Larry Johnson – The Confession in the Escalation: If Iran Is Beaten and Hormuz Is Ours, Why the “Unprecedented” Sanctions?
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [8-20-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). In my previous piece – The Walls Have Doors Now (opens in new tab)– I argued that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s promised “measures like have never been seen in the history of the economic isolation of a country” would push against an open frontier:…
Pepe Escobar: Why Trump’s blockade cannot turn Iran into an island
by Pepe Escobar(opens in new tab) [8-19-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). The U.S. may blockade Iran on the seas. But it cannot blockade Iran’s geography. Iran so far has been running the clock. Now, Iran is speeding up the management of the clock. Even strategic patience has its limits. Tehran kept a nutcracker on…
Larry Johnson, Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali:Trump Tried to Buy Iran’s Revolutionary Guard; IRAN REJECTS TRUMP’S BILLIONS IN BRIBES
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [8-19-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab), Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). Trump’s White House tried to buy off Iran’s Revolutionary Guard with a multi-billion-dollar offer modeled on the Venezuela playbook – and got refused twice, first by IRGC commander Vahidi, who called it treason, and then by Pakistan’s…
Fyodor Lukyanov, Glenn Diesen: Russia’s Strategy as the World Order Collapses
by Glenn Diesen(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab) [8-15-2026]. Fyodor Lukyanov argues that the Ukraine conflict is now further from a political settlement than it was a year ago. The expectation that a major diplomatic initiative could quickly end the war proved unrealistic. Conflicts of this scale, in his view, tend to require prolonged…
Larry Johnson: The Walls Have Doors Now: Why Bessent’s “Unprecedented” Sanctions on Iran — Operation Economic Fury — Will Fail
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [8-18-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised something spectacular. “Watch this space,” he told a television interviewer, previewing “measures like have never been seen in the history of the economic isolation of a country.” Paired with the ongoing US naval blockade of…
Larry Johnson: The Data Doesn’t Support the Charge – Iran and the “Number One Sponsor of Terrorism” Claim
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [8-18-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). (NOTE: I decided to try to synthesize the various articles I have written debunking the claims that Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah are the primary sources of terrorism. I hope you find this useful and can share it with friends who have been…
Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: EXCLUSIVE- Trump’s Secret Iran Backchannel COLLAPSED; Pak Army Chief Refused Trump’s Request
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [8-18-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). The U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding has expired – and this episode reveals exactly why. Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali break down two secret back-channel plays Washington ran to bypass Pakistan and reach Iran’s military command directly, why IRGC leadership refused both times, and…
Alex Krainer, Zulfiqar Ali:Trump Asked About NUKING Iran; GENERALS Said NO; Will Trump Use a Nuclear Weapon on IRAN?
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [8-18-2026]. Trump asked about nuking Iran – and was rebuffed. On 17 August, the day the US-Iran memorandum blew through its 60-day deadline with the Strait of Hormuz still shut, a former Republican congresswoman claimed publicly that the administration is discussing nuclear weapons against Iran; the White House denies…
Trump Is Reportedly Considering Nuclear War With Iran — and We’re All in the Crosshairs
by Mike Adams(opens in new tab) [8-17-2026]. The Alarm That Must Wake Us Up This red alert warning came from an unlikely messenger, and it deserves your full attention. Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene — once a prominent MAGA ally, now someone who has watched the Trump administration from the inside — went public on…
Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKING- “Iran Is Done Playing Defense”; Insiders WARN of a Strike on a US Warship
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [8-17-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). Iran has moved from defensive to offensive posture – and sources in Tehran and Islamabad tell Transition Protocol the next step under discussion is an attack on a US Navy warship. Meanwhile, the American fleet enforcing the Iran blockade in the Strait…
Larry Johnson: No Ultimatums, No Ceasefire – Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Labels the US as Both Combatant and Interlocutor
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [8-17-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). Hey Mr. Trump? Are you paying attention? In a long interview broadcast on Russian state television on August 14, 2026, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivered Moscow’s sharpest characterization in months of where relations with Washington stand in the fifth year of the…
Larry Johnson: A Dependency Decades in the Making: How Washington Let Five Minerals — and China — Take the US Arsenal Hostage
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [8-14-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). There is a single sentence in a 2025 defense-industry study that ought to end a certain kind of complacency in Washington. Researchers at Govini, a firm that maps the Pentagon’s supply chains, found that more than 80,000 parts across roughly 1,900 weapon…