Vijay Prashad, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKING: Pakistan’s Secret WARNING to Israel & IRAN Just Took the Strait of Hormuz
by Transition Protocol [6-26-2026].
(RAD: This is another one of those must see discussions. Vijay brings a wealth of insights about so many fast moving changes in the Middle East & the Persian Gulf, including China, Russia, India, Turkey & many others. The power structures are changing in significant ways. The US will also no longer have a military presence in the Persian Gulf. — RAD)
Iran now effectively controls the Strait of Hormuz — the chokepoint for roughly 20% of the world’s oil — and Washington is reportedly asking Gulf states to accept it as a done deal. In this episode, Vijay Prashad and Zulfiqar Ali connect the new US–Iran “Islamabad MOU” to the collapse of America’s 80-year security umbrella in the Gulf, and to Pakistan’s surprising rise as the region’s new power broker.
We break down what mainstream outlets are not connecting: the GCC–US meeting in Manama, the reported $12B Saudi backstop and Qatar’s role, Iran’s offer to guarantee Gulf security itself, the revived Iran–Pakistan–India “peace pipeline,” and what all of it could mean for oil prices, inflation, and the wider multipolar shift. Where claims rest on single sources, we say so on screen.
Vijay Prashad is a historian and director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, reporting from across the Global South. Transition Protocol is an independent, source-driven geopolitics channel — evidence-first analysis of global power shifts and their financial consequences.
00:00 Iran Seizes the Strait of Hormuz: The Lead
01:30 Why the Gulf’s Inflation Crisis Starts in Hormuz
05:00 Who Pays for the Iran Deal? Saudi, Qatar & the $12B Question
09:00 The Claim: Pakistan’s Secret Tech Transfer to Iran (source claim)
11:25 A Private Warning to Israel (single-source)
15:40 Marco Rubio in Manama: The GCC Showdown
19:00 The End of America’s 80-Year Gulf Umbrella
23:40 Will Iran Become the Gulf’s New Security Guarantor?
29:00 Pakistan: From South Asian State to West Asian Broker
33:50 China & Russia in the Background
36:50 India Sidelined: The Modi Opposition Erupts
38:30 The Peace Pipeline: Iran → Pakistan → India
47:50 The Under-Covered Stories (Mongolia, and What’s Next)