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Currently Playing: Larry Johnson & Pepe Escobar: Analyzing Khamenei's Decision and the Next 48 Hours

In this episode, recorded as US strikes and IRGC counterattacks rock the Persian Gulf on Day 103 of the Iran war, a final 48–72 hour window for an “Islamabad Accord”: frozen assets, sanctions relief, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz — or, in the words relayed to us, “the map of the Gulf will not be the same.” Larry Johnson (25-year CIA veteran) breaks down why the official Apache helicopter story doesn’t add up and why he sees no common ground for a US–Iran deal. Pepe Escobar — just back from Shanghai and the St. Petersburg forum — connects Trump’s stunning on-camera oil admission, China’s red line through Pakistan and Gwadar, and the merging of the Ukraine and Iran wars into a single global confrontation. Moderated by Zulfiqar Ali, whose decades of contacts in Pakistan and Iran bring you the backchannel in real time. Source-based claims are labeled as such throughout; this is a developing situation. Transition Protocol is a source-driven geopolitical and economic analysis channel: intelligence, markets, and the financial consequences of global power shifts — without the spin. #Iran #IranWar #BreakingNews #Geopolitics #StraitOfHormuz #Trump #IRGC #MiddleEast #OilPrices #China #Pakistan #IslamabadTalks #Khamenei #Ukraine #Russia #NATO #BRICS #WorldNews #PersianGulf #hormuz •0:00 — Why PowerShift Became Transition Protocol •2:53 — BREAKING: Khamenei’s Decision — The Final 48–72 Hour Window •5:15 — Trump’s Threat: Bridges, Power Grid, “Harder Than Yesterday” •6:42 — The $24 Billion Question: Iran’s Frozen Money •7:13 — Iran’s Price to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz •8:55 — Ex-CIA: Why There’s No Common Ground for a Deal •10:36 — Trump’s Oil Admission and the Legal Fallout •11:25 — Inside the Islamabad Backchannel: Who’s at the Table •16:28 — “You Shall Drown With Me”: The IRGC Message, Translated •19:25 — China’s Red Line: Will Beijing Let Iran Fall? •21:59 — Gwadar, CPEC and the Silk Road Lifeline •25:53 — The Apache Helicopter Story: An Ex-CIA Breakdown •32:45 — One War Now: Ukraine, Iran, and Europe’s 2028 Clock •38:31 — World Cup 2026 in the Crossfire + Next Episodes