Iran Asserts Control Over Strait of Hormuz, Warns Gulf States

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has reasserted claims over the Strait of Hormuz, turning back tankers and warning Gulf states after a joint US-Gulf statement rejected Iranian demands for shipping tolls. This escalating Iranian aggression over one of the world's most critical oil chokepoints intensifies Middle East tensions at a time when Scripture foretells a great coalition of nations rising against Israel and destabilising the region in the last days. The prophetic buildup toward the battle described in Ezekiel 38, involving Persia (modern Iran) as a key aggressor, continues to take shape with each assertion of Iranian military and economic dominance.