00:18Iran just made one of the most dangerous threats in decades.
00:22The same playbook that paralyzed global shipping in the Red Sea,
00:26they're about to run it again.
00:28But this time, the target isn't cargo ships.
00:31It's the United States Navy.
00:34Here's what's happening right now.
00:36The U.S. has launched a naval blockade around Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz,
00:41one of the most critical waterways on the planet.
00:44Roughly one-fifth of the world's oil passes through it every single day.
00:49And Iran's top military commander, Brigadier General Ismail Qani,
00:54the man who runs Tehran's entire shadow war network, just stepped in front of cameras and said this.
01:01The U.S. and the Zionist regime should remember how they fled empty handed from brave Yemen.
01:08This time, too, they will leave the area without any achievement.
01:12He's not talking about a strongly worded letter.
01:15He's talking about missiles, drones, mines, and proxy armies across six countries.
01:22To understand why this threat is serious, you need to remember what happened in the Red Sea.
01:28Starting in late 2023, the Houthis, a militia in Yemen, armed and trained by Iran, began attacking international shipping.
01:37Missiles, suicide drones, armed speedboats.
01:41They weren't a superpower.
01:43They were a rebel group in one of the poorest countries on Earth.
01:47And they nearly shut down global trade.
01:50Major shipping companies rerouted around the entire continent of Africa.
01:54Insurance costs exploded.
01:57Oil prices spiked.
01:58The U.S. Navy launched hundreds of intercepts and still couldn't fully stop it.
02:03That is the template Iran is now promising to use here.
02:07Except Hormuz isn't the Red Sea.
02:10Hormuz is narrower, more strategic.
02:13And Iran controls both sides of it.
02:16Now, here's the part that should really get your attention.
02:19Connie isn't just talking about Iran fighting alone.
02:22He's talking about something he calls the United Resistance Front,
02:26a network of Iranian-backed militias that stretches across the entire Middle East.
02:31Hezbollah in Lebanon already exchanging fire with Israel.
02:36Iraqi Shiite militias launching drones at U.S. bases.
02:40Houthis in Yemen threatening to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait again.
02:45Syrian armed groups mobilized since February.
02:48His message is basically this.
02:50You're not just fighting Iran.
02:52You're fighting all of us.
02:54Everywhere.
02:55At once.
02:56Here's the real question everyone's asking behind closed doors.
03:01Can Iran actually do it?
03:03Look, analysts will tell you Connie's words are classic IRGC messaging.
03:09Projecting strength, downplaying losses.
03:11It's what they do.
03:12But here's the uncomfortable truth.
03:15They don't have to win.
03:16They just have to make it painful enough that the cost isn't worth it.
03:20The Houthis proved that model works.
03:23A prolonged blockade of Hormuz doesn't just hurt Iran.
03:27It triggers a global fuel crisis.
03:30It hits Europe.
03:31It hits Asia.
03:32It hits your gas pump.
03:34And that economic pressure?
03:36That's the real weapon.
03:37The US blockade started today.
03:40Iran has promised retaliation.
03:42And a militia network spanning six countries is, in their words, waiting for the enemies
03:48of humanity.
03:49The next 72 hours could define whether this stays a regional crisis or become something
03:56much, much bigger.
04:07the US blockade.
04:08A Falcons.
04:08The South.
04:08What?
04:08Are those more serious employees?
04:08How many civils have to identify?
04:09What happened?
04:10How the power of it is?
04:10How the power of the whole community is.
04:10How the power of it is.
04:10How the power of it relates to an advantage.
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