By Mustapha Gembu
Islamic Republic of Iran Deploys Weapons to Defend Venezuela, a Christian Country, from America, a Self-Proclaimed Christian Nation
For those who do not yet understand the weaponisation of religion by global powers, this reality calls for calm and honest reflection.
While Nigerian Christians are increasingly influenced by narratives tied to the interests of the United States and Israel, a striking global contradiction deserves attention: Iranian-made military hardware has reportedly been deployed in Venezuela, a predominantly Christian country, to strengthen its defence posture against perceived threats from the United States.
Among the Iranian weapons systems reportedly present in Venezuela are:
• Mohajer-6 armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), capable of surveillance and precision strikes
• ANSU-100 drones, derived from Iran’s Mohajer-2 platform and locally assembled in Venezuela
•Peykaap III–class fast attack missile boats, designed for coastal defence
•CM-90 anti-ship missiles, integrated into Venezuela’s naval capabilities
These are sophisticated military systems produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran, a Sharia-based state. Their reported deployment in Venezuela is officially framed as self-defence against American pressure, often justified under claims such as drug-trafficking enforcement. Yet this reality makes one truth increasingly clear: global powers act primarily on strategic and geopolitical interests, not religious solidarity.
This raises serious and unavoidable questions:
• How can Iran, an Islamic country, deploy missiles, drones, and naval weapons to defend a Christian-majority country like Venezuela if not to counter American geopolitical interests?
•How can the Islamic Republic of Iran remain absent while Muslims are killed in Nigeria, yet choose to project military power in defence of Venezuela?
• If global powers truly act out of religious concern, why are weapons and military alliances prioritised over peace-building and humanitarian engagement?
• How can the United States, which struggles to protect its own Christian citizens from gun violence at home, claim moral authority to protect Christians in Nigeria?
• How can America target a fellow Christian country like Venezuela—where over 90 percent of the population is Christian—while presenting itself as a defender of Christians in Nigeria, where Christians make up less than half of the population?
• How can the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu—whose government has overseen repeated bombardments of Gaza resulting in the deaths of both Christians and Muslims—credibly claim to have plans to defend Christians in Nigeria?
• Why are Nigerian conflicts selectively internationalised, while similar or worse crises elsewhere receive little attention?
•Who truly benefits when Nigerians are divided along religious lines—ordinary citizens, or foreign powers advancing competing global agendas?
• Why are weapons, sanctions, and political pressure offered more readily than dialogue, justice, and support for local institutions?
America is not present in Nigeria and cannot genuinely come to defend Christians here. Its claims of intervention are a pretext to counter Chinese influence and advance its own interests in our oil, minerals, and rare earth elements.
My fellow countrymen, the conclusion is difficult but necessary: just as Iran cannot genuinely defend Muslims in Nigeria, America and Israel cannot genuinely defend Christians in Nigeria. Each state acts under carefully constructed pretexts, driven by its own strategic calculations and the desire to counter perceived rivals on the global stage.
What we are witnessing is not faith-based protection, but the strategic use of religion as a tool of power. Nigerians—Christians and Muslims alike—must therefore look inward, reject external manipulation, and recognise that our unity, security, and future cannot be outsourced to global powers whose primary loyalty is to their own interests, not to our lives.