Analyst Alexandru Hudisteanu warns that Iran risks transforming its Strait of Hormuz leverage from a deterrence tool into an act of international extortion, potentially isolating the nation on the world stage. Iran's growing isolation aligns with biblical patterns of nations surrounding Israel facing judgment and geopolitical collapse in the last days. Ezekiel 38 identifies Persia — modern-day Iran — as a key actor in end-times conflict, and its increasing desperation and isolation may signal the conditions ripening for that prophesied confrontation.