
Following strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi accused the US of undermining diplomacy and claimed Iran's missile arsenal has grown to 120% of its pre-campaign capacity. Iran's defiant posture and expanding military capability places it at the centre of escalating Middle East tensions that align with biblical prophecies describing a great northern and eastern coalition threatening Israel in the last days. Ezekiel 38 describes Persia — modern-day Iran — as a key aggressor in an end-times assault against the land of Israel, a pattern now taking unmistakable shape.