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The Desperate Mullahs of Iran

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A collision course with Iran:
Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran appear to be on a path toward renewed confrontation. Tehran's ongoing buildup of ballistic missiles and drones, along with growing suspicions that it intends to restore its nuclear capabilities, have raised serious concern in Jerusalem. Satellite images have revealed what analysts believe could be preparations for a new uranium enrichment facility south of Natanz.

These developments, combined with stalled nuclear negotiations between Iran and the US, tensions with Europe over the reimposition of sanctions under the "snapback" mechanism, and Iran's fear of another Israeli or USA airstrike, the risk of escalation only grows. With the Gaza campaign now over, Israeli decision-makers are free to focus on the Iranian threat.

Israel's defense leadership now faces a difficult choice: whether to resume military action, likely under less favorable conditions than in the recent "Lion's Roar" operation—or to opt for "containment," which would effectively allow Iran to rebuild its capabilities. This dilemma comes amid widespread skepticism that Washington and Tehran will reach any new nuclear agreement.

Israel Hayom Oct 2025
 
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Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has removed a previous limit that kept Iran's missile range under 2,200 kilometers, and that Iran is now developing its missile program as far as it wishes, because it must strengthen what he called its most important military power, namely its missile program. 1

At the same time, nuclear scientist Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, said last week that if one day Iran is required to build an atomic bomb, it could do so. He added Iran has the capability and resources to develop nuclear weapons, but that it does not intend to do so. 2

Tehran sees cultivation of the so-called "Axis of Resistance" as essential to its national security. That idea was echoed recently by Parliament Speaker and member of the Supreme National Security Council Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, who explicitly expressed the Iranian aspiration to renew the ring of fire around Israel. He argued that if Iran does not fight Israel on the Golan front, Israel will fight Iran on its own borders. He also stressed that Iran's route for transferring support to Hezbollah remains open, even if it has become more difficult in light of regional changes, a sign of Iranian motivation to rebuild Hezbollah and reinvigorate their proxies. 3 Israel Hayom 21 October 2025

1/ This is clearly referenced in Jeremiah 49:35.

2/ The truth is: Iran can easily make nuke weapons. The lie is; they don’t intend to. Zechariah 5<1-11

3/ None of Iran’s proxy organizations are destroyed. They are just recovering, rearming and regrouping. Psalms 83:1-8
 
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I have posted Zechariah 5:1-11 here, several times.
That Bible chapter tells the story of a large cylindrical object, sited in 'Shinar', which is an ancient name for the Southern Iran region, it flies through the air and causes destruction. It also requires a lead covering.

Up until recently, in our lifetimes, this Prophecy was unintelligible and the Commentaries on it are a joke. But now we have nuke missiles and we can understand: that is what Zechariah was seeing in his vision of the future.
Do not; for a moment, think the Islamic and Jew hating leaders of Iran have given up their nuclear aspirations. They are working 24/7 to prepare, probably several nuke tipped missiles, to destroy the Jewish State of Israel. ...deadly shafts tipped with fire.... Psalms 7:13
Then; Psalms 7:16 tells us that the Lord will make those weapons recoil upon themselves. Joel 3:4

But what the Lord will use to make missiles explode on the launch pad, will virtually depopulate the entire Middle East and cause worldwide deaths and destroy our modern infrastructure. Joel 2:1-11 It will be the Sixth Seal event and the world will never be the same again. Revelation 6:12-17
So the 'day of the Lord' is coming in the form of a massive nuclear catastrophe ???

This doesn't sound like His return in Glory...
 
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So the 'day of the Lord' is coming in the form of a massive nuclear catastrophe ???

This doesn't sound like His return in Glory...
There are 2 Days of the Lord.
1/ the Sixth Seal event - the Lord won't be seen and it will come suddenly and shocking everyone.
2/ the glorious Return. - seen by all and known before that Day, as it will come 1260 days after the Temple is desecrated.

There will not be a nuke catastrophe. The Lord will destroy all the ungodly in the Holy Land, Zephaniah 1:18, and the Iranian attackers. Jeremiah 49:35-37
 
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