Press Release
Why Are Our Rulers Providing Crutches to a Crippled America in its War Against our Ummah?
(Translated)

The US is tightening the noose around the necks of the Muslims of Iran, using the styles of sanctions, economic siege and military deterrence. On 20 August 2026, Thomas "Tommy" Pigott, the Spokesperson of the US Department of State, released a press statement declaring, “For decades, the Iranian regime has used Hezbollah to spread terror throughout the Middle East. Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is renewing its designation of Hizballah for its actions in support of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF).”

As always, it is the rulers of the Muslims that assist the US in its attacks on Muslims. On 7 August, the rulers of Pakistan, Turkey and Hijaz signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, with which Trump declared he is “very happy,” and which exploits the nuclear capabilities of Pakistan as deterrence against Iran. On 15 August, the commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed a 10-day trip to the Middle East, to instruct the armies of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. On 18 August, the Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance was activated, in a session chaired by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Jeddah, which is an alliance of navies of Muslims to separate Iran from its proxies in Yemen. All this is in addition to the rulers of Iraq using an anti-corruption drive to separate Iran from its proxies in Iraq, and the rulers of Lebanon separating Iran from its Hezb in Lebanon. It is only a matter of time before the US mobilizes the armies of Muslims against Iran, whilst testing the waters of global public opinion for deploying its nuclear weapons, whether tactical or strategic.

What pains the heart and then fills it with rage for the sake of Allah (swt) is that were it not for the rulers of the Muslims, America would never be able to harm any Muslim state, let alone harm Muslim lands one after another, with others waiting their turn. Oceans separate the US from the Muslim states, from Indonesia to Morocco, and its warships depend on long and fragile Sea Lines of Communication (SLOCs) to strike any Muslim state. Its military bases, including its advanced base, the Jewish entity, are within the lands of Muslims, and depend on highly exposed Ground Lines of Communication (GLOCs) for water, food, clothing, shelter, security and weapons.

Moreover, America is not at the height of its power, but within its period of prominent decline, in which it can only limp, dependent on the crutches of support from its agents and followers amongst Muslims. America’s economic decline is evident in its astronomical debt crisis, where the capitalist banks and corporations suck the life of the common American to fill their bellies with riba (interest). Its military decline is evident in its inability to impose its will on a faction within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran that refused subordination to the US, and it is also evident in the inability of its cowardly troops to launch a ground offensive to achieve victory over Iran. Its political decline is evident in the deep cracks within its own deep state, with the Democrats gouging out the eyes of the Republicans, and its global allies seething in anger at its arrogance and abandonment of them.

O Ummah of Islam and Its Armies!

What fills the heart with grief is that had the sincere officers of our armies seized the opportunity, overthrown the crutches of America, and unified the Muslim lands under a single Khilafah Rashidah (rightly guided Caliphate), it would have forced America to flee from our lands, after its bases were stormed and its ship sunk in the seas of the Muslims.

If only the resisting faction of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran answered the call of Hizb ut Tahrir, granting it nussrah (military support) for establishing the Khilafah, Iran would have been a strong support point for the unification of the Muslim states.

However, in the absence of the Khilafah, using the strength of the Islamic Ummah against it, it is not unlikely that Iran will sooner or later be compelled to submit to America. Unless the Khilafah stops America’s tyranny, it will continue to extend its aggressions beyond Iran to all Muslim states, aided by the rulers of Muslims. Thus, the sincere officers within the most powerful armies of Muslims, the armies of Pakistan, the Hejaz, Turkey, and Egypt, must act immediately to overthrow the treacherous rulers and give their support to Hizb ut-Tahrir to establish the Khilafah Rashidah (Rightly-Guided Caliphate) on the Method of the Prophethood that will end alliance with the disbelievers and unite the Muslim lands. Which of the armies of the Muslims will seize the honor of being the first to give their support to empower the true Deen?

The Central Media Office
of Hizb ut Tahrir