Iran Pushes Back Against U.S. Allegations as War Threats Escalate
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The transcript details a rapidly escalating geopolitical crisis between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, fueled by mutual threats and military actions. Iran has responded to U.S. diplomatic and economic pressure—such as a blockade and threats of preemptive strikes—with aggressive measures, including attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and a firm declaration to ban U.S. warships from key waters. U.S. intelligence leaks indicate Iran has intensified lethal plots against American officials, prompting a defensive retreat and downgrading of intelligence. Critics argue that U.S. policies mirror exploitative tactics used in Cuba, aiming to create instability through economic starvation. Iran’s robust military infrastructure, including drones, tunnels, and cruise missiles, makes a U.S. regime change effort highly unlikely and potentially catastrophic. Russia is deepening its strategic ties with Iran, including technical and military support. Meanwhile, U.S. officials confirm a long-term blockade strategy with no clear exit path, signaling a potential prolonged standoff. The narrative is interwoven with a commercial promotion for a human-derived gut health supplement, Kepos, and a wearable health device, Whoop, which offers personalized health insights. The overarching message is one of deep systemic distrust and the potential for global economic and humanitarian devastation if conflict escalates.
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Well, here it goes.
The Trump regime is trying to find its pretext or false flag in order to invade Iran with the Netanyahu regime.
Here is what we are learning.
Trump regime leaks the following to their personal stenographer and propagandist, Barack Ravid.
I'll show you what they're doing.
I'll show you Iran's response.
And, folks, things are escalating very quickly.
Scoop. Axios has a scoop.
What do you know?
Barack Ravid, who was working with Donald Trump on all these other scoops throughout the war.
Here's what he says.
U.S. intelligence finds Iran has substantially increased its efforts to target American diplomats and officials in the Middle East and beyond,
with lethal plots reaching advanced stages, per a memo to Secretary of State Rubio.
My story on Axios.
So this memo that was just unclassified, it leaked at the same moment the U.S. has announced,
evacuated mostly all of the embassies in the Middle East,
as the U.S. removed any remaining aircraft and assets, basically, in any of the bases,
although most of the bases have already been destroyed by Iran in prior acts of escalation by the Trump regime in response by Iran.
But let's see.
Who is it to?
Who is it from?
It's to the Honorable Marco Rubio, Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
Rubio holds both titles.
From the. To the Honorable Jay Clayton, the Director of National Intelligence.
So Trump stooge the Director of National Intelligence, that bootlicker, to another bootlicker.
And here's the subject.
Downgrading of intelligence information and analysis with regard to lethal plotting against Americans in the Middle East and certain other countries.
October 23rd, 2026.
Secretary Rubio recognizing that the safety of U.S. government personnel abroad. is a top priority for the State Department, the intelligence community, and the Trump administration as a whole.
It has become clear that certain intelligence and analysis regarding Iranian efforts to target U.S. government officials in the Middle East
and certain other areas are relevant to more individuals than are currently clear to receive this information.
Specifically, through various channels, we have received intelligence that Iran has substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel.
The lethal plotting efforts. by the Iranians against U.S. citizens have reached advanced stages in both the Middle East and certain other countries.
These materials have been provided to appropriately cleared senior staff on your team, and we are available to brief you at your convenience.
We will make every effort to downgrade as much intelligence as possible, so you can share it with the State Department personnel at your discretion.
C.C., the Honorable John Ratcliffe, Director of the CIA.
Nothing. suspicious here, folks, at all.
Nothing to see over here.
And I wonder, where are you getting this information from?
Let me guess.
Is it Netanyahu telling you this?
I mean, do you see this just loop right here, this echo chamber?
And then this leaks to Barack Gravide, and then the Trump regime is saying,
Aha! Look, they're about to kill our diplomats abroad, so that's why we have to do a preemptive strike to stop the preemptive strike by Iran.
Remember, this is what they said.
The last time Trump and Netanyahu invaded, we did a preemptive to stop their preemptive.
They just have one move that they do over and over again.
I'll show you Iran's response in a moment, but just reflecting on Rubio.
Did you see what Rubio posted yesterday around that same time as well?
You know how the United States is doing this deadly embargo, deadly blockade around Cuba, where the U.S. is starving the Cuban people to death and attacking these civilians, believing that if we torture. the civilians, that's going to make them love the United States and overthrow the Cuban government, right?
Isn't that the Trump regime's exact plan of what they're doing in Iran?
You do an embargo or a blockade in the Arabian Sea, you stop medicine and food from getting into Iran, the people will suffer.
The people will be so impoverished, and they will be so hungry and starving that they're going to love you.
No, that's the mentality of a freaking predator.
But Donald Trump is a. This is a Epstein-class disgusting regime, and they're behaving as Epstein-class disgusting people.
Speaking of, Rubio says, this was his post yesterday.
You're taking out like an ad in X, a discreet partnership with the CIA that you're talking about in a social media post.
This is your plan with Cuba?
An X post?
I mean, it's so utterly deranged.
Meanwhile, the IRGC told Reuters the following.
If you strike Iran, there are no more red line.
The stakes go far beyond the battlefield, is what they're saying.
And I'll show you over here the maps of the seven major internet cables that go underneath the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman.
You can see how concentrated they are right by the Strait of Hormuz, where you have the Oman side and then the Iranian side.
And Iran says,
We're just going to cut them.
And then we will then strike $2 trillion worth of U.S. assets and U.S.-related assets in the region.
You go after us.
All bets are off.
Global economic depression.
We're going to go ballistic.
Quite literally, we'll go ballistic.
And remember yesterday morning, I did a video where I showed you Iran's intricate underground tunnels with its new drones, its ballistic capabilities, its cruise missiles.
Iran is ready.
Iran is ready.
And when Donald Trump and Netanyahu say we're going to finish them off, finish them off, let's be very clear.
I'm against this catastrophic war.
I think Donald Trump and Netanyahu are genocidal war criminals.
I also want to just say this from a military strategy perspective.
They're never going to be able to do regime change.
But if they were to do it, like if you were to come up with a strategy, you would need to commit hundreds of thousands of troops, perhaps over a million troops.
Iran is big.
Just so we all know the size of Iran.
It's the size of Texas, California, Michigan, Ohio, and Florida combined.
It's 90 million people.
The IRGC is deeply entrenched.
A few million people remain loyal to the IRGC.
We know of.
Now, you can say the rest of the population is not that loyal to it.
Sure.
But there is a core population in a massive area.
It is deeply entrenched in.
All of the massive sprawling areas of Iran.
So if the United States were to launch a strike, it would need to do a draft.
It would need to send hundreds of thousands of troops in.
And we would see thousands of people dead every day.
If you actually wanted to do regime change, you would still lose, in my opinion, and not get regime change.
Or if you temporarily change the regime, it would go back right away.
But like when you say finish them off, you're not going to.
You're going to drop a Moab, a mother of all bomb on Pickaxe Mountain, and make Iran go,
oh, please, we want to do a deal now because you just dropped a Moab.
No, they're not going to.
You're not going to do another air raids.
And then Iran's going to go, oh, we didn't want to do a deal before, but now you've just bombed more areas.
Could we please do a deal?
No.
You do that.
Boom.
Iran is ready to go.
They're going to launch their ballistic missiles, their cruise missiles, their drones everywhere.
And you're going to see all the assets nearby blown up as well.
And we are going to be in pure economic devastation.
It's so damn obvious.
Meanwhile, Iran struck two more super tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, these VLCCs, these very large crude carriers that keep being enticed by CENTCOM and the U.S. Navy.
Go out through the southern route of Oman.
You're going to be good.
Iran released video of the engine rooms exploded.
Both vessels.
Disabled.
Crews abandoning both tankers.
Here's a video of the super tankers that Iran released.
Let me show you this.
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risk-free now iran also vowed to permanently ban all u.s warships ever from getting near
the persian gulf the gulf of oman
the arabian sea general abduali iran's armed forces chief of staff said trump must dream
of seeing his military re-enter the persian gulf they will bury that wish forever iran has rendered
the u.s navy ineffective general abduali says trump's claim of destroying iran's military
capabilities are false the longer the war continues the deeper the u.s and israel will sink into
conflict meanwhile on
israel's channel eight they've been reporting that the united states warned iraq and their
prime minister ali al-zaidi of possible imminent strikes against iran and the u.s told the iraqi
prime minister al-zaidi and the pakistani field marshal and the pakistani prime minister
to shut down their it's a simunir and sharif and pakistan al-zaidi in iraq to shut down their
borders uh to iran iraq did shut down its borders we've been seeing iran striking more ships kind of
near the iraqi coast as well um and so we're following what's happening over there as well
remember in iraq there's the iraqi resistance iraq is overwhelmingly shiite and there's a lot
of compromises that have to be forged in that government remember when we were showing video
of ayatollah khomeini's funeral
remember those massive million people processions in iraq right almost as big as what we saw in iran
and so ultimately what the trump regime keeps doing by pushing and pushing and pushing is
opening up this massive sectarian strife as well which is why i say this regional war is brewing
not just what we're seeing you know with trump's threats against iran obviously what we've been
seeing with ansarala and the houthis striking at the
saudi-backed plc forces more strikes took place overnight in riyadh and other areas in saudi
arabia as ansarala continues to move east ansarala's the houthis and then pay attention to
iraq iraqi resistance part of iran's so-called access of resistance as well i was also focused
on the fact that yesterday in tehran lots of russian airplanes fighters other major planes
like the tupolev 2134b was there there are people who were saying that russia were were sending these
planes to evacuate staff from the bushir power plant russia has nuclear joint ventures with iran
in bushir and russia said foreign minister lavrov of russia was in iran this past week they'd been
talking about more nuclear cooperation together very publicly this isn't like some secretive
stuff like iran and russia are involved in economic relations with iran and russia are involved in
economic cooperation nuclear cooperation they're really really close allies so in addition we've
been seeing in the past two days these russian planes enter into tehran and lots of people are
speculating that they're getting russian staff from bushir power plant to leave and head back
to russia others are suggesting that russia may be there to provide more technical and military
guidance and other support to iran so we're focused on that mb galabafi
iran's parliament leader posted the following their post-awakening playbook shift protest
from vertical to horizontal then shame you for waking up hold the line signal epstein gaza iran
war corruption all from the same top cabal noise native versus non-native don't let them change the
subject to dodge accountability in other words iran's parliament leader mb galabafi is sending
a warning or a message to the americans to leave the country and to leave the country and to leave
the american people that the epstein class frankly to the world that the eps because the epstein class
is global that the epstein class is trying to distract you and keep you divided while they're
the ones who are all part of the same cabal whether it is literally being in the epstein files
whether it is uh the genocide in gaza the catastrophic war in iran all of the corruption
they come from the same cabal don't let them change the subject
is what he's saying over there meanwhile iran's foreign minister aragchi says the u.s has over the
past three it's what he just posted the u.s has over the past three years spent 11 billion dollars
in taxpayer money on missile defense for israel it has fired more interceptors defending israel
than israel has this is not a symbiotic relationship it is a parasitic one treasury secretary besant
really weird individual
loser of a human being really embarrassment to the treasury department remember when he
announced economic outcast if you dare do business with iran the u.s is coming
is coming after you unless of course you're russia the biggest ally of iran or china the
other biggest ally of iran if you're those two we'll help you but if you're anybody else then
maybe we'll go after you actually we're not we're gonna we're just gonna say we do it and we're gonna
do it we're gonna do it we're gonna do it we're gonna do it we're gonna do it we're gonna do it we're
gonna do it we're gonna do it we're gonna do it we're gonna do it we're gonna do it we're gonna do it
and so treasury secretary besant goes iran's oil lifeline is decimated just you wait just you wait
also which should be noted the u.s ambassador to the united nations mike waltz sat down for an
interview with the financial times the financial times then wrote a story where they quoted him
and the headline for the financial time story is the u.s is prepared for a long standoff with iran
says trump envoy and during the interview with mike waltz the financial times asked him how long
do you think it will take to get iran to capitulate under the status quo waltz responded we'll see the
president and the united states can maintain this blockade for the foreseeable future and then the
question was so do you think this could be the status quo a year from now the financial times
asked and waltz
said i'm not going to put out hypotheticals one would hope that they come to the table
in a meaningful way before that question but if they don't we will be answer well again these are
decisions for the president how long he wants to sustain the blockade how long he wants to pursue
a diplomatic track with a mix of economic diplomatic and military pressure those are the
decisions and tough decisions and the hard truths that the american people elected him to follow no
no no nobody
elected him first off i don't know why you would elect this guy so but putting that aside regardless
no one wants this catastrophic war what are we doing here what what is the point of and well
why what the oh because netanyahu because trump wants to cover up the epstein files
like what the hell are we actually doing here it's so damn it's so damn nuts meanwhile motion
razai the top advisor to ayatollah mojtaba komene he spoke to drop site
news and they said look saudi arabia and other allies of the united states said they will not
accept a new arrangement that would effectively treat the strait of hormuz as iranian territorial
waters what kind of diplomatic agreement with the gulf cooperation council states is possible
and what does iran expect it to include general motion razai again he's the top advisor to the
ayatollah he says the management of hormuz is a national asset for us
and this is not simply about collecting tolls the main issue is security charges can also be
collected for security insurance and environmental costs but the importance of managing the strait
goes far beyond the revenue it generates we will continuing man we will continue managing it
to maintain peace and security in the region and we will not back down from this position
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out of the Strait of Hormuz, when I was talking weeks ago about Iran saying it would cut the
internet cables, all of this we've been talking about, all of this is very predictable. And
it's also an aspect, it's a reflection of the Trump regime's weakness as well.
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Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The transcript reveals escalating tensions between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, with Iran responding to U.S. threats by targeting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and threatening to cut major internet cables.
U.S. intelligence leaks suggest Iran has intensified lethal plots against American diplomats, prompting a defense strategy that includes evacuations and downgraded intelligence sharing.
Iran’s response includes a firm pledge to ban all U.S. warships from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea, while asserting its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz as a national security asset.
Critics argue that the Trump regime’s actions mirror historical exploitative policies—like the U.S. embargo on Cuba—by starving populations to create instability and loyalty.
Iran is said to have advanced military capabilities, including drones, cruise missiles, and underground tunnels, making a potential U.S. strike extremely costly and unlikely to achieve regime change.
Russia is reportedly strengthening military and technical ties with Iran, including aiding in the evacuation of personnel and expanding nuclear cooperation.
U.S. officials like Treasury Secretary Besant and Ambassador Mike Waltz have signaled a long-term blockade strategy, with no clear path to de-escalation or diplomatic resolution.
A supplement called Kepos, based on human breast milk rather than cow colostrum, is promoted as a next-generation gut health option with clinical backing and a limited-time discount.
Summary:
, Israel, and Iran, fueled by mutual threats and military actions. S. S.
warships from key waters. S. intelligence leaks indicate Iran has intensified lethal plots against American officials, prompting a defensive retreat and downgrading of intelligence.
S. policies mirror exploitative tactics used in Cuba, aiming to create instability through economic starvation. S.
regime change effort highly unlikely and potentially catastrophic. Russia is deepening its strategic ties with Iran, including technical and military support. S.
officials confirm a long-term blockade strategy with no clear exit path, signaling a potential prolonged standoff. The narrative is interwoven with a commercial promotion for a human-derived gut health supplement, Kepos, and a wearable health device, Whoop, which offers personalized health insights. The overarching message is one of deep systemic distrust and the potential for global economic and humanitarian devastation if conflict escalates.
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Tensions are escalating, with Iran increasing attacks on U.S. assets and threatening to cut critical internet cables and destroy U.S.-related assets in the region.
Iran claims it will permanently ban U.S. warships from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, stating that the strait is a national asset for security and regional peace.
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