US Blockades Iran, Claims Strait of Hormuz as War Escalates

The United States has reinstated a naval blockade of Iran and President Trump has declared US intent to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz, demanding 20% of cargo value from transiting vessels, as Iran-linked Houthi forces simultaneously struck Saudi Arabia and IRGC units attacked commercial shipping. The Strait of Hormuz — through which roughly 20% of the world's oil flows — becoming a contested flashpoint between a major Western power and Iran places the Persian Gulf at the centre of a rapidly escalating conflict with direct implications for global stability and the broader Middle East theatre. Scripture warns of wars and rumours of wars, economic disruption, and the alignment of nations against each other in the last days, and the fracturing of diplomacy here — on the symbolic anniversary of the JCPOA — underscores how quickly prophesied end-times instability can materialise.