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131 predictions from 47 videos, made between Apr 2024 and Oct 2026.

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The Iran war will escalate further, in order to destroy the global economy and bankrupt banks exposed to the Gulf and Ukraine, paving the way for digital ID and digital currency.

This was stated Oct 11, 2026, and the three-month window runs to 2027-01-11. As of Oct 15 Trump has pledged no strikes before the Nov 3 midterms, while tanker attacks and the Bab al-Mandab crisis continue. The claimed motive (digital ID and digital currency) is not testable.

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Closes Jan 2027in 87 days

The Iran war is intended to force the war of Gog and Magog in the Middle East and bring about the end times; he agrees the Middle East is heading to all-out warfare.

Whether the war is 'intended to force the war of Gog and Magog' is an eschatological claim about intent that cannot be checked. Regionally, the war did widen in September 2026 with the Houthi-Saudi front.

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Said Aug 31, 2026no deadline

American universities in the GCC will not survive.

I could not verify whether any American branch campus in the GCC closed because of the war. The Education City page shows Georgetown and CMU renewed their Qatar partnerships in 2025 for 10 years, while Texas A&M Qatar's closure by 2028 was decided in Feb 2024, before this video, citing regional instability. The deadline is 2028.

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Closes Aug 2028in 670 days

The Iran war will escalate rapidly over the next couple of weeks and will not de-escalate; the GCC is done for.

Instead of escalating rapidly in late July and early August 2026, active hostilities slowed into an August lull as the June memorandum's 60-day deadline expired and Oman and Qatar ran backchannel diplomacy. The GCC states remain intact.

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Resolved Aug 2026said Jul 2026

Another ceasefire in the Iran war may occur in August lasting a few weeks, but the general trend is toward an eschatological fight to the finish.

August 2026 did see a few weeks' pause in active hostilities, with backchannel diplomacy through Oman and Qatar, before the US and Iran resumed attacks in early September. The pause was not a formal ceasefire.

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Resolved Sep 2026said Jul 2026

The US will introduce ground forces into Iran from Iraq and Balochistan and escalate attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure, similar to what happened in Gaza.

The infrastructure part was already underway: the US hit bridges, a railway station and power infrastructure in Hormozgan on Jul 14-17, 2026, just before this video. No US ground forces have entered Iran from Iraq or Balochistan as of Oct 15. The deadline is 2026-12-31.

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Closes Dec 2026in 76 days

The Houthis will close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, forcing Saudi Arabia into war with the Houthis.

By Sep 10, 2026 the Houthis had seized Yemen's Red Sea coast, Perim and the Hanish Islands, and they declared a blockade on Saudi shipping through Bab al-Mandab. Saudi Arabia carried out more than 100 airstrikes in early September and backed a full Yemeni government counteroffensive from Oct 4. The closure targeted specific vessels rather than all traffic, and there are no Saudi ground troops.

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Resolved Sep 2026said Jul 2026

Iran will target UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain energy facilities rather than desalination plants or Israel.

Since July 2026 Iran has hit US and allied installations in Bahrain and Kuwait and attacked many oil and LNG tankers in Hormuz. In September the US sent Patriots to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to protect energy facilities. I found no clear post-video campaign aimed at UAE, Kuwaiti or Bahraini energy facilities specifically.

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Said Jul 18, 2026no deadline

Over the next two to three months the US-Iran conflict will alternate between bursts of intense warfare and nominal ceasefires.

Between July 11 and October 11, 2026 the pattern did alternate: intense US-Iran strikes in July, a lull in hostilities in August with backchannel diplomacy, renewed attacks from early September, and Trump's Oct 8 pledge of no strikes before the midterms. The pauses were de facto lulls rather than formal ceasefires.

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Resolved Oct 2026said Jul 2026

The US has already decided on a ground invasion of Iran, which will happen as early as October 2026, possibly after the midterm elections.

No ground invasion of Iran had happened as of Oct 15, 2026. About 9,000 troops began deploying Oct 1, and Trump said there would be no strikes before the Nov 3 midterms, which leaves the 'after the midterms' scenario open until the 2026-12-31 deadline.

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Closes Dec 2026in 76 days

Hezbollah will struggle to survive: Syria will send forces from the north, Israel will attack from the south, and the Lebanese government may take up arms against Hezbollah.

Israel kept fighting Hezbollah through Aug-Oct 2026 (seizing Ali al-Taher ridge on Sep 3). No Syrian forces have entered Lebanon (Syria refused a US proposal in March), and the Lebanese government has banned Hezbollah's military activity but has not taken up arms against it.

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Said Jul 11, 2026no deadline

The US and Israel will increasingly target Iranian civilian infrastructure (power plants, bridges, railways, water reservoirs).

After the July 2026 collapse, Trump threatened to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges (Jul 14). The US then struck six bridges, a railway station, an airport and power infrastructure in Hormozgan, as well as the Darkhovin nuclear power plant site, and Asaluyeh fuel storage was hit in October. CENTCOM described the targets as military.

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Resolved Jul 2026said Jun 2026
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