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Tehran has authorized an immediate preemptive strike if the United States or Israel begins operational preparations for military attack. In an emergency intelligence briefing recorded during UN General Assembly week, defense analyst Pravin Sawhney and host Zulfiqar Ali break down exclusive reporting from decision-making circles in Tehran and Islamabad: standing orders issued by Mohsen Rezaei to strike first, the induction of strategic missiles with a verified 12,000-kilometer reach across Europe, and a 7-day diplomatic countdown agreed in Beijing between Wang Yi and Abbas Araghchi. While Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly framing the crisis around Iranian nuclear capabilities, the reality on the water tells a completely different story. Iran and Oman maintain sovereign administrative control of the Strait of Hormuz, enforced by the IRGC Navy, while the Pentagon faces a 2-to-5 year interceptor munitions deficit and two-thirds of the American public say the war is already lost. In this comprehensive briefing, we examine: • Why Tehran has shifted from defensive absorption to lethal offensive preemption • The induction of 12,000 km strategic missiles capable of striking across Europe • Wang Yi and Abbas Araghchi’s 7-day Hormuz ultimatum and China’s security guarantees • Iran’s three non-negotiable conditions: unfreezing sovereign assets, lifting the naval blockade, and unrestricted oil exports • Pakistan’s strategic Africa pivot: $900M Somalia JF-17 deal and $1.5B Sudan arms pact • Why Trump’s interceptor starvation makes a successful regional war impossible