facility that serves the Iranian people and meets the necessities of their daily lives. They are targeting universities, proving that they are enemies of knowledge and civilisation. They do not want any civilisation ever to arise in a Muslim country on an Islamic foundation; they are enemies of knowledge and progress. They have also targeted students and university lecturers. They have even targeted primary schools, killing children, girls and boys alike. They are targeting everyone. In doing so, they make it unmistakably clear that they are enemies of the peoples themselves.

The aggression against Lebanon did not cease, even after the agreement. The aggression has never ceased throughout the fifteen months following the agreement between Lebanon and the Israeli enemy—an agreement guaranteed by certain regimes and mediators. When Hezbollah decided to take action, it was a sound and carefully calculated move, taken at a wise time and benefiting from the immense firepower effort of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In every sense of the word, it was a sound, legitimate, and rightful move. Yet there are those who blame it, criticise it, hold it responsible, and try to incite others against it inside Lebanon, even though the matter is perfectly clear: From the outset, the Israeli enemy has been an enemy of Lebanon, posing a danger to it. It occupied most of Lebanon in earlier periods, still occupies parts of it, and has not honoured a single agreement. However, the enemies were deeply disappointed by the high effectiveness and strong performance of Hezbollah’s mujahidin: in their confrontation with the Israeli enemy; in their powerful and effective operations against it; in the momentum of those operations and the force of their firepower; and in the standard of their execution, both in quantity and in quality. All of this dealt the enemies a severe disappointment and restored Lebanon’s standing, dignity, and honour.

In Iraq too, the reality is that Iraq has not achieved full liberation from American occupation. American military bases are still there. The Americans are still plundering Iraqi oil, controlling Iraqi revenues, and stealing most of those revenues from the Iraqi people. They continue to interfere in political affairs, to the point of placing a veto on a candidate for prime minister and blocking that person’s appointment outright. They manufacture crises, stir division, discord, and conflict among the Iraqi people, and conspire against Iraq in every possible way.

When the free sons of Iraq, the noble mujahidin in the Iraqi resistance factions, moved into action, the Americans were greatly enraged. They have turned to inciting others against them in Iraq and exerting pressure to stop their operations. At the same time, they themselves kill people in Iraq, violate Iraqi airspace, plunder Iraqi oil, interfere in Iraqi affairs in every possible way, and continue to commit killings in Iraq in every form and on an ongoing basis.

In Yemen, America stands behind all the disasters and suffering of the Yemeni people, along with Britain and the Israeli enemy, and they are the ones driving the regional proxies against the Yemeni people. Their schemes target the entire Ummah, and their evil will never cease until this Ummah rises and restores the Palestinian cause to its rightful place, for it is the first line of defence. For this reason, the Palestinian cause must remain at the very top of this Ummah’s concerns, and we must stay alert to every aggressive step taken by the Israeli enemy with the aim of eliminating the Palestinian cause.

The closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque at the end of Ramadan was a dangerous development, with that closure continuing for more than a month. This is a very grave step and follows a policy of gradual taming employed by the Zionist Jews to ultimately achieve their final objective: the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. So has there been any response even to this closure, which is itself a very dangerous step and a major crime? Allah has taught us in the Holy Quran just how atrocious this crime is: {'Who is more wrong than the one who prevents the name of Allah from being mentioned in His mosques and strives for their destruction? Such people should not enter them except in fear. There is disgrace for them in this world, and they will have a great torment in the Hereafter'}. It is an utterly horrific crime, especially when directed against a mosque that is among the holiest of Islamic sanctities.

The Israeli enemy has also recently adopted what it calls a 'law'—which is not a law but a criminal decree— permitting the execution of Palestinian captives. This is an utterly horrific crime, through which it makes the blood of the captives permissible, even as they already endure the harshest forms of torture inside prisons, with some having been martyred as a result. This crime is appalling in the extreme, and the Ummah ought to take a serious stand against it and undertake broad action. It violates every international convention and every law; it is grievous tyranny and appalling criminality. And we saw how they celebrated after adopting the decree behind this crime. The Zionists celebrated and drank wine after adopting what they call a 'law'—though it is in truth a criminal decree—in a scene of shocking criminality. It was a celebration of criminality.

The Israeli enemy continues its crimes of killing in Gaza, its restrictions, its siege, its occupation of vast areas, and its destruction and demolition of what remains of the buildings. In the West Bank, it commits every form of violation. In this way, it seeks to entrench its complete control over the whole of Palestine.

Therefore, the Ummah has a responsibility to take serious action within the framework of fulfilling its sacred duties and strengthening cooperation among its peoples. In other words, what the axis is doing in terms of cooperation in confronting the Israeli enemy and its American partner is an important step towards reuniting the Ummah around these great and sacred responsibilities. The Ummah must not be swayed by the enemies’ efforts to criminalise and defame cooperation among the members of the Ummah in these sacred responsibilities. They portray cooperation within the Ummah in jihad against them as something evil that should be criminalised and attacked through hostile propaganda. At the same time, they present collaboration, betrayal, hypocrisy, and service to the Zionist enemy as something normal, as political wisdom, and the like. Thus, they justify betrayal and hypocrisy in the service of the enemies, while distorting every sincere move against the enemies’ tyranny, whether undertaken alone or in cooperation with others.

Conscious action and rising to this responsibility with reliance upon Allah has an outcome promised by Allah, the One Who never fails in His promise, {'but most of the people do not know'}. He promised that outcome to His believing servants, for He is the One Who said, {'For it is Our duty to grant victory to the believers'}. This is a mighty affirmation of the divine promise. Regarding the struggle against the Israeli enemy and its promised downfall, He said, {'But if you return, We will return'}.

Our Yemeni people—Yemen of faith and wisdom—continue steadfastly in their jihad and in their blessed Quranic effort, advancing in every activity and every sphere with high effectiveness that embodies their believing identity. These activities include holding summer courses to build the rising generation, and these are of immense importance, with immense benefit. The activities carried out by the general mobilisation are also of great importance, and people should actively participate in them. The joint military operations with the axis are ongoing and escalating, and their course is great and important. At this time, in this phase, the weekly demonstrations are among the most important activities. I hope that our dear people will recognise their great significance, engage with them actively, and realise that they are indeed part of their jihad.

Therefore, I call upon our dear Yemeni people to recognise the importance of a great mass turnout tomorrow, Friday, Allah willing, in major demonstrations in the Capital, Sana’a, and across the rest of the governorates. This is extremely important, and it comes at an extremely important moment and as part of this faith-driven endeavour and the great jihadi stand of our dear people in confronting the Zionist Jewish scheme that targets this Ummah.

We ask Allah (Glory be to Him) to grant us success in seeking what pleases Him. O Allah, have mercy on our virtuous martyrs, heal the wounded among us, set free our captives, and grant us victory. You are the Hearer of Prayer!

I hope that the turnout tomorrow, Friday, in the Capital, Sana’a, and across the rest of the governorates will be immense and massive, as it has been on previous occasions and in earlier rounds. And I ask Allah to grant reward to all those who attend, participate, and carry out this great and sacred act of jihad, which fills the enemies with rage.

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.