Iran, WWIII and Nostradamus

Iran has been in the news a lot recently. They are the world’s largest sponsor of terrorism, including the three H’s of Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah. They have significant oil production and due to their geographical position on the Persian Gulf they can easily disrupt oil supplies from Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. They indirectly control most of Iraq, Syria, and Yemen.

As Iran continues to develop nuclear weapons, will they be allowed to gain the ability for nuclear terrorism? President Trump seems to think that should not be allowed to happen. U.S. Forces including stealth bombers and aircraft carrier groups are building up at Diego Garcia and other bases within range of the Middle East. Rumors are saying war is imminent. On March 27 Newsweek ran the article:

U.S. and Iran: Five Signs of Looming Conflict

The bottom line is - “As military forces build up on both sides and sanctions continue to bite, the risk of direct military confrontation between the U.S. and Iran grows.”

Psychoanalyzing Iran - Why Does Iran Sponsor Terrorism?

Every nation has events in its past that they see as a great injustice - a wrong to be righted - something to seek revenge for. You couldn’t possibly understand Russia without considering the brutality of Nazi Germany’s invasion in WWII. For China it’s “The Century of Humiliation” when Britain and Russia and other nations forced “unequal treaties” on a very weak China and took over much of the country. The United States has not forgiven attacks on 9/11. Israelis are permanently affected by the Holocaust and repeated Arab invasions.

In Iran, the people have largely forgotten how the British and Soviets occupied their country during WWII. But the 1953 coup against their populist Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh, organized by America’s CIA - that is something they are very aware of. The current regime is made up entirely of Islamic fundamentalists that resent the USA for meddling in their politics, and for supporting Israel against its Islamic neighbors. For millions of Iranians, the top geopolitical goal is the Islamic conquest of the world. Standing in the way of that religious goal are “the Great Satan” (the United States) and “the little Satan” (Israel) and they will make any sacrifice to spread Islamic rule and humiliate these two ideological enemies.

For Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, one recent article (“What the Iran War of 2025 Might Look Like“) warns: “the 85-year-old supreme leader’s psychology. Khamenei has dedicated his entire life to destroying Israel; his ego wants to see the job completed before he himself dies” and he is running out of time.

Khameni is not the only leader with goals and limited years to achieve them. Trump has told Iran it has at most two months to reach a new nuclear deal. He told Iran that the United States will blame Iran for anything its Houthi proxies do, and former CIA analyst Larry Johnson recently said: “If the Houthis succeed in hitting a US ship, I think the Trump administration will use this as its causus belli to attack Iran.” So the Houthis responding to US attacks against Yemen will very likely lead to war with Iran.

Also note that Russia and Iran signed a strategic partnership treaty earlier this year. The 2025 agreement commits both nations to mutual defense cooperation if either is attacked. So a Houthi attack against US ships could lead to war with Iran and Russia. Even if China and North Korea do not decide to get directly involved immediately, they are likely to supply Iran, and if necessary Russia, to fight and drain the United States. How would that not become WWIII?

What Did Nostradamus Say About Iran and WWIII?

The 16th century French prophet gave us several predictions about WWIII and Iran’s leadership of an Islamic alliance. If the United States goes to war with Iran, Nostradamus wrote that there will be major setbacks. He suggests that – at least initially – things will go very badly for the West, and that – outlandish as it may sound now – America will be unable to help Europe resist an Islamic invasion led by Iran and Turkey.

I also once thought it sounded crazy that WWIII would start by the Dnieper River by 2025, but Nostradamus also wrote that Ukraine would see the earliest stage of WWIII. Could the rest of Europe be so weak (from giving too many weapons to Ukraine, letting in too many immigrants, etc.) that it is open to invasion? Why would the United States not be able to defend Europe if necessary? Perhaps America will be suffering from economic collapse, or too busy fighting Russia in Ukraine – or China over Taiwan…. We also can’t ignore the possibility of the aftermath of a first strike…

Nostradamus warned of Western naval defeat early in WWIII in Quatrain 9:100 of his prophecies:

“Naval battle night will overcome

Fire in the ships to the West ruin,

New trick, the great ship colored,

Anger to the vanquished, and victory in a drizzle.”

In other related quatrains, Nostradamus warns of a “gift presented to those of the Ocean [from] a chief of the fleet (will leave) from Carmania” – a province in Iran. I suspect the “new trick” and “gift” will be more like a Trojan horse, a weapon brought to use against the major naval power “those of the Ocean” – which could also refer to people across the ocean in the New World – likely America either way you look at it.

As I have argued in my books for years, the vastly improved effective range of anti-ship missiles has changed the game and made aircraft carriers very vulnerable targets if they come close to enemy lands. They would have to stay far from the enemy coast to be somewhat safe (and are still vulnerable to other missiles.) As this Bloomberg article said years ago: “These massive ships were never intended to take on jihadists and other asymmetric threats. But it’s no longer clear that they would be useful in a war against a major power such as Russia or a middling one such as Iran. The Pentagon has spent billions outfitting aircraft carriers with air defenses that are unproven, and the relatively short range of their planes –- an F/A-18 Hornet has to turn around at roughly 500 miles — leaves them vulnerable to land-based missiles that can travel twice that far.

Military analyst Will Schryver has called aircraft carriers “$13 billion piñatas.” Carriers increasingly seem like sitting ducks. And, if one was ever sunk, with 5,000 Americans on board, the blow to the military and nation would be almost unthinkable.

I’m not saying war is imminent. I’m not saying Iran thinks it’s worth sinking a U.S. aircraft carrier even if they can. But someday, such foolishness of putting aircraft carriers in harm’s way will lead a potential enemy with an itchy trigger finger to take the bait and start a war much like Japan did in 1941. It worked out for America in the long run back then, but at quite a cost. How would war work out today?

As an author of many prophecy books, I can’t avoid noting certain Nostradamus prophecies that could pertain to this –

like quatrain 9:43

On the point of landing the Crusader army
Will be ambushed by the Ishmaelites,
Struck from all sides by the ship Impetuosity,
Rapidly attacked by ten elite galleys.

Ishmaelites would refer to the Islamic side, Crusaders the Western or American side. Elite galleys could be commandos on small attack boats.

Quatrain 3:90

The great Satyr and Tiger of Hyrcania,
Gift presented to those of the Ocean:
A fleet's chief will set out from Carmania,
One who will take land at the Tyrren Phocaean.

Hyrcania was a Persian province, as is Carmania – now the southern coastal region of Iran. The fleet’s chief is usually translated as “Admiral.” “Those of the Ocean” probably means the dominant naval power coming from overseas – Americans. The “gift” is not going to be the kind you want for your birthday. More the kind of “package” delivery as depicted in movies like The Sum of All Fears.

Hopefully, the current tensions blow over without escalating into the major war that has been predicted.

Quatrain 5:8

“There will be unleashed live fire, hidden death,

Horrible and frightful within the globes,

At night by the fleet the city reduced to dust,

The city on fire, the enemy amenable.”

Could we have asked Nostradamus for a better description of a ship-launched nuclear attack on a city? Nostradamus gives latitudes of four cities that suffer special destruction soon, including New York and Rome. Read more about the coming use of nuclear weapons in WWIII in Nostradamus and the Islamic Invasion of Europe. The only good news is that Nostradamus said Russia would eventually side with Europe and the West and that eventually the Islamic alliance (allied with China) will be defeated around late 2028.