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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Kharg Island reportedly hit for the first time since April, the red line Tehran named months ago, and the war may be back on... Brandon Weichert's verdict came out flat as the night unfolded: the war is back on the menu. Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Qeshm, then reports of...

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The war was never about nukes anymore. The only red line left is Hormuz, and nobody can back off it. Brandon Weichert says the defining red line of this crisis has migrated completely. The nuclear issue that started everything has faded into the background, and control of the Strait of Hormuz now sits alone at the center of the standoff. That's what makes it so dangerous. Neither side can afford to cede dominance over the chokepoint, which means, in Weichert's words, a broader conflict has effectively been put back on the menu. The short-term pauses? He reads them as market manipulation, breathing room engineered to calm expectations. Underneath them, the strategic friction keeps pointing one direction: escalation. Brandon Weichert
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The war was never about nukes anymore. The only red line left is Hormuz, and nobody can back off it. Brandon Weichert says the defining red line of this crisis has migrated completely. The nuclear issue that started everything has faded into the background, and control of the Strait of Hormuz now sits alone at the center of the standoff. That's what makes it so dangerous. Neither side can afford to cede dominance over the chokepoint, which means, in Weichert's words, a broader conflict has effectively been put back on the menu. The short-term pauses? He reads them as market manipulation, breathing room engineered to calm expectations. Underneath them, the strategic friction keeps pointing one direction: escalation. Brandon Weichert

Mario Nawfal

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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธIran just fully closed the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the ceasefire, and the U.S. answer came within MINUTES The trigger: a missile into the Cyprus-flagged Galaxy on the Omani route, one crew member missing, the ship burning and dead in the water. Centcom's statement says the strikes come at the commander-in-chief's direction, and this wave is different. For the first time since June 17, ground-launched ATACMS and HIMARS are reportedly flying out of Kuwait and Bahrain, meaning two Gulf states just visibly signed their names to the campaign. Targets stretch from Jask to Bushehr's vicinity to Kaman, the deepest strike map yet, with air defenses lighting up near Tehran. Brandon Weichert read the response speed as the tell: retaliation that fast means the packages were pre-loaded, and an administration primed for something bigger than tit-for-tat. His deeper point hasn't moved. Washington keeps betting that economic strangulation collapses the regime, but 47 years of sanctions never buckled a government whose legitimacy was never economic. Iran can't blink because for Tehran this is existential; Washington won't blink because Trump reads any Iranian control of the strait as defeat. His World War One line hung over the night: nobody in 1914 called it a world war either. They called it the Third Balkan Crisis. Brandon Weichert
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธIran just fully closed the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the ceasefire, and the U.S. answer came within MINUTES The trigger: a missile into the Cyprus-flagged Galaxy on the Omani route, one crew member missing, the ship burning and dead in the water. Centcom's statement says the strikes come at the commander-in-chief's direction, and this wave is different. For the first time since June 17, ground-launched ATACMS and HIMARS are reportedly flying out of Kuwait and Bahrain, meaning two Gulf states just visibly signed their names to the campaign. Targets stretch from Jask to Bushehr's vicinity to Kaman, the deepest strike map yet, with air defenses lighting up near Tehran. Brandon Weichert read the response speed as the tell: retaliation that fast means the packages were pre-loaded, and an administration primed for something bigger than tit-for-tat. His deeper point hasn't moved. Washington keeps betting that economic strangulation collapses the regime, but 47 years of sanctions never buckled a government whose legitimacy was never economic. Iran can't blink because for Tehran this is existential; Washington won't blink because Trump reads any Iranian control of the strait as defeat. His World War One line hung over the night: nobody in 1914 called it a world war either. They called it the Third Balkan Crisis. Brandon Weichert

Mario Nawfal

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท The bridges Trump warned about for next week reportedly got hit tonight Per Tasnim, US strikes reportedly hit a key bridge around Bandar Abbas tonight, days after Axios reported Trump warning that next week brings the power plants and the bridges. While the two guests were still talking, an F-35 reportedly declared an inflight emergency over UAE airspace, and the WSJ reported Trump is leaning toward expanded operations, with Kharg Island ground options on the list. Jonathan Conricus, former IDF spokesman, argued the case for force: CENTCOM has planned the strait mission for decades, the targets that actually matter remain unstruck, and the West keeps crediting the regime with strength it lacks: "If the straits need to be opened, then they need to be opened by force." Brandon Weichert answered with arithmetic. Two Marine expeditionary units plus the 82nd Airborne against a tunneled coastline of anti ship missiles reads like Gallipoli to him, the Navy already keeps its distance, and by his count interceptor stocks drained fast in sea fighting the public never saw. His bottom line: the strategic loss already happened, and the exit runs through negotiation. Jonathan granted Washington never explained this war to its own public, and Brandon granted the escalation is coming regardless. The bridges outside Bandar Abbas were settling the question in real time. Two of the sharpest people on opposite sides of the same question. Brandon Weichert, Jonathan Conricus
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท The bridges Trump warned about for next week reportedly got hit tonight Per Tasnim, US strikes reportedly hit a key bridge around Bandar Abbas tonight, days after Axios reported Trump warning that next week brings the power plants and the bridges. While the two guests were still talking, an F-35 reportedly declared an inflight emergency over UAE airspace, and the WSJ reported Trump is leaning toward expanded operations, with Kharg Island ground options on the list. Jonathan Conricus, former IDF spokesman, argued the case for force: CENTCOM has planned the strait mission for decades, the targets that actually matter remain unstruck, and the West keeps crediting the regime with strength it lacks: "If the straits need to be opened, then they need to be opened by force." Brandon Weichert answered with arithmetic. Two Marine expeditionary units plus the 82nd Airborne against a tunneled coastline of anti ship missiles reads like Gallipoli to him, the Navy already keeps its distance, and by his count interceptor stocks drained fast in sea fighting the public never saw. His bottom line: the strategic loss already happened, and the exit runs through negotiation. Jonathan granted Washington never explained this war to its own public, and Brandon granted the escalation is coming regardless. The bridges outside Bandar Abbas were settling the question in real time. Two of the sharpest people on opposite sides of the same question. Brandon Weichert, Jonathan Conricus

Mario Nawfal

360,267 views โ€ข 2 months ago

๐Ÿšจ this has happened before.. in 1988 the US Navy sent the USS Samuel B. Roberts into the Persian Gulf knowing Iran was mining the waters.. the ship hit a mine.. Iran revealed its entire minelaying operation in real time.. the US responded with Operation Praying Mantis.. the largest US naval surface battle since World War II.. and destroyed half of Iran's operational navy in a single day.. that was 38 years ago.. on May 7, 2026.. the USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta, and USS Mason sailed into the Strait of Hormuz.. Iran launched missiles, drones, and fast-attack boats.. US satellites tracked every single launch site in real time.. US forces struck those sites before the smoke cleared.. and here's the part nobody's connecting.. Iran spent 30 years burying anti-ship missile stockpiles under Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas, and Bandar Khamir.. they spent one afternoon revealing them.. in 1988 Iran revealed its mines and lost its navy by sundown.. in 2026 Iran revealed its buried missile network and handed the US a real-time targeting map it couldn't have bought for any price.. the playbook is exactly the same.. the only thing that changed is the price of the lesson. I'll share more updates shortly, turn on notifications before it's too late.
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๐Ÿšจ this has happened before.. in 1988 the US Navy sent the USS Samuel B. Roberts into the Persian Gulf knowing Iran was mining the waters.. the ship hit a mine.. Iran revealed its entire minelaying operation in real time.. the US responded with Operation Praying Mantis.. the largest US naval surface battle since World War II.. and destroyed half of Iran's operational navy in a single day.. that was 38 years ago.. on May 7, 2026.. the USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta, and USS Mason sailed into the Strait of Hormuz.. Iran launched missiles, drones, and fast-attack boats.. US satellites tracked every single launch site in real time.. US forces struck those sites before the smoke cleared.. and here's the part nobody's connecting.. Iran spent 30 years burying anti-ship missile stockpiles under Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas, and Bandar Khamir.. they spent one afternoon revealing them.. in 1988 Iran revealed its mines and lost its navy by sundown.. in 2026 Iran revealed its buried missile network and handed the US a real-time targeting map it couldn't have bought for any price.. the playbook is exactly the same.. the only thing that changed is the price of the lesson. I'll share more updates shortly, turn on notifications before it's too late.

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท The Persian Gulf is on fire right now. In the last few hours alone: - US struck Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, and Minab - Iran fired back at US vessels off the UAE coast - Fujairah was hit 48 hours ago and Iran is still denying it - A US strike on an Iranian tanker in the Strait of Hormuz triggered missile fire at three American destroyers Then there's the subplot nobody is talking about enough. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait both pulled US airbase access as the fighting escalated. Six hours later, they quietly restored it. Gulf states don't want to be in this war. But they can't afford to be on the wrong side of it. That six-hour reversal shows exactly how exposed they feel. The Strait of Hormuz moves roughly 20% of global oil supply. Ships are now shooting at each other in those same waters. Source: NBC News
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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท The Persian Gulf is on fire right now. In the last few hours alone: - US struck Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, and Minab - Iran fired back at US vessels off the UAE coast - Fujairah was hit 48 hours ago and Iran is still denying it - A US strike on an Iranian tanker in the Strait of Hormuz triggered missile fire at three American destroyers Then there's the subplot nobody is talking about enough. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait both pulled US airbase access as the fighting escalated. Six hours later, they quietly restored it. Gulf states don't want to be in this war. But they can't afford to be on the wrong side of it. That six-hour reversal shows exactly how exposed they feel. The Strait of Hormuz moves roughly 20% of global oil supply. Ships are now shooting at each other in those same waters. Source: NBC News

Mario Nawfal

1,430,082 views โ€ข 4 months ago

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท U.S. strikes reportedly reached the railway linking Iran to China, and that target choice says plenty about what this phase of the war is actually about Brandon Weichert connected the dots on the map. Kharg yesterday, the Gorgan line today, the final link of the Eurasian Land Bridge that starts in Xi'an and ends in Tehran. Producing oil means nothing if you can't move it, and in his read Washington is now going after Iran's entire energy profile, the flow as much as the fields. Iran's answer? The same Bahrain and Kuwait packages, third wave tonight, smoke rising over the Fifth Fleet headquarters again in unconfirmed footage. Brandon sees discipline in that restraint: Tehran is running an economic countdown while Washington burns through its reserve, and by his math the regime only needs to hold on another 20 or 30 days. Qatar sits "on the menu," untouched, which tells him the red line hasn't been crossed. His sharpest detail was legal, not military. The whole fight over the Omani corridor exists because every ship that uses Iran's traffic separation scheme strengthens Tehran's case to charge its fee. The routes ARE the war. One reassuring cross-check: a genuine clearing operation for a ground push would drop fifty times this ordnance. He agreed without hesitation. His words: that's a blessing. Brandon Weichert
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท U.S. strikes reportedly reached the railway linking Iran to China, and that target choice says plenty about what this phase of the war is actually about Brandon Weichert connected the dots on the map. Kharg yesterday, the Gorgan line today, the final link of the Eurasian Land Bridge that starts in Xi'an and ends in Tehran. Producing oil means nothing if you can't move it, and in his read Washington is now going after Iran's entire energy profile, the flow as much as the fields. Iran's answer? The same Bahrain and Kuwait packages, third wave tonight, smoke rising over the Fifth Fleet headquarters again in unconfirmed footage. Brandon sees discipline in that restraint: Tehran is running an economic countdown while Washington burns through its reserve, and by his math the regime only needs to hold on another 20 or 30 days. Qatar sits "on the menu," untouched, which tells him the red line hasn't been crossed. His sharpest detail was legal, not military. The whole fight over the Omani corridor exists because every ship that uses Iran's traffic separation scheme strengthens Tehran's case to charge its fee. The routes ARE the war. One reassuring cross-check: a genuine clearing operation for a ground push would drop fifty times this ordnance. He agreed without hesitation. His words: that's a blessing. Brandon Weichert

Mario Nawfal

429,406 views โ€ข 2 months ago

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Strikes are sweeping Iran's entire southern coast tonight, from Kharg Island's doorstep to the country's only oceanic port Anthony Aguilar watched the map fill in with me in real time: Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, Bushehr, Jask, Abu Musa, and Chabahar, where footage shows the maritime control tower that runs the port reduced to a shell. Reports of power outages rippling up the coast are unconfirmed, but if they hold, he says, a grid was on the target deck. This after Iran put 85 missiles into Kuwait and Bahrain, two countries smaller than Rhode Island. His read of the strategy came down to one image: you want to charge a toll, we blow up the toll booth. CENTCOM calls it degrading threats to shipping. Anthony sees the pathway of a force preparing to punch through and hold the strait, with Bushehr as the gateway to controlling Kharg without a boot on the ground. Then his sharpest claim, offered as his own: the MOU was never meant to reach fruition. The pause bought time to restock and reposition, and the war plan briefed before the deal is the one unfolding now. Still, he thinks the U.S. blinks first. Hundreds of missiles spent against a defender who only has to survive, and the deal after the smoke, in his forecast, looks a lot like the one before it.
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Strikes are sweeping Iran's entire southern coast tonight, from Kharg Island's doorstep to the country's only oceanic port Anthony Aguilar watched the map fill in with me in real time: Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, Bushehr, Jask, Abu Musa, and Chabahar, where footage shows the maritime control tower that runs the port reduced to a shell. Reports of power outages rippling up the coast are unconfirmed, but if they hold, he says, a grid was on the target deck. This after Iran put 85 missiles into Kuwait and Bahrain, two countries smaller than Rhode Island. His read of the strategy came down to one image: you want to charge a toll, we blow up the toll booth. CENTCOM calls it degrading threats to shipping. Anthony sees the pathway of a force preparing to punch through and hold the strait, with Bushehr as the gateway to controlling Kharg without a boot on the ground. Then his sharpest claim, offered as his own: the MOU was never meant to reach fruition. The pause bought time to restock and reposition, and the war plan briefed before the deal is the one unfolding now. Still, he thinks the U.S. blinks first. Hundreds of missiles spent against a defender who only has to survive, and the deal after the smoke, in his forecast, looks a lot like the one before it.

Mario Nawfal

272,848 views โ€ข 2 months ago

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iran's parliament moves to bar its attackers from Hormuz until war damages are paid as Washington's own establishment admits America couldn't beat Iran The deal deadline slipped, and Tehran raised the stakes instead: a new bill in parliament would deny strait access to any country that damaged Iran until compensation is paid, layered on top of a toll regime where ships already pay up to $2 million a voyage. Into this walks Ambassador Daniel Fried, Atlantic Council senior fellow who served Bush and Clinton, and delivers the most honest establishment assessment of this war anywhere. He calls the regime bad guys in the same breath as this: America has not demonstrated it can beat them, and the options won't improve with time. His verdict on the deal everyone said couldn't work, measured against the war meant to replace it, lands in six words: "The Strait of Hormuz was open." Hear his inside story of pushing back on a president over Kosovo and winning, the Cold War playbook he says Washington abandoned for bombs that failed, and why he refuses to get angry at Netanyahu. And his Ukraine assessment: a patient case that Russia is actually losing this war, with a century of Russian history to back it. Daniel Fried Brandon Weichert
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iran's parliament moves to bar its attackers from Hormuz until war damages are paid as Washington's own establishment admits America couldn't beat Iran The deal deadline slipped, and Tehran raised the stakes instead: a new bill in parliament would deny strait access to any country that damaged Iran until compensation is paid, layered on top of a toll regime where ships already pay up to $2 million a voyage. Into this walks Ambassador Daniel Fried, Atlantic Council senior fellow who served Bush and Clinton, and delivers the most honest establishment assessment of this war anywhere. He calls the regime bad guys in the same breath as this: America has not demonstrated it can beat them, and the options won't improve with time. His verdict on the deal everyone said couldn't work, measured against the war meant to replace it, lands in six words: "The Strait of Hormuz was open." Hear his inside story of pushing back on a president over Kosovo and winning, the Cold War playbook he says Washington abandoned for bombs that failed, and why he refuses to get angry at Netanyahu. And his Ukraine assessment: a patient case that Russia is actually losing this war, with a century of Russian history to back it. Daniel Fried Brandon Weichert

Mario Nawfal

229,061 views โ€ข 1 month ago

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iran fired at an aircraft carrier and then explained the rest of the war in one sentence: whoever runs out of missiles first loses Nima Rostami Alkhorshid joined as today's exchange played out, three Iranian tankers disabled after missiles flew at a carrier, and three tankers hit in reply. He reads Tehran as hitting exactly what it aims at, so a handful of missiles at a carrier is a warning: "It's a war, but at the same time it's a game" The game is arithmetic. By his count Jordan burned 87 interceptors stopping about 15 Iranian missiles on Monday, from a reported stock of 800 left across America and Israel, which is why he doubts Israel dares hit Iran despite the holiday-week rumors, and why he reads Washington's silence after three Iranian strikes as empty magazines. Beirut remains Tehran's only stated red line, so it let Israel take the Hezbollah ridge and stayed focused on the strait. That strait is the whole war now: Iran keeps its grip, America keeps the blockade on Iranian ports, and Tehran says it will talk only on the MOU's terms or fight to the last day of this administration. Meanwhile the Gulf hosts are drifting away, Saudi Arabia is seeking an $8 billion loan, and the region is building its own security pact WITHOUT Washington in the room.
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iran fired at an aircraft carrier and then explained the rest of the war in one sentence: whoever runs out of missiles first loses Nima Rostami Alkhorshid joined as today's exchange played out, three Iranian tankers disabled after missiles flew at a carrier, and three tankers hit in reply. He reads Tehran as hitting exactly what it aims at, so a handful of missiles at a carrier is a warning: "It's a war, but at the same time it's a game" The game is arithmetic. By his count Jordan burned 87 interceptors stopping about 15 Iranian missiles on Monday, from a reported stock of 800 left across America and Israel, which is why he doubts Israel dares hit Iran despite the holiday-week rumors, and why he reads Washington's silence after three Iranian strikes as empty magazines. Beirut remains Tehran's only stated red line, so it let Israel take the Hezbollah ridge and stayed focused on the strait. That strait is the whole war now: Iran keeps its grip, America keeps the blockade on Iranian ports, and Tehran says it will talk only on the MOU's terms or fight to the last day of this administration. Meanwhile the Gulf hosts are drifting away, Saudi Arabia is seeking an $8 billion loan, and the region is building its own security pact WITHOUT Washington in the room.

Mario Nawfal

326,811 views โ€ข 15 days ago

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท "The United States is going to get its ass handed to it. Stand by." Fmr. CIA analyst Larry Johnson reacted to the US strikes on Iran, launched while millions were in the streets for the funeral, with crowds chanting revenge, revenge, revenge. The timing, he says, guarantees the response. Iran has reached its limit of patience with the West, and anyone expecting Tehran to sit back and apologize is about to be corrected. His prediction gets specific. Iran will repeatedly hit the air base any strike aircraft launched from, going after them one by one. And if any planes came out of bases in Israel, Johnson expects Israeli air bases to join the target list. SonofNewAmericanRevolution
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท "The United States is going to get its ass handed to it. Stand by." Fmr. CIA analyst Larry Johnson reacted to the US strikes on Iran, launched while millions were in the streets for the funeral, with crowds chanting revenge, revenge, revenge. The timing, he says, guarantees the response. Iran has reached its limit of patience with the West, and anyone expecting Tehran to sit back and apologize is about to be corrected. His prediction gets specific. Iran will repeatedly hit the air base any strike aircraft launched from, going after them one by one. And if any planes came out of bases in Israel, Johnson expects Israeli air bases to join the target list. SonofNewAmericanRevolution

Mario Nawfal

153,739 views โ€ข 2 months ago

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท America's oil reserve just hit its lowest level since 1983, on the same night Washington readied its biggest attack of the war Brandon Weichert came on hours after the reports broke, and his warning cuts deeper than the weekend strike plans. Iran has stated one red line consistently since March: hit our energy at scale and we answer in kind across the region. Washington is now walking toward that line with a nearly empty cupboard, because the Strategic Petroleum Reserve just fell to 308 MILLION barrels, its lowest since 1983, after eighteen straight weekly declines. Then it gets darker. He shares the last warning a legendary CIA officer gave him before passing away, about a handful of gunmen and the American power grid, and his own new reporting on a Navy submarine readiness exercise that did not go well. He says allies everywhere are relearning Kissinger's old line that "to be a friend of America is fatal." The strikes may start this weekend. The bill arrives either way. Brandon Weichert
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท America's oil reserve just hit its lowest level since 1983, on the same night Washington readied its biggest attack of the war Brandon Weichert came on hours after the reports broke, and his warning cuts deeper than the weekend strike plans. Iran has stated one red line consistently since March: hit our energy at scale and we answer in kind across the region. Washington is now walking toward that line with a nearly empty cupboard, because the Strategic Petroleum Reserve just fell to 308 MILLION barrels, its lowest since 1983, after eighteen straight weekly declines. Then it gets darker. He shares the last warning a legendary CIA officer gave him before passing away, about a handful of gunmen and the American power grid, and his own new reporting on a Navy submarine readiness exercise that did not go well. He says allies everywhere are relearning Kissinger's old line that "to be a friend of America is fatal." The strikes may start this weekend. The bill arrives either way. Brandon Weichert

Mario Nawfal

365,950 views โ€ข 1 month ago

๐Ÿšจ This Was Never a Real Peace. The Iran War Pause Is Officially Over The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is officially over, as Fox News pundits brag about โ€œdefeatingโ€ the Iranian military for the 40th time. This reset almost guarantees new risks: another shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, fresh escalation in the Gulf, and harsher retaliation against U.S. and Israeli targets across the Middle East. Brandon Weichert has been warning from day one that this memorandum of understanding was never built to last, just a pause in the shooting. And here we are, right back on the path to another round of conflict.
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๐Ÿšจ This Was Never a Real Peace. The Iran War Pause Is Officially Over The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is officially over, as Fox News pundits brag about โ€œdefeatingโ€ the Iranian military for the 40th time. This reset almost guarantees new risks: another shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, fresh escalation in the Gulf, and harsher retaliation against U.S. and Israeli targets across the Middle East. Brandon Weichert has been warning from day one that this memorandum of understanding was never built to last, just a pause in the shooting. And here we are, right back on the path to another round of conflict.

Ben Swann

24,796 views โ€ข 2 months ago

On both sides of the US-Iran war, none of what's being claimed is confirmed. In fact, both sides are telling contradictory stories. It seems impossible to know what's true. So what DO we know? 1. Before the war, Iran did NOT control the Strait. Traffic was open to any vessel under any flag. 2. Then, just as many warned would happen, Iran closed the Strait as soon as US-Israeli forces began their bombing campaign. 3. Now, whether the US likes it or not, the Strait of Hormuz belongs to Iran. So how can Trump possibly claim victory after the war if the Strait still belongs to Tehran? And how will Iran respond if their only two options are to: a.) attack a US Navy vessel and risk war again; or b.) back down and show the whole world that the US is still in charge? All of this leaves us with the biggest question: Who will blink first?
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On both sides of the US-Iran war, none of what's being claimed is confirmed. In fact, both sides are telling contradictory stories. It seems impossible to know what's true. So what DO we know? 1. Before the war, Iran did NOT control the Strait. Traffic was open to any vessel under any flag. 2. Then, just as many warned would happen, Iran closed the Strait as soon as US-Israeli forces began their bombing campaign. 3. Now, whether the US likes it or not, the Strait of Hormuz belongs to Iran. So how can Trump possibly claim victory after the war if the Strait still belongs to Tehran? And how will Iran respond if their only two options are to: a.) attack a US Navy vessel and risk war again; or b.) back down and show the whole world that the US is still in charge? All of this leaves us with the biggest question: Who will blink first?

Ben Swann

14,956 views โ€ข 4 months ago

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iran's answer spread to Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain in a single night, while the American strikes meant to stop it hit radars that will likely be rebuilt by the weekend Larry Johnson joined as sirens went off in Kuwait, drones reached Bahrain, missiles fell on Jordan and the US consulate in Erbil was reportedly targeted. Iran's promised twelve-fold rule is being enforced in real time, and Larry's source says the CENTCOM battle staff has been stood back up, which in his words means you are going to war. Washington's side of the exchange hit radars, mine-laying gear and communications along the entire Iranian coast. Larry's problem with that is history: the same campaign ran for three weeks a month ago, satellites showed the radars back within days, and the weapons that matter never surface for a strike anyway: "they're launching out of caves. They're not destroying the caves" Meanwhile Treasury insisted 17 million barrels crossed the strait yesterday on the same day Brent spiked, and the Financial Times reported Russia has been secretly helping Iran build supersonic cruise missiles since 2023, the kind that make every ship in the Gulf harder to defend. SonofNewAmericanRevolution
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iran's answer spread to Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain in a single night, while the American strikes meant to stop it hit radars that will likely be rebuilt by the weekend Larry Johnson joined as sirens went off in Kuwait, drones reached Bahrain, missiles fell on Jordan and the US consulate in Erbil was reportedly targeted. Iran's promised twelve-fold rule is being enforced in real time, and Larry's source says the CENTCOM battle staff has been stood back up, which in his words means you are going to war. Washington's side of the exchange hit radars, mine-laying gear and communications along the entire Iranian coast. Larry's problem with that is history: the same campaign ran for three weeks a month ago, satellites showed the radars back within days, and the weapons that matter never surface for a strike anyway: "they're launching out of caves. They're not destroying the caves" Meanwhile Treasury insisted 17 million barrels crossed the strait yesterday on the same day Brent spiked, and the Financial Times reported Russia has been secretly helping Iran build supersonic cruise missiles since 2023, the kind that make every ship in the Gulf harder to defend. SonofNewAmericanRevolution

Mario Nawfal

307,859 views โ€ข 19 days ago

The High-Stakes Escalation in the Middle East ๐Ÿ’ฅ " Trump can hit us hard... but Iran can hit back." Professor Seyed Marandi (Seyed Mohammad Marandi) lays out the stark reality of the Iran war and why the U.S. strategy is pushing the region toward a breaking point. โ€œIran is progressingโ€ฆ its missiles and drones are getting better as time goes on while the United States is facing a crisis.โ€ โ€œWhen the United States runs out of those critical weapon systems, Iran will still have missiles and drones.โ€ He warns that if Washington strikes Iranโ€™s infrastructure, โ€œIran will take out everything in the regionโ€ฆ oil fields on fire and LNG refineries on fire.โ€ That would trigger a global economic depression and force โ€œmillions of peopleโ€ฆ to leave the Arabian Peninsula.โ€ And on Iranโ€™s refusal to surrender: โ€œIf they submitโ€ฆ then the country is finished.โ€ Marandi says Americans increasingly see this conflict for what it is: โ€œThis is a war for Netanyahuโ€ฆ Kushnerโ€™s warโ€ฆ not for the American people.โ€ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the full clip โ€” the stakes of the Iran war are now unmistakable.
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The High-Stakes Escalation in the Middle East ๐Ÿ’ฅ " Trump can hit us hard... but Iran can hit back." Professor Seyed Marandi (Seyed Mohammad Marandi) lays out the stark reality of the Iran war and why the U.S. strategy is pushing the region toward a breaking point. โ€œIran is progressingโ€ฆ its missiles and drones are getting better as time goes on while the United States is facing a crisis.โ€ โ€œWhen the United States runs out of those critical weapon systems, Iran will still have missiles and drones.โ€ He warns that if Washington strikes Iranโ€™s infrastructure, โ€œIran will take out everything in the regionโ€ฆ oil fields on fire and LNG refineries on fire.โ€ That would trigger a global economic depression and force โ€œmillions of peopleโ€ฆ to leave the Arabian Peninsula.โ€ And on Iranโ€™s refusal to surrender: โ€œIf they submitโ€ฆ then the country is finished.โ€ Marandi says Americans increasingly see this conflict for what it is: โ€œThis is a war for Netanyahuโ€ฆ Kushnerโ€™s warโ€ฆ not for the American people.โ€ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the full clip โ€” the stakes of the Iran war are now unmistakable.

Daniel Davis Deep Dive

15,214 views โ€ข 1 month ago

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Washington named itself guardian of Hormuz and set a 20 PERCENT toll. The catch: the Navy may not have enough ships to collect it Brandon Weichert ran the enforcement math cold. A real blockade means sealing the waterway around the clock, then detaining every intercepted vessel while the cordon holds, and the fleet doesn't have the hulls. No European, Indian, or Japanese ships are volunteering. And the first time American guns open on a merchant hull, insurance markets and volatility start doing Tehran's work for free. The map kept widening as we spoke. Two Adnoc tankers took cruise missiles on the Omani side, one crew member reported killed, eight injured, while the IRGC broadcast live on the emergency channel that it was firing. Axios added the political bombshell: Trump gave MBS backing for military action against the Houthis before the Sana'a strike. Brandon's warning on that one was immediate: provoke the Houthis and they go after Saudi Arabia's Red Sea ports, the alternative to the alternative Riyadh spent the whole war building. His new Substack maps the next front: the Gulf of Aden, with forces staging toward Somaliland to suppress Yemen's missiles. The war, in his phrase, is expanding geometrically. And Iran's strategy, as he reads it, needs no invasion at all: their allies sit on every chokepoint, and they'll keep closing doors until the price of staying is a depression. Brandon Weichert
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Washington named itself guardian of Hormuz and set a 20 PERCENT toll. The catch: the Navy may not have enough ships to collect it Brandon Weichert ran the enforcement math cold. A real blockade means sealing the waterway around the clock, then detaining every intercepted vessel while the cordon holds, and the fleet doesn't have the hulls. No European, Indian, or Japanese ships are volunteering. And the first time American guns open on a merchant hull, insurance markets and volatility start doing Tehran's work for free. The map kept widening as we spoke. Two Adnoc tankers took cruise missiles on the Omani side, one crew member reported killed, eight injured, while the IRGC broadcast live on the emergency channel that it was firing. Axios added the political bombshell: Trump gave MBS backing for military action against the Houthis before the Sana'a strike. Brandon's warning on that one was immediate: provoke the Houthis and they go after Saudi Arabia's Red Sea ports, the alternative to the alternative Riyadh spent the whole war building. His new Substack maps the next front: the Gulf of Aden, with forces staging toward Somaliland to suppress Yemen's missiles. The war, in his phrase, is expanding geometrically. And Iran's strategy, as he reads it, needs no invasion at all: their allies sit on every chokepoint, and they'll keep closing doors until the price of staying is a depression. Brandon Weichert

Mario Nawfal

317,336 views โ€ข 2 months ago

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท "There is no other deal." That's Prof. Mohammad Marandi's flat answer when asked if Iran might soften its demands under economic pressure. His starting point: the MOU Trump signed is the only deal on the table . And Iran says Washington has already violated nearly every article of it. Sanctions expanded instead of lifted. Frozen assets never returned. A U.S.-run corridor set up through the Strait in direct breach of the terms. Marandi's read: negotiating with this administration again isn't a strategy, it's a trap Iran already fell into once. He also shuts down the reporting Mario had flagged. That Iran's president signaled a softer line, wanting to "end the war while in a position of strength." Marandi says the clip was cut and spun by Persian-language outlets funded by the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia. The real message, he insists, was about accepting the MOU as it stands, not caving. On the strikes against the UAE, Marandi denies Iran fired ballistic missiles at all . Only anti-ship missiles, he says, and Iranian missiles "don't fall into the sea." Whatever happened, he frames the UAE as strategically less important to Iran than it was even six months ago, since new trade corridors through Central Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Caspian are maturing fast. Reducing Iran's dependence on Gulf ports altogether. His sharpest line, though, is about who holds the military advantage if this restarts. He points to footage released the same day: Iran's armed forces commander touring an underground missile factory that Israeli and US strikes never managed to touch. Missile and drone production, he says, is accelerating, while the U.S. Navy struggles to rebuild depleted stockpiles from scratch, on the other side of the planet. And on Turkey: no hedging at all. If Israel strikes Turkish forces, Marandi says Iran intervenes militarily. "No doubt." His closing frame reduces the entire war to one sentence: the wars in the region end, or the Strait doesn't open. Everything else, he says, is negotiable. That isn't. Seyed Mohammad Marandi
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท "There is no other deal." That's Prof. Mohammad Marandi's flat answer when asked if Iran might soften its demands under economic pressure. His starting point: the MOU Trump signed is the only deal on the table . And Iran says Washington has already violated nearly every article of it. Sanctions expanded instead of lifted. Frozen assets never returned. A U.S.-run corridor set up through the Strait in direct breach of the terms. Marandi's read: negotiating with this administration again isn't a strategy, it's a trap Iran already fell into once. He also shuts down the reporting Mario had flagged. That Iran's president signaled a softer line, wanting to "end the war while in a position of strength." Marandi says the clip was cut and spun by Persian-language outlets funded by the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia. The real message, he insists, was about accepting the MOU as it stands, not caving. On the strikes against the UAE, Marandi denies Iran fired ballistic missiles at all . Only anti-ship missiles, he says, and Iranian missiles "don't fall into the sea." Whatever happened, he frames the UAE as strategically less important to Iran than it was even six months ago, since new trade corridors through Central Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Caspian are maturing fast. Reducing Iran's dependence on Gulf ports altogether. His sharpest line, though, is about who holds the military advantage if this restarts. He points to footage released the same day: Iran's armed forces commander touring an underground missile factory that Israeli and US strikes never managed to touch. Missile and drone production, he says, is accelerating, while the U.S. Navy struggles to rebuild depleted stockpiles from scratch, on the other side of the planet. And on Turkey: no hedging at all. If Israel strikes Turkish forces, Marandi says Iran intervenes militarily. "No doubt." His closing frame reduces the entire war to one sentence: the wars in the region end, or the Strait doesn't open. Everything else, he says, is negotiable. That isn't. Seyed Mohammad Marandi

Mario Nawfal

366,247 views โ€ข 29 days ago

Lindsey Graham "We did Iwo Jima, we could do this [Take Iran's Kharg Island]" This childless geriatric clown wants your children to die for Israel on an island that's even more dangerous than Iwo Jima. On Iwo Jima, the US marines wasn't in range of enemy artillery. But on Kharg Island, the US marines will be totally exposed to Iranian drones and missiles. The whole taking Kharg Island thing, sounds like a workable strategy; Take control of 90% of Iran's oil export. After taking control, the US can export it and ensure oil market stability. HOWEVER: ๐Ÿ”นKharg island is INSIDE the Persian Gulf, even if the US took control of the oil storage facilities, they still need to sail it through the Strait of Hormuz. ๐Ÿ”นMore importantly, Kharg island is only the location where Iranian oil are stored and shipped, it's NOT where it is drilled or refined. Why would Iran give refined oil to the Americans? So the key objectives of taking Kharg Island, ie taking the oil then export it to stabilize the market can't happen. And if your take that objective away, you can just bomb Kharg island without boots on the ground. But AGAIN, that would wreck havoc on the oil market, somethin the US, especially American allies cannot afford. This is why the Trump regime is full of amateurs who can't see past their noses.
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Lindsey Graham "We did Iwo Jima, we could do this [Take Iran's Kharg Island]" This childless geriatric clown wants your children to die for Israel on an island that's even more dangerous than Iwo Jima. On Iwo Jima, the US marines wasn't in range of enemy artillery. But on Kharg Island, the US marines will be totally exposed to Iranian drones and missiles. The whole taking Kharg Island thing, sounds like a workable strategy; Take control of 90% of Iran's oil export. After taking control, the US can export it and ensure oil market stability. HOWEVER: ๐Ÿ”นKharg island is INSIDE the Persian Gulf, even if the US took control of the oil storage facilities, they still need to sail it through the Strait of Hormuz. ๐Ÿ”นMore importantly, Kharg island is only the location where Iranian oil are stored and shipped, it's NOT where it is drilled or refined. Why would Iran give refined oil to the Americans? So the key objectives of taking Kharg Island, ie taking the oil then export it to stabilize the market can't happen. And if your take that objective away, you can just bomb Kharg island without boots on the ground. But AGAIN, that would wreck havoc on the oil market, somethin the US, especially American allies cannot afford. This is why the Trump regime is full of amateurs who can't see past their noses.

Zhao DaShuai ไธœๅŒ—่ฟ›ไฟฎ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Commentary

26,551 views โ€ข 6 months ago

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iran just struck a Himars battery in Kuwait, the first time since the ceasefire, and the U.S. answered with what's being described as 140 targets in a single wave. This isn't a skirmish anymore. Brandon Weichert, geopolitical analyst, joined me as the strikes pushed deeper into Iran than anything since the war paused, hitting Ahvaz airport and a heavy-water nuclear facility at Khondab for the first time in this round. His read: this isn't random escalation. It's a campaign to strip Iran of any ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz, aimed at a scenario where a Marine expeditionary unit eventually seizes Kharg Island itself to physically control the chokepoint. "I don't think any of this is going to work, though, and I think it's going to get all of our troops either captured or killed." He doesn't think degrading Iran's capability makes the regime more compliant. He thinks it makes it more desperate, and a failed landing on Kharg could be the trigger that pushes the conflict toward nuclear escalation, not from Iran, but from an American president unwilling to absorb a defeat of that scale. Meanwhile Israel's gone quiet, reportedly stretched thin on interceptors and pulling back its own position in Lebanon rather than expanding it. If the objective really is a permanent grip on the Strait rather than a quick resolution, is this the kind of war that ends in months, or the kind that just becomes the new baseline for the region? Brandon Weichert
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iran just struck a Himars battery in Kuwait, the first time since the ceasefire, and the U.S. answered with what's being described as 140 targets in a single wave. This isn't a skirmish anymore. Brandon Weichert, geopolitical analyst, joined me as the strikes pushed deeper into Iran than anything since the war paused, hitting Ahvaz airport and a heavy-water nuclear facility at Khondab for the first time in this round. His read: this isn't random escalation. It's a campaign to strip Iran of any ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz, aimed at a scenario where a Marine expeditionary unit eventually seizes Kharg Island itself to physically control the chokepoint. "I don't think any of this is going to work, though, and I think it's going to get all of our troops either captured or killed." He doesn't think degrading Iran's capability makes the regime more compliant. He thinks it makes it more desperate, and a failed landing on Kharg could be the trigger that pushes the conflict toward nuclear escalation, not from Iran, but from an American president unwilling to absorb a defeat of that scale. Meanwhile Israel's gone quiet, reportedly stretched thin on interceptors and pulling back its own position in Lebanon rather than expanding it. If the objective really is a permanent grip on the Strait rather than a quick resolution, is this the kind of war that ends in months, or the kind that just becomes the new baseline for the region? Brandon Weichert

Mario Nawfal

378,905 views โ€ข 2 months ago

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iran's Foreign Ministry says Washington just breached Article 10 of the MOU, and the mystery deepening tonight: power outages hitting Bahrain AND Kuwait as the strikes roll on... The US wave continues into its second and third rounds, Sirik, Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, with officials telling reporters it could run for hours and is designed to punish, not to be proportionate. Larry Johnson's scorecard has Washington now in violation of clauses one, five, and TEN of a deal it signed three weeks ago, and Tehran's statement says exactly that, holding the US responsible for the consequences. Then the strangeness: both Gulf states that Iran traditionally answers through went partially dark at the same time, with no missile launches reported. Kuwait blamed transmission lines. Larry doesn't believe in coincidence, and reads it as possible sabotage or cyber, a retaliation that leaves no contrail. His larger warning was about timing. Fifteen MILLION people filled Tehran's streets, more than the population of most countries on Earth, with Najaf and Mashhad still ahead, and the crowds are chanting revenge. Striking into that, he argues, guarantees Iran skips the symbolic response, and Hezbollah may finally get the leash taken off. One more report landed tonight, from CNN: commanders allegedly bypassed warnings that targeting intelligence was a DECADE old before the Minab school strike that killed nearly 200, most of them children. SonofNewAmericanRevolution
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iran's Foreign Ministry says Washington just breached Article 10 of the MOU, and the mystery deepening tonight: power outages hitting Bahrain AND Kuwait as the strikes roll on... The US wave continues into its second and third rounds, Sirik, Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, with officials telling reporters it could run for hours and is designed to punish, not to be proportionate. Larry Johnson's scorecard has Washington now in violation of clauses one, five, and TEN of a deal it signed three weeks ago, and Tehran's statement says exactly that, holding the US responsible for the consequences. Then the strangeness: both Gulf states that Iran traditionally answers through went partially dark at the same time, with no missile launches reported. Kuwait blamed transmission lines. Larry doesn't believe in coincidence, and reads it as possible sabotage or cyber, a retaliation that leaves no contrail. His larger warning was about timing. Fifteen MILLION people filled Tehran's streets, more than the population of most countries on Earth, with Najaf and Mashhad still ahead, and the crowds are chanting revenge. Striking into that, he argues, guarantees Iran skips the symbolic response, and Hezbollah may finally get the leash taken off. One more report landed tonight, from CNN: commanders allegedly bypassed warnings that targeting intelligence was a DECADE old before the Minab school strike that killed nearly 200, most of them children. SonofNewAmericanRevolution

Mario Nawfal

335,477 views โ€ข 2 months ago