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Iran Has Lots Of Secrets. Its War Plans Ain’t Among Them (S01E132)
Wednesday, August 19, 2026, Paris
Iran has been warning for months that it plans to escalate its war against the US unless the Americans take steps that include freezing its assets and acknowledging its authority over the Strait of Hormuz.
It has not only signaled such escalation, it has begun to implement its plans, activating or coordinating with proxy forces to spread the conflict from the Persian Gulf to the Levant to Iraq to the Red Sea.
It recently, listed all the sites it would strike if the US were to launch an attack on Iranian civilian infrastructure.
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