The Persian Gulf: The Geography of the Collapse of the American Order
WANA (May 03) – The war imposed by the United States against Iran represents a turning point in accelerating the transformation of the global order. In the short term, this conflict is leading to the formation of a new order within the West Asian region, while in the medium term, it is shaping a new order across the entire world.
The indicators of declining American power and the gradual disintegration of the U.S.-centric order became evident several years ago and are now visible in various parts of the globe.
Even the United States has accepted the decline of its power and status as a reality within its National Security Strategy and has rewritten its national security policies based on that fact. In such a situation, the United States has Donald Trump in the presidency, which represents the worst possible development for the country.
Trump possesses a cult of personality and lacks the ability to accurately assess realities and the long-term consequences of his actions; in other words, he lacks strategic wisdom.
He remains under the illusion that he is the most powerful president in American history. It must also be added that Trump harbors a historical grudge against the Islamic Revolution of Iran.
A woman walks past an anti-U.S. billboard featuring the U.S. President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, May 2, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)
These characteristics caused him to hold incorrect calculations regarding the state of the world. After several unsuccessful attempts to shift equations in favor of the United States (such as the trade war, which met with failure), Trump engaged in a major gamble against Islamic Iran.
He imagined that Iran was at its weakest point in time and that the U.S. could—by defeating and forcing Iran to surrender—realize the long-standing dream of overthrowing the Islamic system while strengthening its own position during this period of shifting global order.
He believed that by dominating West Asia—a sensitive region rich in energy resources and strategic geopolitical positioning—he could prevent the further decline of the United States.
These false perceptions, coupled with pressure from the Israeli regime, drove him to undertake this great gamble. However, the result was exactly the opposite of what Trump had imagined.
This war not only failed to prevent the further decline of the U.S. but acted as an accelerator for its decline and for a shift in order that disfavored American interests in West Asia—a development that will also have a serious impact on global relations. In this war, the United States lost its “military hegemony”.
The Ability to Close Hormuz Changes Everything
WANA (May 02) – Before the war imposed on Iran by the United states and Israel, which began on February 28, the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz largely remained a latent capability. Many analysts and observers, both in Iran and globally, acknowledged Iran’s geopolitical position, yet did not expect this capacity to […]
One of the strengths of the United States was the terrifying image of its military power. Trump had repeatedly emphasized that the U.S. military is the largest, deadliest, and best-equipped in the world, possessing the most advanced weaponry.
This image, reinforced by tools such as Hollywood cinema, caused even powers like Russia and China to avoid challenging the United States militarily.
However, during the recent war, this false image collapsed in the minds of everyone. It became clear to all that U.S. military capability is not as significant as previously thought; the United States cannot even defeat a power like Iran, but rather receives serious blows from it and ultimately seeks an exit from the quagmire of the Iranian war through desperate measures. This collapse of the fabricated image will have a decisive impact on future international relations.
Another point that became evident was the unreality of the deterrence equation based on the presence of U.S. military bases. Iran’s effective and successful attacks on American bases in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf demonstrated to everyone that the U.S. presence no longer provides security. This equation has fundamentally changed, and its effects will be seen more than ever in the future.
Iran: U.S. “Humiliated” as New Wave of Operations Targets Regional Bases
WANA (Apr 07) – The spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters stated that the United States has been “humiliated” in West Asia, as Iranian forces launched a new wave of coordinated operations across the region. According to the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters statement, naval and aerospace units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […]
The weakening of the United States gained increasing momentum in the recent war and will, in the short term, transform the security order of West Asia, particularly the Persian Gulf region. Western think tanks are also reporting serious changes in the regional security equations.
The Persian Gulf is the geographical starting point for the collapse of the American order and the formation of a new one. The expulsion of the United States from this region will be a turning point in international developments in the coming years.
Through exemplary resilience over more than four decades of confrontation with the United States and historical steadfastness in the two recent wars, the Iranian people have discredited the most important weapon of American hegemony: intimidation. This event will pave the way for further developments in various parts of the world.
What Iran’s Supreme Leader stated in his message on the occasion of Persian Gulf National Day—that the Persian Gulf region is the starting point for the formation of a new order—is an obvious reality beyond any doubt. The United States has no destiny other than a humiliating defeat at the hands of the commissioned people of Iran and will be driven out of the Persian Gulf with ignominy and disgrace.
Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei: New Era for Persian Gulf Without U.S.
WANA (Apr 30) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei says the Islamic Republic will enforce a new legal framework to manage the Strait of Hormuz, ushering in “a new chapter” for the Persian Gulf and the strategic waterway. “The Islamic Republic, in grateful action for the divine blessing of managing […]
