Iran has scored a major blow to Trump in the midterms tsunami that is throwing the reeling US administration into panic mode as Netanyahu holds an emergency meeting to begin for another round of war. Is Trump TACOing or is the US trying to lull Iran to sleep before major escalation? Patrick Henningsen and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson join the show for a full round of geopolitical analysis amid post-election fallout.
Nima Alkhorshid says the Wall Street Journal and Kpler claim that 23 million barrels of crude oil are flowing through the Strait of Hormuz every 24 hours. Patrick Henningsen says he finds a return to pre-war volumes impossible, calls the figure likely disinformation ahead of the US elections, and says a Brent futures price near $108 a barrel is well below the $150 to $200 he says it costs to move a barrel from the dock into a refinery.
Patrick Henningsen and Daniel Davis break down the stunning developments in the Saudi-Yemen war that have the US AND Israel moving toward all out war. Meanwhile, Yemen and Iran have both stepped up their strike targets dramatically as Riyadh burns overnight and a record number of tankers get taken out in the Strait of Hormuz.
What does all of this mean from both a military and geopolitical perspective? We traverse the biggest flashpoints in the ongoing war between US-led unipolarity and the rising multipolar world now finding big momentum in West Asia.
Russia is selling the U.S. 300,000 tons of diesel fuel after a sanctions waiver to lift Trump's November electoral chances, infuriating Zelensky as Kiev suffers its most intense pounding. Trump says he won't hit Iran until after the election. And in the U.S. an execution victim awakes from a coma, while the government is planning to live-stream an execution by firing squad.
Geopolitical analyst Patrick Henningsen joins the show to discuss Trump's imminent operation against Iran that no one is talking about, and why the US and Israel are finding themselves on the path to escalation despite the mounting consequences of nearly 8 months of war.
Patrick Henningsen with Stanislav Krapivnik on the UN session, where they say leaders walked out on Netanyahu but not on Trump, and on threats of annihilation from a nuclear-armed United States.
Henningsen says Republican polling points to a Vance-Gabbard ticket as an alternative to Trump, and that Tulsi Gabbard has said nothing since leaving as director of national intelligence.
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and geopolitical analyst Patrick Henningsen discuss confirmed reports that the US Navy has retreated far beyond the blockade line against Iran as Israel experiences a massive crisis no one is talking about that threatens its existence as an ongoing imperial entity.
Patrick Henningsen with Lt Col Daniel Davis on whether the United States can still protect its allies, and what that means for the Iran war, Hormuz, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Israel.
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and Patrick Henningsen with Danny Haiphong on claimed Iranian missile strikes after reported US hits on Iranian tankers near Kharg Island, including a seized US submarine and damage to two warships.
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Geopolitical analyst Patrick Henningsen discusses the devastating Iranian response to Trump and Bessent's "financial offensive" plus the major backlash this dangerous new phase of war is set to bring to US empire & the world.
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Patrick Henningsen says he witnessed up to 40 million Iranians mourn Ayatollah Khamenei — directly contradicting Western claims that Iranians despise their leader. What did he see that wasn't shown on Western TV?
In this episode of Deep Dive Perspective, 21st Century Wire founder Patrick Henningsen describes what he says he witnessed at the funeral processions for Ayatollah Khamenei — from Tehran to Najaf and Karbala — and why he argues Western coverage misread the scale and meaning of the turnout. Henningsen estimates 8-15 million in Tehran alone and around 40 million nationwide over a week, claims participants came voluntarily, and describes free food distribution and widespread signs of solidarity.
We then examine Henningsen's claims about Iran under Khamenei — high literacy, women in STEM PhDs, and push for self-sufficiency in nuclear physics, missiles, drones and agriculture — and his allegation that Iran's knowledge economy is why he says universities including Sharif University have been targeted. He contrasts Iran with Gulf monarchies, argues Iran is the only regional state standing up for Palestinians and Lebanon, and outlines asymmetric warfare, the "corridor" through Syria/Iraq, and his claim that Iraqi oil revenues held in New York give the US leverage via the dollar.
Timeline:
00:00 Western narrative vs. Henningsen's eyewitness claim
02:30 Scale as Henningsen describes it: 8-15m in Tehran, 40m nationwide
06:30 From Tehran to Najaf & Karbala: sacred sites and martyrdom narrative
09:20 The "most demonized country" — caricature vs. Henningsen's portrait of Khamenei
11:15 Solidarity & defiance: "We Must Rise" and calls for revenge as observed
16:05 Why he says millions turned out — living memory, 1953 coup, sanctions
25:35 Khamenei's legacy claim: literacy, women in PhDs, and national defense
30:20 Knowledge economy as "threat" — alleged targeting of universities
33:25 Taking the fight to enemies: Henningsen on asymmetric warfare
34:45 Geopolitical chessboard: Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan and "corridor" claims
38:05 Henningsen's claim: US dollar control over Iraqi oil revenues
41:30 Homegrown tech: Henningsen on missiles, drones and sanctions-busting
42:40 Has isolation failed? 100 delegations claim and BRICS acceleration
46:15 Strategic patience & 21st-century fortifications claim
48:50 System resilience after assassinations — including Khamenei alleged death claim
51:25 The alleged successor: Mojtaba Khamenei, unseen for security reasons
53:05 Why Henningsen says US/Israel actions "dismantled opposition" and revived the revolution
56:25 "Second phase" — moral society and harder line claim
58:05 Hardliners and the nuclear deterrent debate as Henningsen frames it
01:00:20 Moral clarity: from theory to practice
01:02:30 Phase one of a long conflict? Global economic warnings
Patrick Henningsen discusses the US's major cave to Iran that is only getting worse as US forces retreat in a major way and Trump is forced to address it. The story is that Gulf states have begged for an end to the war, but is this the truth or is something else happening?
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Geopolitical analyst Patrick Henningsen joins the show to discuss the massive US losses coming out in the Iran war as Trump loses it completely over them, and what comes next.
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Recent government-assisted censorship began under Biden but Donald Trump has now unleashed the return of full-blown McCarthyism in which "communism" is once again the greatest menace to the United States. Joe Lauria's guests this week are Scott Ritter and Patrick Henningsen.
