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Transition Protocol | Iran Says It Seized a U.S. Underwater Drone Iran Pounded a US Base in Jordan. Trump Didn’t Hit Back | Pravin Sawhney | Sept. 11, 2026

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Iran says its forces recovered a U.S.-operated underwater drone at the Strait of Hormuz. The United States says the Anduril Dive-LD malfunctioned during a survey mission. In this episode, defence analyst Pravin Sawhney joins Zulfiqar Ali to explain what the vehicle can do, why its 6,000-metre operating depth and roughly 10-day endurance matter, and what the incident may reveal about the underwater contest around the world’s most important oil chokepoint.

The discussion also examines Iran’s confirmed ballistic-missile launches toward a U.S. aircraft carrier and destroyer, Tehran’s newly announced maritime restricted zone, the Iran–Oman shipping corridor, the Pakistan–Saudi Arabia–Türkiye defence framework, the Yemen escalation and the approaching BRICS summit in New Delhi. Damage claims, casualty reports and private-source assertions are identified as disputed or unverified rather than presented as settled fact.

Pravin Sawhney is a defence analyst and author focused on military technology and the changing character of war. Transition Protocol is an independent, source-driven geopolitical channel examining shifts in military power, global finance and the emerging multipolar order. Subscribe for high-signal reporting that separates verified developments from analyst judgment and source claims. 

Pepe Escobar | North Korea Just Delivered Carrier-Killer Drones to Iran | Sep. 8, 2026

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Description: 
Pepe Escobar, reporting from Seoul, and Zulfiqar Ali on Iran's shift from defense to offense, a reported North Korean underwater-drone delivery, and the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's leadership has concluded that this war cannot be settled at a negotiating table. Recorded 8 September 2026, they lay out how diplomatic off-ramps brokered by Pakistan collapsed and what that means for the wider Iran war. 

Zulfiqar Ali reports, from sources inside Iran's power structures, that North Korea has delivered stealth underwater attack drones to Iran through a corridor involving China and Pakistan, and that the decision to go on the offensive was cleared by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, President Pezeshkian, Speaker Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Araghchi. The channel marks this as source-based reporting, not independently verified. 

Escobar assesses a possible American counter-response and what a strategic defeat in West Asia and Ukraine at the same time would mean for US power.

Vijay Prashad | Iran's Offer to Trump: An Exit, Not a Win. The Hormuz Deal Is Almost Signed. Trump Is Cornered | Aug. 30, 2026

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Vijay Prashad and Zulfiqar Ali on Transition Protocol: Iran has put a 15-year freeze on its nuclear file — the concession Washington spent six months demanding — and sources inside the negotiation say Donald Trump will not take it, because accepting it would not make him the winner. Prashad reads what Oman’s Foreign Ministry has published about a temporary corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, why the nuclear file is now dormant, and a month-by-month map of how this war ends before the November 4 midterms.

They also cover the Oman–Iran corridor talks and Article 5 of the Islamabad Memorandum; UN Law of the Sea rules on the Strait of Hormuz; a tolls and surveillance regime under discussion; Pakistan’s shuttle diplomacy; why Israel has been shut out of the Iran file; and the scenario that blows it up — a sudden Israeli strike.

Pepe Escobar & Larry Johnson | Hormuz Deal in 24 Hours? Iran–US Deal: Sequencing Agreed SANCTIONS LIFTED | Aug. 27, 2026

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A source described by Zulfiqar Ali as the person drafting a Pakistani announcement says Iran and the United States have agreed on a contemporaneous first step: a controlled reopening of the Strait of Hormuz alongside U.S. sanctions and naval-blockade relief.

That claim is not yet publicly corroborated. What is verified is that Pakistan’s mediation channel is active, Iran and Oman are working on a temporary maritime corridor, Hormuz remains severely disrupted, and Washington has just intensified sanctions pressure.

In this urgent Transition Protocol conversation, Pepe Escobar and Larry C. Johnson stress-test the reported Trump–Iran off-ramp: who moves first, what “simultaneous” action would actually mean, whether a 60–90 day indirect process exists, how an oil and fuel shock changes Washington’s choices, and why Trump—or a third-party spoiler—could still collapse the window. The central question is not whether officials sound hopeful. It is whether reciprocal action becomes observable.

Zulfiqar Ali brings source-based reporting from Pakistani and Iranian contacts; Pepe Escobar and former CIA analyst Larry C. Johnson provide geopolitical and security analysis. Transition Protocol is a source-driven geopolitical and economic analysis channel focused on evidence, power shifts, and real-world consequences. Source claims in this episode are identified as developing or uncorroborated where appropriate.

Larry Johnson | Bessent’s “Biggest Sanctions” FAILS Iran Moves Toward Mecca Pact as Trump Begs Pak for an Off-Ramp | Aug. 24, 2026

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Iran has been formally invited to join the Mecca Agreement — the trilateral defense pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey — with enthusiastic engagement already underway between Islamabad and Tehran, according to sources detailed in this episode.

The same day, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s long-promised "maximum pressure" sanctions rollout landed with no new named targets, prompting military analyst Larry Johnson to call it "a mouse fart" instead of the "volcanic eruption" that had been advertised.

Host Zulfiqar Ali and Larry Johnson break down what it means that Bahrain has asked to join the Pakistan-Saudi military pact, why the United States is now in a structural sour-crude oil shortage, and how China’s multi-year effort to broker Saudi-Iran détente is now visibly reshaping the Persian Gulf.

Larry Johnson is a former CIA analyst and military analyst who has covered Middle East security and U.S. foreign policy for decades. Zulfiqar Ali reports directly from sources inside Pakistani political and military circles. Some claims in this episode are based on privileged source reporting and are clearly marked as developing rather than independently confirmed.

Transition Protocol is a source-driven geopolitical and economic analysis channel focused on evidence-based reporting on the shift away from a unipolar world order, de-dollarization, and great-power realignment.

Pepe Escobar | Maximum Pressure Just BACKFIRED in Bessent’s Face. Iran Secretly Invited Into the Mecca Pact | Aug. 23, 2026

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Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali on Scott Bessent's maximum-pressure campaign and a reported Pakistani invitation for Iran to join the Mecca Pact.

Transition Protocol says sources in the office of Iran's Supreme Leader told them Speaker Ghalibaf was discussing the invitation hours before Field Marshal Asim Munir landed in Tehran. The channel marks the claims as source-based and not independently confirmed.

Pepe Escobar | TRUMP'S "MAXIMUM PRESSURE" ON IRAN JUST GOT REJECTED — 440kg Missing | Aug. 22, 2026

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Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali on Transition Protocol on unaccounted Iranian uranium, Pakistan's Iran corridors, and Trump's maximum-pressure campaign.

440.9 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium are unaccounted for, and according to sources inside the Pakistani command the only remaining channel with visibility into where it went runs through a mediator Donald Trump has discarded. Escobar and Ali report Pakistan will not close the six overland corridors keeping Iran supplied, will not close Gwadar, and does not treat Scott Bessent's sanctions threats as reason to change course.

They also report Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has met Wang Yi and secured a Chinese commitment to backstop Pakistan if it walks away from the $10 billion IMF programme. Iran's internal calculation, they say, is that it can absorb maximum pressure until November; Escobar assesses Tehran may go on the offensive within weeks if provoked again.

Pepe Escobar | Khamenei Pivots After Secret Six-Hour Meeting with Pezeshkian; Pakistan Mecca Pact Shakes Eurasia | August 12, 2026

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On Transition Protocol, Pepe Escobar walks through a tightly packed Iran–Pakistan–Eurasia brief: a reported secret six-hour meeting between Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian, and what a “pivot” in Tehran’s internal and regional posture could signal.

Escobar also flags Pakistan’s Mecca-linked diplomacy as a potential shock to wider Eurasian alignments—how religious, security, and trade vectors can move together when great-power pressure is high.

The conversation ties these moves to the broader multipolar map: Iranian decision-making under stress, Islamabad’s balancing act, and why opaque elite meetings matter more than the daily headline cycle.

Pepe Escobar | IRAN Will Charge World To Use Hormuz Now – 12 Days Until FREE PASSAGE | Aug. 5, 2026

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Description:
Strait of Hormuz news today: Washington says a deal to reopen the strait could come within 48 hours — but the Islamabad Memorandum's free-passage clause expires on 16 August, and the arrangement replacing it is being negotiated in Muscat. Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali on the US–Iran MOU deadline, the Iran–Oman Hormuz agreement, and who is actually writing the terms.

What Article 5 of the memorandum actually says and why the sixty-day free-passage window matters more than the headline. The fee structure reportedly under negotiation between Tehran and Muscat, and how it collides with the freedom-of-movement framing given to markets this morning. 

Why crude moved today. The Pakistan channel: Ishaq Dar's invitation to Foreign Minister Araghchi, and the reported parliamentary visit stacked against Independence Day on 14 August and the expiry of the clock on 16 August. The Saudi reversal, the weekend phone call, and the strike that did not happen.

Analysis by Pepe Escobar, geopolitical analyst and correspondent, and Zulfiqar Ali, Transition Protocol. This episode distinguishes throughout between publicly confirmed developments and single-source reporting from our own channels; both are labelled as such on screen.

Sabby Sabs | Iran denies Hormuz deal – Iran’s threat worked, Trump backed off – Can Trump still punish Iran? | Aug. 4, 2026

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Description:
Iran has officially denied reports of any agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, contradicting claims that a new deal had been reached. In this episode of Power Shift, Zulfiqar Ali is joined by Sabrina Salvati (Sabby Sabs) to examine what happened, why Tehran rejected the reported deal, and what this means for the growing US-Iran confrontation.

We break down Iran's official statements, the geopolitical implications for the Strait of Hormuz, the role of Oman, rising tensions in the Gulf, and how these developments could affect global oil markets and international security.

In this video:
- Iran denies any Hormuz reopening agreement
- Trump's announced Hormuz deal examined
- Why Tehran says no direct US negotiations are taking place
- The Strait of Hormuz and global energy security
- US-Iran tensions and regional escalation
- Pentagon planning and military developments
- What this means for oil prices, shipping, and the Middle East

Larry Johnson | Why Trump Cancelled Iran Strike – Is The US Losing The War With Iran? PART 2 | Aug. 3, 2026

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Why did Trump cancel the Iran strike? Larry Johnson tells Transition Protocol that launch orders had already gone out for after 6 PM Eastern, and the pull-back came after that point. Larry Johnson and Zulfiqar Ali discuss Gulf warnings, Tehran's five conditions, GCC divergence, China's role in Iranian air defence, and diesel/aviation fuel constraints.

Pepe Escobar | BREAKING-PEPE : Why Iran US Signing Moves to VERSAILLES -Is US–Iran Signing Vanishing? | June 19, 2026

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Description:
The US–Iran signing was supposed to happen in Geneva. Instead it reportedly moved to Versailles overnight — and according to sources cited in this episode, the reason was a credible assassination threat against Iran's delegation.

Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali break down what their sources at the table are saying about the Iran–US MOU, the Strait of Hormuz red line, Israel's continued bombing of Lebanon, and a reported Monday deadline that could trigger Iranian retaliation within 72 hours.

In this special edition of Transition Protocol, we connect the dots between Iran's claimed “strategic victory,” the threat to close the Strait of Hormuz (and what that means for global oil prices), Iran's reported readiness to pursue a North Korea–style nuclear path, and Pakistan's elevated role as power broker — backed in the background by China and Russia. We also examine why sources describe Trump as boxed in, and what choice the White House faces this weekend.

Source note: Pepe Escobar is a veteran geopolitical analyst covering Eurasia and the multipolar world order; Zulfiqar Ali brings reporting sourced through Pakistani and Iranian channels. Some claims in this episode are source-based and developing — we flag verification status on-screen and present them as attributed reporting, not confirmed fact. Transition Protocol is a serious, source-driven geopolitical analysis channel.

Timeline:
00:00 — Why the Iran–US Signing Vanished
00:45 — Versailles, Not Geneva: The Hidden Reason
02:30 — Why This Is NOT a Routine Ceasefire Story
03:18 — The Assassination Threat at the Table
04:48 — Iran's Red Line: “We Break It Twice as Hard”
07:12 — Why the Supreme Leader Almost Refused to Sign
09:34 — Is the MOU Dead on Arrival? The 72-Hour Window
11:10 — Zulfiqar's Sources: What Iran's New Leadership Decided
12:39 — The “North Korea Path” on Nukes
15:09 — Pakistan's Elevated Role + The Hormuz Threat
17:09 — Why Washington Can't Accept the New Chessboard
20:08 — How Pakistani Intelligence Intercepted the Plot
22:14 — Trump as a “Caged Animal”
24:11 — The World Has Changed: Final Word
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