Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has reportedly ordered that enriched uranium must stay within Iran, directly complicating US-brokered nuclear negotiations and raising the stakes of ongoing conflict with Israel. This defiant posture from Tehran signals Iran's determination to preserve its nuclear capabilities, keeping the Middle East on a knife's edge as tensions between Israel and Iran continue to escalate. Scripture warns of a coming catastrophic conflict centred on the nations surrounding Israel, with Iran (ancient Persia) identified in Ezekiel 38:5 as a key aggressor in the last-days coalition against the Jewish state.