Iran Threatens to Block Bab al-Mandeb Strait via Houthi Allies

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned it could use its Houthi allies in Yemen to shut down the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a critical global shipping artery linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, following earlier threats to the Strait of Hormuz. This escalation by Iran and its proxy network represents a direct threat to global trade stability and reflects the growing coalition of nations and militant forces aligned against Western and Israeli interests in the Middle East. Scripture foretells wars, rumours of wars, and widespread instability in the last days — and the rise of a belligerent power threatening the seas aligns with prophetic patterns of end-times upheaval centred on the Middle East (Matthew 24:6–7; Ezekiel 38).