“We will never permit the United States to make a foothold or turn the region into its zone of influence wherever we are present and have influence and anywhere our words, as the voice of Islam, are heard by Muslims.”Youssef M. Ibrahim, “Confrontation in the Gulf; Resist U.S. in Gulf, Top Iranian Cleric Urges All Muslims,” New York Times, September 13, 1990, http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/13/world/confrontation-in-the-gulf-resist-us-in-gulf-top-iranian-cleric-urges-all-muslims.html.