Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: EXPOSES Iran’s Mid-August Red Line; SPR at Its LOWEST Since 1983; Why Mid-August Decides
by Transition Protocol [7-31-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). The Strategic Petroleum Reserve just hit its lowest level since 1983, Washington signals it won’t tap further, and the Strait of Hormuz remains contested – and this briefing examines why the next two weeks may decide the US-Iran war. Recorded July 31 as Saudi Arabia’s new Red Sea coalition…
Pravin Sawhney, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKING- Heavy US Strikes on Iran Just BLEW UP the HORMUZ 50-50 Deal; Here’s Why?
by Transition Protocol [7-30-2026]. US strikes on Iran escalated tonight as CENTCOM announced a “heavy wave” of attacks, with the Strait of Hormuz blockade tightening and new sanctions targeting Iran’s transit-fee structure. In this briefing, veteran defense analyst Pravin Sawhney (former Indian Army, editor of FORCE magazine) explains why – in his assessment – limited…
Pepe Escobar, Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKS- Saudi’s Suicidal Attack Just Shook the IRAN Talks And Trump Is LYING About It
by Transition Protocol [7-29-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio), Larry C. Johnson(bio). The four days of optimism about the Iran-US talks died this morning. Hours after the US and Saudi Arabia struck Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi – forces attached to Iraq’s own Ministry of Defense – Transition Protocol’s overnight sources report the hour-long call between Foreign Minister Araghchi and…
Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKING- Iran Says YES On Its Terms; Inside Monday’s Rawalpindi Meeting; US Team with Asim Munir
by Transition Protocol [7-28-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). Sources tell Transition Protocol that Iran has informed Pakistan it agrees in principle to return to the MOU process – on Iran’s sequencing: the Strait of Hormuz settled first, the US blockade lifted and funds unfrozen second, and the nuclear file last. In this episode, Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar…
Sabby Sabs, Zulfiqar Ali: Russia’s WAR Just Collided With Iran’s WHY? Where Does it End? WHITE House Meeting
by Transition Protocol [7-27-2026]. The two wars just merged. Ukraine has struck Iranian vessels in the Caspian Sea – an Iranian sailor is dead, and Tehran says the attack “cannot go unanswered.” Twenty-four hours later, Zelensky and Netanyahu both arrive at Trump’s White House. In this episode, Sabrina Salvati (Sabby Sabs) joins Zulfiqar Ali to…
Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: Exposes Iran’s Trump Card; Netanyahu Told the US NO; Our Sources Say the NUCLEAR Brake Is OFF
by Transition Protocol [7-27-2026 | 23:35] Larry C. Johnson(bio). Transition Protocol sources report a development that changes the entire Iran nuclear question: Grand Ayatollah Sistani has reportedly ruled that the late Ayatollah Khamenei’s fatwa against nuclear weapons is no longer valid – and Mojtaba Khamenei has ordered Iran’s weapons capability developed. (Source reporting; not independently…
Larry Johnson: The Galling Gallium Chokehold; Why the US Cannot Produce Precision Missiles and Fully-Functional F-35s
by Larry Johnson [8-3-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio). Kudos, again, to Kevin Wamsley of Inside China Business. Based on his latest podcast (see below) I did some additional digging. The substance of his video briefing is shocking and alarming, at least for US policymakers and weapons manufacturers. There is a single thread running from the empty…
Pepe Escobar, Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: Exposes Why the IRAN Bombing Stopped on Night 14 as USA is blind; CHINA’S MASTER PLAN
by Transition Protocol [7-25-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio), Larry C. Johnson(bio). AMERICA IS BLIND: Why the Iran Bombing Stopped on Night 14 For the first time in fourteen nights, American bombs did not fall on Iran. In this emergency Saturday session, Larry Johnson reports that the reason is not diplomacy but capability: the ground-based radars across Qatar,…
Alex Krainer, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKING- The Hidden Reason for the Iran War; Behind the Rubio–Lavrov Talks
by Transition Talks [7-23-2026 | 56:47]. The war on Iran was never really about nuclear weapons. In this episode of Transition Protocol, host Zulfiqar Ali sits down with financial-markets analyst Alex Krainer to make the case that the 2026 Iran war is, at its core, a war to defend the petrodollar – the dollar’s grip…
Pravin Sawhney, Zulfiqar Ali: IRAN has already WON the WAR; Trump Signed The Surrender himself
by Transition Protocol [7-23-2026]. Iran has already won its war with the United States – and according to defense analyst Pravin Sawhney (Editor, FORCE magazine), that defeat is now quietly killing the petrodollar. In this exclusive Transition Protocol interview, recorded as the US carries out its 12th straight night of strikes on Iran, Sawhney lays…
Pepe Escobar, Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKING- Iran is now forcing the United States out of Persian Gulf; 10-day countdown
by Transition Protocol [7-22-2026 | 37:34] Pepe Escobar(bio), Larry C. Johnson(bio). BREAKING: Iran is now forcing the United States out of the Persian Gulf – base by base – even as U.S. precision-missile stockpiles run critically low. In this intelligence briefing, Pepe Escobar, Larry Johnson and Zulfiqar Ali break down the “strategic rupture”: the confirmed…
Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKING- PEPE EXPOSES Trump BEGGED Pakistan’s Field Marshal Munir for an Off-Ramp; Then Rejected It; HERE’S WHY?
by Transition Protocol [7-21-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). Iran just handed Donald Trump one last off-ramp – and he said no. In this exclusive Transition Protocol briefing, Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali reveal the exact terms of Iran’s counter-offer, delivered from the office of the Supreme Leader to Islamabad: a 10-day pause on one condition – the…