“For every ailment there is a cure, except for folly, which defies all remedies.” – This verse by Abu al-Tayyib al-Mutanabbi aptly describes the Iranian regime. For 47 years, it has been shooting itself in the foot and deluding itself that it can change the world through reckless practices, but the reality was clear to all.
The Iranian regime is dragging a great nation with a rich history of civilizational contributions back into the Middle Ages through the daily follies it commits. This regime is not only accurately described as Hitlerian, as mentioned previously, but it also deliberately causes suffering for its own people, as if taking revenge on them and on the peoples of the region, which is its natural sphere for neighborly relations and economic exchange.
Before 1979, trade was a source of strength for Iran, providing a decent life for tens of millions of citizens who today live below the poverty line. Since February 1979, the ruling clique in Iran has pursued policies that have alarmed its neighbors and the world, after enshrining the slogan “exporting the revolution” in the constitution of the Islamic Republic.
At that time, the regime focused on inciting sectarian strife, a phenomenon previously unknown in the region. It established sectarian groups that carried out massacres against innocent civilians in all Gulf states and other Arab countries in pursuit of an unattainable goal. Despite these criminal acts committed by the Tehran regime against the Gulf states, the latter did not hesitate to extend a hand of assistance and cooperation to Iran.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have repeatedly sought to guide the Iranian regime away from its reckless course. Saudi Arabia overlooked the terrorist attacks it suffered, and worked on signing an agreement with Iran under Chinese mediation. The United Arab Emirates spared no effort in assisting the Iranian people to overcome economic hardships through various means.
Qatar made tireless efforts to bridge the gap between the international community and Iran through extensive mediation, as did the Sultanate of Oman. Despite the terrorist attacks it has suffered at the hands of its Persian neighbor, Kuwait has continued to pursue building bridges of cooperation with Iran. Bahrain has suffered attacks for the past five decades from this reckless neighbor, yet it has seized every opportunity to establish a normal relationship.
However, Iranian expansionist ambitions have always been present and have consistently been stirred within Bahrain. Therefore, when we study recent political history, it becomes clear that the Iranian regime of the mullahs has built its policies on a fragile and misguided idea. The regime has never realized that it cannot change cultural beliefs, nor can it act as a regional policeman, a role that ended with the conclusion of World War II.
It has failed to understand that nations are increasingly capable of exercising their sovereign rights and formulating their own policies free from external dictates and pressures. Thus, when we ask what the Iranian regime seeks from the countries of the region after all this, the answer is evident - it is a sterile regime, incapable of producing any civilized or constructive action. With the Iranian regime continuing to pursue the policies it has followed since 1979, is there not a single rational person within that regime who can correct this destructive course that brought immense suffering to Iran and the region? One undeniable truth remains - the world will never accept, under any circumstances, that a reckless regime possesses weapons of mass destruction.
A regime of this barbaric nature, filled with extremists, would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons at any time. The world cannot trust a fatwa issued by the Iranian Supreme Leader prohibiting the use of nuclear weapons, for someone who has committed atrocities against his own people lacks all credibility. A war criminal takes pleasure in the taste of blood.