US Diplomats Exit Middle East; Trump Hints Iran Strikes; Russia Urges Restraint (The Duran)

Washington and Israel appear to be preparing a massive new strike on Iran, with Hegseth meeting Netanyahu, US diplomats pulled from the region and British Typhoon jets heading to the Gulf. In this episode we discuss whether Trump will hold off until after the midterms, why Araghchi, Putin and Lavrov are still pushing diplomacy, and what Iranian retaliation could mean for oil prices, Gulf infrastructure and MBS in Saudi Arabia. Will Iran absorb the blow and swing the pendulum again, or is Trump about to remake the Middle East?



If an economic calamity strikes hopefully the globalist Governments of the West will fall, rather than usher in The Great Reset (a dystopian control zone). 

Time Stamps:

00:00:00 Reports of a new big strike on Iran
00:01:35 Diplomats withdrawn as talks with Iran stall
00:03:27 Washington's neocons and Israel's push
00:04:28 Why the midterms shape Trump's timing
00:05:44 Iranian retaliation and the desalination nightmare
00:06:44 Araghchi's op ed and Russia's diplomacy push
00:08:39 Britain and France send forces to the region
00:10:50 Will Iran survive the next strike?
00:13:07 MBS and Saudi Arabia in crisis
00:14:06 Could Trump strike before the midterms?

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, October 25, 2026.]