"The global hegemonic powers understand nothing but strength and power, and the language of power they employ must be met with the language of power in response." - Khamenei (1987)

He understood it better than anyone else, and spent decades maneuvering internally and externally to make it material: industry under siege, missiles under sanctions, a state restructured to survive isolation.

When the Anglo-Zionists came bombing, they martyred him and proved him right: power only respects power, and he left enough of it behind to answer.

"The awakening of nations and their awareness of the true nature and role of the hegemonic system is the greatest asset for Third World governments, and it's the source of genuine power against the hegemonists."

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