Iran’s supreme leader has launched a sweeping counteroffensive against President Donald Trump, attempting to rally Middle Eastern nations into an anti-American alliance, an analyst warned Sunday.

The aggressive maneuvering came hours after Trump pitched an expansion of the Abraham Accords, as an analyst said Tehran is seeking to position itself as the region’s “new sheriff” while forcing Gulf states with backchannels to Iran to choose between Washington’s security umbrella and a “New Islamic Civilization.”

On Sunday, negotiations between Iran and the United States appeared to be ongoing, with Trump not yet signing off on a potential peace agreement.

Trump recently held a phone call with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain to discuss expanding the 2020 Abraham Accords, followed by a May 25 post on Truth Social.

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Mojtaba Khamenei issued a direct counter-response on X on May 26, issuing a call for a “New Islamic Civilization” aimed at those same regional capitals.

“I, with sincerity and purity of intention, invite all Islamic countries and governments to friendship and cooperation in goodness, so that by working together we may take steps toward the advancement of the Islamic Ummah and the resolution of the Islamic world’s problems,” Khamenei posted.

Highlighting “the nations of the region” and “common interests that will shape the new order and the future architecture of the region and the world,” he spoke of “the Islamic Ummah and the #New_Islamic_Civilization.”

“The United States will no longer have a safe haven for its mischief and for establishing military bases in West Asia,” he also warned.

Source: Fox News US