News | Velayati: Epstein scandal marked end of Western civilization / Greenlanders reject Trump’s lifeboat

Pars Today – The International Affairs Adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that examining the case of American politicians and their Western allies in the Epstein affair has led to a widespread disgrace for the West across all the arenas it once claimed to uphold.

Ali Akbar Velayati, the International Affairs Adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in part of his article on the decline and corruption of Western civilization alongside the renewed rise of Islamic-Iranian civilization, described the Epstein scandal as marking the end of the West’s performative civilization.

According to Pars Today, he added that a review of the past several centuries clearly shows that Western civilization—regardless of its hollow claims about human rights and morality—has consistently been founded on violence, exploitation, and warmongering. From the division of the world among colonial powers with the mediation of the Pope, to the world wars that left millions dead; from the genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina with covert European backing, to the killing of innocent people in Gaza—a continuous chain of crimes has taken shape, which continues today with the war in Ukraine.

Velayati, in comparing Eastern and Western civilizations, pointed to Iran as an example and said that Islamic–Iranian civilization—with its long-standing tradition of peace-seeking and the promotion of justice—has, from the time of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire, up to the present day, taken up arms only in self-defense and has consistently advocated peaceful coexistence among nations.

He added that with the emergence of the Iranian Revolution in Iran, the process of reconstructing and reviving Islamic civilization began. Today, as the West’s moral and political scandals—from the Epstein case to its open support for what he described as genocide in Gaza—have raised global public awareness, the time has come, he said, to redefine the true standing of civilizations and for the world to understand that the future belongs to a civilization that realizes justice, peace, and human dignity not merely in words, but in practice.

Araghchi’s response to Trump’s “curiosity”: We do not capitulate because we are Iranian

Meanwhile, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, wrote on his X account in response to the U.S. president’s curiosity about Iran’s unwillingness to surrender:

“Curious to know why we do not capitulate? Because we are IRANIAN.’”

Turkish Parliament Speaker: Era of U.S. hegemony has come to an end

In other news, Numan Kurtulmuş, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, stated that the international system formed after the end of the Cold War can no longer continue in its current shape, emphasizing that the era of U.S. hegemony has effectively come to an end.

He added that any potential U.S. attack against Iran could turn into a prolonged and uncontrollable war.

Greenlanders reject Trump’s “lifeboat”

Following remarks by Donald Trump about sending a hospital ship to Greenland, local officials stated that they do not need medical assistance from other countries.

Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland, also addressed the issue in a social media post, referring to Trump’s proposal to dispatch a hospital ship to the island, and wrote: “No, thank you.”

Egyptian general: U.S. ambassador’s remarks in Tel Aviv are racist and dangerous

Samir Farag, an Egyptian general, described remarks by Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador in Tel Aviv, regarding a “Greater Israel” stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates as “racist, expansionist, and unacceptable.”

He added that the impact of such statements is not limited to Egypt’s security, but extends to the broader national security of Arab states—particularly Saudi Arabia, which, according to Huckabee’s claim, would lose one-third of its territory.