Iran Controls Strait of Hormuz After US-Iran Military Exchange

Following a US airstrike on Iranian positions in response to drone attacks on commercial shipping, Iran retaliated with limited force and both sides appear to have stepped back from full escalation, leaving Iran effectively in control of the Strait of Hormuz. This consolidation of Iranian power over a chokepoint through which roughly 20% of the world's oil flows signals a dramatic shift in Middle East power dynamics, with Iran asserting dominance over a region of global strategic significance. Scripture warns of wars and rumours of wars as birth pangs preceding the end times, and Iran's growing regional authority directly threatens Israel and destabilises the alliances that will shape the final conflict described in Ezekiel 38.