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Originally posted in early 2025 but still relevant. Exchange rate is approaching 200,000 Toman (2,000,000 Rial) per dollar. It is blamed on war but the same neoliberal policies are in place (which benefit the wealthy at the expense of the masses), in addition to an economic plan which calls for sitting and waiting for Western sanctions to be lifted instead of actively supporting the domestic economy and partnering with powerful economies like China and Russia (Slavs and Chinese aren't white enough for the liberals to want to extend a hand to). The vast, untapped potential of this country and the Muslim Ummah as a whole is being left to remain dormant due to a westernized bureaucracy that sits on their hands waiting for sanctions relief instead of actively working to make sanctions irrelevant. Prices are soaring, but hey, at least there's no Taliban!

🇮🇷📉 Iranian Rial hits all time low of 1,000,000 to 1 USD — but at least no Taliban, right? Former Iranian communications minister under Hassan Fereydoun ("Rouhani") Tweeted during the last election "we will not let Iran fall into the hands of the Taliban" in a reference to Dr. Saeed Jalili, as a means of fearmongering the Iranian people into voting for Masoud Pezeshkian. To borrow a phrase coined by Catholic American historian Dr. E. Michael Jones: sexual liberation equals political control. The promises of unlimited personal "freedoms" relating to egoism, hedonism, and carnal desires that the liberal reformists offered to the people are indeed enticing for those enslaved by their whims and desires, but such things are mere distractions which tyrants have always used to placate and hypnotize the masses. This tool is also used by the anti-Islam, anti-revolutionary liberal elites who have had a large part in shaping the Iranian economy since the days of former president Rafsanjani, the first economically neoliberal president of Iran. These same liberals (both public sector and private sector) who have ruined the economy (just as neoliberalism ruins economies of the world) then cynically blame Islam and the revolution for Iran's economic problems. They deceive the people by pointing to the degenerate west and claim that if their debaucherous "culture" is copied and pasted, the economy will become prosperous like the west. The problem is that the west is running out of smart people to run its infrastructure and pioneer in its technology, which is why they must import high-skilled workers from India, China, and Iran to keep their economy afloat, because legacy Americans are too dumb and hedonistic to produce anything useful, as many young people just want to be famous on TikTok and OnlyFans. In the 2021 election, former economy minister and central bank head Abdolnasser Hemmati also insulted Dr. Jalili, by referring to a photo of Jalili in a meeting with rural farmers as a call to "impose North Korean and Venezuelan style Communism" in Iran. An ultra-wealthy elitist like Hemmati couldn't possibly be bothered to meet with worthless peasants, anyways. So, Iran averted North Korean style Communism and Taliban-style conservatism. It even got WhatsApp and the Play Store unfiltered! And yet, the Rial still reached 100,000 Tomans (1,000,000 Rials). More proof that these promises of individual "freedoms" are merely distractions so that these anti-revolutionary wealthy liberal elites can continue to fleece the people with little commotion — and even worse, the Islamic Revolution is blamed for what liberalism did! "Hey, I know the economy is bad and all, but don't you at least want to stare at an undressed woman?!?!?!" Iranians are now getting a lesson in the timeless law of the universe: sexual liberation is indeed political control. Dr. Jalili didn't want to bring in North Korean Communism, nor anything like the Taliban — as true Islam is neither shameless like the west nor stone-minded like the east — but he was a threat to these wealthy elites. Islam itself is a threat to the wealthy elites, when implemented to its fullest potential. That is why Imam Ali (a) was betrayed by those who begged him to come into power in the first place, as they did not like the taste of his justice. But hey, at least the iPhone 14 was unbanned. That is, if people can afford it now, with all the inflation. The inflation started before the Leader banned negotiations with the US. Martyr Raisi was beginning to turn things around. It isn't easy to undo the damage of 30 years of liberalism in only three years. Dr. Jalili wanted to continue this momentum forward and implement the visionary goals of the Islamic Revolution, but fearmongering and the promises of men being able to oggle at women with no hijab confused the masses and scared them into voting for the liberals once more. Now they are paying the price — the question is, will people finally learn their lesson that liberalism benefits no one except for oligarchs like Hemmati?

More proof that Iran destroyed the various mechanisms related to geoengineering during the Ramadan imposed war, whether planes from UAE equipped with cloud seeding devices or radars which manipulate clouds or a combination of both (cloudseeding materials that…

Lake Urmia has come back to life after heavy rains, with migratory birds returning and its natural beauty re-emerging. @PressTV

Lake Urmia has come back to life after heavy rains, with migratory birds returning and its natural beauty re-emerging. @PressTV

📢To be held on behalf of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution: 🛑Commemoration ceremonies for the fortieth day since the burial of the Leader of the Truth-Seekers of the World, to be held in Tehran, Qom, and Mashhad 🔲The Office of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on the occasion of the fortieth day since the funeral and burial of the pure body of the Leader of the Truth-Seekers of the World, issued a statement announcing the holding of commemorative ceremonies for the martyred Leader, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, in Tehran, Qom, and Mashhad. ⏺️The full text of the statement by the Office of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution is as follows: In the Name of God, the Exalted ▪️Concurrent with the fortieth day since the historic funeral and burial of the pure body of the Leader of the Truth-Seekers of the World, commemorative ceremonies for that magnanimous Leader and his martyred family members will be held in Tehran, Qom, and Mashhad, on behalf of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. 🔻The commemorative ceremonies for the martyred Leader, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, will be held as follows: ⏺️Tehran: Tuesday, August 18, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Tehran time, at the prayer hall of the Imam Khomeini Mosalla ⏺️Qom: Wednesday, August 19, after the Maghrib and Isha prayers, at the shrine of Lady Fatimah Masoumah (pbuh) ⏺️Mashhad: Thursday, August 20, coinciding with the eve of the martyrdom of Imam Hasan Askari (pbuh), after the Maghrib and Isha prayers, at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (pbuh) ▪️The honorable people of Iran are invited to attend the commemorative ceremonies for the martyred Leader. 🇮🇷The enthusiastic and massive turnout of the Iranian people and the devotees of the two Imams of the Islamic Revolution at the fortieth-day commemorative ceremonies for the martyred Leader will serve as a renewed pledge of allegiance to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and a reaffirmation of their commitment to the path of the Leader of the Truth-Seekers of the World. ✍Office of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution 💻 en.rahbar.ir | 📱 @MKhamenei_en

The Step You Failed to Notice… May Change Your Marriage Allah says: “And do not follow the footsteps of Satan.” (Qur’an 2:168) When marital conflict begins, we often ask: ● Who is wrong? But perhaps the better question is: ● What step has our conflict reached? The Qur’an gives us words that can form a reflective map: Whispering → Provocation → Slipping → Pattern → Domination This is not a Qur’anic sequence stated explicitly in this order, but a reflective framework for recognising conflict before it escalates. 1. Whispering: The problem may still be inside you. “He did not reply” becomes “He does not care about me.” The remedy is verification: distinguish facts from interpretations. 2. Provocation: The thought enters the relationship. Tones change, accusations begin, and each word produces another. Allah says: “Satan causes discord between them.” (Qur’an 17:53) The remedy is to stop escalation and choose “that which is best.” 3. Slipping: Anger becomes an action—an insult, threat, injustice, exposing a secret, or deliberate hurt. The remedy is repentance and repair. 4. Pattern: A mistake becomes a habit. Shouting, withdrawal, or emotional punishment becomes “normal”. The remedy is to break the pattern, not merely apologise repeatedly. 5. Domination: A person can no longer see their own fault. Allah says Satan makes people forget His remembrance. (Qur’an 58:19) So do not wait to ask, “How can I save my marriage?” Ask earlier: What step are we at now?

The world may appear beautiful, filled with wealth, success, comfort, and endless desires. Yet there comes a moment when a person realises how quickly all of these things fade. What once seemed precious can become insignificant when the heart is burdened by loss and separation. So, what is there for you in this world and its adornments, when it has become clouded and sorrowful, and those you loved have departed? This is not a call to abandon life, but a reminder not to make it the centre of the heart. The world is temporary, while what we do for God remains. Its pleasures pass, its people leave, and its beauty changes. True wisdom is to benefit from this life without becoming enslaved by it, and to prepare for the life that does not end. “But the Hereafter is better and more lasting.” (Qur’an 87:17)

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Hamad was abandoned by the Muslim community in Pittsburgh while he was under constant harassment and eventual arrest. The institutions that preach opposition to injustice have left our brother while we watch his home country being bombed and subjected to massacres. This not just a betrayal on the behalf of the community Hamad would call his own, this also exposes the corruption of the so called justice system of Pennsylvania. Hamad’s case is not the only one facing unjust punishment for speaking out against genocide. Many others in PA, from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, have faced harassment via sources such as Canary Mission or have faced police brutality on their own campuses. Our mission would like to call upon those who read Mohamad’s story and fundraise for him and insha’Allah eventually push for his release. There is a deadline of September 1st by which time we must retain a new lawyer for Mohamad. On September 1st pre-trial motions will begin and without a lawyer ready to fight for his case, he will be locked into a system designed to sentence our young Arab Muslim brothers to death by incarceration. If convicted at trial, Mohamad could face up to 35 years. The difference between retaining a competent lawyer or not, could be the difference between a life behind bars for one of our own! VoxUmmah endorses those who are pushing for the release of Mohamad Hamad. We are putting out this fundraiser link for Hamad, who has a deadline to raise $50k in order to retain a lawyer by September 1st or face a botched trial with his currently antagonistic state-assigned pro-bono attorney. Fundraiser: https://durub.link/fundraiser-free-mo Caption

Mohamad Hamad is a 24 year old Lebanese-American political prisoner who has been in federal prison for over 16 months awaiting trial on bogus charges related to his Palestine activism. In a campaign rife with anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia, Mohamad has also been denied due process, including competent legal representation. The prosecution's egregious behavior includes calling "Mr. Hamas" and playing October 7th resistance footage in a ridiculous Islamophobic charade.

“When I saw her [Sayyeda Fatimah], I remembered what would be done to her after me. It was as though I could see her: humiliation would enter her home, her sanctity would be violated, her right would be usurped, and she would be denied her inheritance. Her side would be broken, and her unborn child would be miscarried. She would cry out, ‘O Muhammad!’ but no one would answer her. She would seek help, but no one would come to her aid.” Prophet Mohammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family)

“Muhammad is only a Messenger; other Messengers have passed away before him. So, if he dies or is killed, will you turn back on your heels? Whoever turns back on his heels will never harm Allah in the least. And Allah will reward the grateful.” — Qur’an 3:144

When Patience Is Part of Divine Obedience Some people, both among Shia and Sunni Muslims, object to the question of why Imam Ali did not take revenge against those who attacked his home, assaulted Sayyeda Fatimah al-Zahra, and caused the loss of her unborn child. They ask: How could a woman be attacked while her husband remained silent instead of defending her or killing her attacker? Such an objection misunderstands the nature of divine command, patience, and religious responsibility. If one turns this question into an accusation against Imam Ali, one must also confront a broader question: Why does God allow innocent people to suffer? Why are the women and children of Gaza killed, injured, and subjected to unspeakable violence? Why did the Prophet Mohammad not prevent every instance of persecution suffered by his followers? The Prophet himself witnessed Sumayyah and Yasir being tortured. Yet he addressed them: “Be patient, O family of Yasir, for your promised place is Paradise.” He saw their suffering and ultimately their deaths, but he endured it because the divine mission required patience at that stage. Likewise, when we say that Imam Ali was commanded not to seek revenge, this does not mean weakness or cowardice. It means that patience itself can become an act of obedience and a divinely ordained test. Imam Ali repeatedly referred to the Prophet’s command and his own covenant, understanding that fulfilling divine duty sometimes requires restraining even the strongest desire for justice. Peace be upon Sayyeda Fatimah al-Zahra and Imam Ali. May God’s justice ultimately prevail against those who wronged and oppressed them.

❗️The victims of the Israeli massacre in Ansar, southern Lebanon, earlier this morning have been identified as Ali al-Hajj Hassan, his wife, teacher and translator Zeinab Nasser al-Deen, and their four children: Hussein, Zahra, Abbas, and Hassan.

❗️The victims of the Israeli massacre in Ansar, southern Lebanon, earlier this morning have been identified as Ali al-Hajj Hassan, his wife, teacher and translator Zeinab Nasser al-Deen, and their four children: Hussein, Zahra, Abbas, and Hassan.

Is Your Wife Your Companion? ■ Is your wife truly your companion? ■ Do you know her inner world, and does she know yours? ■ If we removed children, expenses, responsibilities, and household duties, would there still be something that makes you enjoy being together? ● A couple may live under the same roof for years, raise children, manage a home, and fulfil their responsibilities, yet gradually become partners in managing life rather than companions in living it. The Quran refers to a wife as “sahibah” (companion) in 2 verses. These verses do not define marital companionship, but the Quranic use of the word invites us to reflect on what companionship can mean within marriage. Marriage is more than a contract; it is a long journey that requires companionship. Aim per the Qur’an: “That you may find tranquillity in them.” True companionship means being able to share your fears, hopes, weaknesses, thoughts, and joys without fear of judgement. The Qur’an also says: “And He placed between you affection and mercy.” Notice the words: “between you.” The home, children, expenses, and responsibilities may surround a couple—but what remains between them? Conversation? Laughter? Trust? Affection? A spouse may be physically close yet emotionally distant. They may live together without truly accompanying one another. Ask yourself: ● Do I enjoy talking to my spouse when there is no problem to solve? ● Do I know what is occupying their heart? ● Can they speak openly without fearing my reaction? ● Do we laugh together? ● Do we share dreams? Do we have time that belongs only to us? This companionship becomes especially meaningful when life becomes difficult—during illness, financial hardship, ageing, or moments of weakness. Perhaps the most beautiful form of marital tranquillity is to discover in your spouse not only a life partner, but a true companion on the journey.

🗣 Trump declared he will soon consider the Strait of Hormuz as "American territory." Corneliu Codreanu once said "a country has the Jews it deserves." Only an arrogant, corrupt, and supremacist people would tolerate the small minority of Jewish supremacists who have disproportionate overrepresentation in key areas of power. The fact that there is no major push to abolish the current system and have a new constitutional convention following the Epstein Files shows just how comfortable the majority of Americans are with their comfortable lives being fueled by the blood and suffering of the innocent, from children being blown to bits across the world to children being raped and even eaten on Epstein Island and Zorro Ranch. There are people waking up but it clearly has not reached a critical mass to change things. The American people are not helpless victims - they are choosing to let things be. God willing, both Pax Americana and Pax Judaica will collapse simultaneously. @BasiraPress