US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has firmly rejected claims of a new pragmatic Iranian leadership, stating President Trump remains committed to ensuring Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon. Iran's relentless pursuit of nuclear capability directly threatens Israel's existence, placing this standoff at the centre of end-times geopolitics surrounding the nation God has declared He will defend. Scripture repeatedly identifies a northern coalition including Persia — modern-day Iran — as a key aggressor in the last-days conflict described in Ezekiel 38-39.