Source: Transition Protocol youtube
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Iran’s parliament has voted 400–0 to accelerate the country’s nuclear capabilities. Sources close to Tehran’s decision-making now tell Transition Protocol that a nuclear test on Iranian soil is being openly discussed at the highest levels — with a final decision expected within days if the Sunday Pakistan–Qatar mediation window collapses.
In this episode, veteran geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar and former CIA analyst Larry Johnson join Zulfiqar Ali to map the critical week that could determine whether a U.S.–Iran war breaks out.
We examine:
- Trump’s reported personal phone calls to Field Marshal Asim Munir seeking an off-ramp
- The Pentagon’s Crisis Action Teams returning to full 24/7 war footing
- The arithmetic no one in Washington wants spoken aloud: Larry Johnson’s assessment that the U.S. Army currently holds only 56 units of its newest precision missile
We also break down why Iran believes it only needs to hit ten fixed targets — from Al Udeid to Erbil — while the United States faces roughly a thousand regenerating launch sites along the Strait of Hormuz; what an Iranian NPT withdrawal vote would actually signal; why Hezbollah now considers itself unbound; and the escalation card that has not yet been played: Bab el-Mandeb.
Source note: This episode combines publicly confirmed reporting on the collapse of the June 17 MOU with source-based information developed by Transition Protocol’s contacts. Claims that have not yet been independently verified are flagged on screen. Pepe Escobar is a globally published geopolitical correspondent; Larry Johnson is a former CIA analyst and State Department counterterrorism official.
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Pepe Escobar & Larry Johnson | BREAKING: Trump Is Trapped-What Iran's Majlis Just Voted For — And What It Deliberately Left Out | July 15, 2026
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Andrei Martyanov | Scott Ritter | The West is Losing on ALL Fronts - Lindsey Graham's Untimely Demise | July 15, 2026
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Larry Johnson & Col. Lawrence Wilkerson | Iran DESTROYS US F-18s as Trump Hints NUCLEAR STRIKE | July 15, 2026
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Source: Danny Haiphong youtube
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Fmr CIA analyst Larry Johnson & Retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson discuss Iran's massive retaliation to US strikes that has Trump desperate and more dangerous than ever as he hints toward a chilling oncoming escalation.
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Fmr CIA analyst Larry Johnson & Retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson discuss Iran's massive retaliation to US strikes that has Trump desperate and more dangerous than ever as he hints toward a chilling oncoming escalation.
Alex Christoforou | Hormuz Takeover as Oil Reserves Hit 40-Year Low. Ukraine To Buy Chinese Drones With EU Cash | July 15, 2026
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Hormuz Takeover as Oil Reserves Hit 40-Year Low. Ukraine To Buy Chinese Drones With EU Cash
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Hormuz Takeover as Oil Reserves Hit 40-Year Low. Ukraine To Buy Chinese Drones With EU Cash
Laith Marouf | Yemen Shoots Down Saudi Drone, Then to Strike Major Saudi Oil Facility | July 15, 2026
Scott Ritter | Iran's Missiles SMASH US Base in Jordan, Saudi Airport STRUCK as Trump Orders War | July 14, 2026
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Source: Danny Haiphong youtube
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Scott Ritter, Former UN Weapons Inspector and Marine Corps Intel Officer, discusses the massive escalation in the Iran war as Yemen enters into renewed conflict with a US-backed Saudi incursion, and Iran strikes back hard after Trump declared war following day 3 of CENTCOM strikes.
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Scott Ritter, Former UN Weapons Inspector and Marine Corps Intel Officer, discusses the massive escalation in the Iran war as Yemen enters into renewed conflict with a US-backed Saudi incursion, and Iran strikes back hard after Trump declared war following day 3 of CENTCOM strikes.
Pepe Escobar | Yemen Joins the War, and the Entire Middle East Could Go Up in Flames | July 14, 2026
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Source: Glenn Diesen youtube
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Pepe Escobar discusses the escalations and widening of the war against Iran, which now threatens to set the entire Middle East in flames. Escobar is a journalist, a political analyst, and author.
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Pepe Escobar discusses the escalations and widening of the war against Iran, which now threatens to set the entire Middle East in flames. Escobar is a journalist, a political analyst, and author.
John Helmer | Russia and Iran Double Down as the West Enters a Prolonged Confrontation | July 14, 2026
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The Duran | US-Iran War, Round Three | July 14, 2026
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Timeline:
00:00:00 War Resumes
00:00:44 Third Round Over Hormuz
00:02:19 Legal Status of the Strait
00:04:34 Did the US Break the Deal
00:07:29 International Law and Hormuz
00:09:07 Before and After the Ceasefire
00:13:09 Uranium Versus Hormuz Control
00:16:38 Sea Blockade Returns
00:19:22 Can We Get Out of This
00:22:04 Russia and China Respond
00:26:11 A War Aimed at China
00:28:05 Restraint and Its Limits
00:30:33 Iran Was Never Knocked Out
00:33:21 Lindsey Graham and the Neocons
00:36:18 No Way Back to Peace
Timeline:
00:00:00 War Resumes
00:00:44 Third Round Over Hormuz
00:02:19 Legal Status of the Strait
00:04:34 Did the US Break the Deal
00:07:29 International Law and Hormuz
00:09:07 Before and After the Ceasefire
00:13:09 Uranium Versus Hormuz Control
00:16:38 Sea Blockade Returns
00:19:22 Can We Get Out of This
00:22:04 Russia and China Respond
00:26:11 A War Aimed at China
00:28:05 Restraint and Its Limits
00:30:33 Iran Was Never Knocked Out
00:33:21 Lindsey Graham and the Neocons
00:36:18 No Way Back to Peace
Seyed M. Marandi | Iran Launches 30+ Missiles and Drones at Bahrain as Explosions Rock the Gulf | July 14, 2026
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The Grayzone | 'Millions of enraged people' hunting for revenge -top Iranian analyst on war's terrifying next phase | July 13, 2026
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Source: The Grayzone youtube
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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal meets top Iranian analyst and journalist Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm in Tehran on July 9, moments after the US resumed airstrikes on Iran, and as the funeral procession for the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proceeded through Iraq.
Blumenthal asks Khoshcheshm what the red flags of revenge seen throughout the funeral procession signify, and whether the many public calls for targeting the US president and his inner circle as retaliation for Khamenei's assassination, and the killings of other top Iranian leaders, are to be taken seriously.
Khoshcheshm explains why he sees a massive regional war over the horizon, and why this war may eventually reach the United States due to Trump's reckless behavior and "betrayal" of his own regional allies.
Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm has taught at a number of Iranian universities and academic centers, including the International Relations Faculty of the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal meets top Iranian analyst and journalist Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm in Tehran on July 9, moments after the US resumed airstrikes on Iran, and as the funeral procession for the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proceeded through Iraq.
Blumenthal asks Khoshcheshm what the red flags of revenge seen throughout the funeral procession signify, and whether the many public calls for targeting the US president and his inner circle as retaliation for Khamenei's assassination, and the killings of other top Iranian leaders, are to be taken seriously.
Khoshcheshm explains why he sees a massive regional war over the horizon, and why this war may eventually reach the United States due to Trump's reckless behavior and "betrayal" of his own regional allies.
Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm has taught at a number of Iranian universities and academic centers, including the International Relations Faculty of the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Scott Ritter | US Control of Hormuz Strait Impossible! | July 13, 2026
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Col. Jacques Baud | U.S. Strikes Iran's Nuclear Plant — Iran Unleashes Massive Gulf Retaliation | July 13, 2026
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DDGeopolitics | We Sat Down With Prof. Marandi in Tehran — And He Said This About the West | July 12, 2026
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Source: DDGeopolitics youtube
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Chris sat down with Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi — Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, and one of Iran's most prominent English-language analysts — in Tehran, during the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei.
What followed was one of the most frank and wide-ranging conversations about Iran, the war, Western narratives and the future of the resistance that we have ever recorded.
Prof. Marandi was clear: every myth the West has promoted about Iran for decades — corrupt, imploding, morally bankrupt, unpopular, a house of cards — was destroyed in full view of the world during Khamenei's funeral. And the West couldn't hide it this time.
• "All the myths about Iran were nonsense — and they were destroyed. Not that they won't go back to them in a few weeks."
• "I had no doubt we would win the war from day one. Almost everyone I know abroad thought Iran would collapse in days."
• "When we speak about popular legitimacy, the Islamic Republic is more legitimate than any Western government."
• "They are the regimes. Not Iran."
• "The Epstein class, the oligarchy, the Zionists — they won't learn."
• Even under war, siege and sanctions, Iran sent aid to Venezuela — "Who else would do that?"
• The role of Shia Islam and Iranian nationalism — "There is no separation between the two."
• On the Iranian diaspora used by Western media: "Orientalized Orientals. The comprador class. They try to be more American than the Americans."
• On Erdogan: "Trump says he's more obedient to me than my European partners."
• On a future security architecture: Iran's relations with Russia, China and the Global South will expand — but Iran will not bow to any power.
• Putin at SPIEF openly said he was surprised by the outpouring of support for Khamenei — and called it confirmation of Iran's strength.
Recorded in Tehran. During the largest funeral in human history.
Chris sat down with Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi — Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, and one of Iran's most prominent English-language analysts — in Tehran, during the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei.
What followed was one of the most frank and wide-ranging conversations about Iran, the war, Western narratives and the future of the resistance that we have ever recorded.
Prof. Marandi was clear: every myth the West has promoted about Iran for decades — corrupt, imploding, morally bankrupt, unpopular, a house of cards — was destroyed in full view of the world during Khamenei's funeral. And the West couldn't hide it this time.
• "All the myths about Iran were nonsense — and they were destroyed. Not that they won't go back to them in a few weeks."
• "I had no doubt we would win the war from day one. Almost everyone I know abroad thought Iran would collapse in days."
• "When we speak about popular legitimacy, the Islamic Republic is more legitimate than any Western government."
• "They are the regimes. Not Iran."
• "The Epstein class, the oligarchy, the Zionists — they won't learn."
• Even under war, siege and sanctions, Iran sent aid to Venezuela — "Who else would do that?"
• The role of Shia Islam and Iranian nationalism — "There is no separation between the two."
• On the Iranian diaspora used by Western media: "Orientalized Orientals. The comprador class. They try to be more American than the Americans."
• On Erdogan: "Trump says he's more obedient to me than my European partners."
• On a future security architecture: Iran's relations with Russia, China and the Global South will expand — but Iran will not bow to any power.
• Putin at SPIEF openly said he was surprised by the outpouring of support for Khamenei — and called it confirmation of Iran's strength.
Recorded in Tehran. During the largest funeral in human history.
Larry Johnson | Iran Widens the War: Oman & GCC Hit as Hormuz Is Hammered | July 12, 2026
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Seyed M. Marandi | Iran WIPES OUT US Bases in SIX Gulf States, Lindsey Graham DEAD | July 12, 2026
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Source: Danny Haiphong youtube
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Seyed Mohammad Marandi discusses why Trump is fuming after Iran's massive retaliation spanning the UAE, Jordan, Qatar and nearly every Gulf state as US attacks overnight blow back into all out war as Lindsey Graham's death sends shockwaves across the US and Israeli regimes.
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Seyed Mohammad Marandi discusses why Trump is fuming after Iran's massive retaliation spanning the UAE, Jordan, Qatar and nearly every Gulf state as US attacks overnight blow back into all out war as Lindsey Graham's death sends shockwaves across the US and Israeli regimes.
Top Iranian official to The Grayzone: 'The people will not let go of the blood of their Imam' | July 12, 2026
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Source: The Grayzone youtube
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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani after he presided over the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – the largest gathering in human history, where millions clamored for revenge for their leader's assassination.
Zakani is a leading conservative politician who campaigned for the presidency as an opponent of the JCPOA nuclear deal, and has since emerged as top critic of the MOU between Iran and the US.
In this exclusive interview with The Grayzone, Zakani addressed the popular calls for vengeance against Trump and Netanyahu during Khamenei's funeral, and whether they expressed an official policy.
As a former friend and ally of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and former President Ebrahim Raisi, Zakani discussed the impact of their deaths on the Iranian nation, and addressed whether Iran responded strongly enough to Soleimani's assassination.
Zakani explained his critical views on the MOU, and provided his perspective on the deadly riots that rocked Iran this January as well as the devastating US-Israeli military campaign that followed.
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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani after he presided over the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – the largest gathering in human history, where millions clamored for revenge for their leader's assassination.
Zakani is a leading conservative politician who campaigned for the presidency as an opponent of the JCPOA nuclear deal, and has since emerged as top critic of the MOU between Iran and the US.
In this exclusive interview with The Grayzone, Zakani addressed the popular calls for vengeance against Trump and Netanyahu during Khamenei's funeral, and whether they expressed an official policy.
As a former friend and ally of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and former President Ebrahim Raisi, Zakani discussed the impact of their deaths on the Iranian nation, and addressed whether Iran responded strongly enough to Soleimani's assassination.
Zakani explained his critical views on the MOU, and provided his perspective on the deadly riots that rocked Iran this January as well as the devastating US-Israeli military campaign that followed.
Scott Ritter & Ray McGovern | NATO's Russia Obsession | July 11, 2026
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Source: Consortium News youtube
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The NATO summit in Ankara this week recommitted to provoking direct war with Russia by 2030, with or without the US it seems. Meanwhile Trump's fruity Iran policy plays in a loop as Israel stands ready to again launch full-scale war.
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The NATO summit in Ankara this week recommitted to provoking direct war with Russia by 2030, with or without the US it seems. Meanwhile Trump's fruity Iran policy plays in a loop as Israel stands ready to again launch full-scale war.
