Ep. 3799 Iran SHUT DOWN the Strait of Hormuz, Then THIS HAPPENED …
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🗓️ 18 February 2026
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Summary
Tensions escalate in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran executes live-fire naval exercises and announces a temporary closure of this critical oil passage. The maneuvers coincide with U.S. nuclear talks with Iran, highlighting geopolitical maneuvering as both nations leverage their positions. With the U.S. military significantly increasing its presence in the region, analysts observe that Iran's aggressive posturing is a calculated strategy aimed at negotiating from a perceived position of strength, even as it continues discussions with American diplomats.
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Highlights:
- "Iran's unprecedented closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid military drills."
- "Simultaneous U.S. nuclear negotiations signaling complex geopolitical dynamics."
- "Massive U.S. military buildup in the Middle East, including two supercarriers."
- "Iran's actions are interpreted as a strategic move to negotiate from strength while keeping diplomatic channels open."
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| 0:00.0 | The liberal globalist order is at its brink and awakening a new conservative age. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Dr. Steve Turley. |
| 0:08.2 | Join me every day as we discover answers to today's toughest challenges and explore the revitalization of conservative civilization. |
| 0:17.9 | This is Turley Talks. |
| 0:21.7 | 48 hours. That may be all that's left. Right now as you're watching this, |
| 0:28.0 | the USS Gerald Ford, the most powerful warship ever built, just entered the straight |
| 0:34.5 | of Gibraltar and is pushing east through the Mediterranean. |
| 0:38.4 | At current speed, it'll be within striking distance of Iran by Thursday. |
| 0:44.3 | In response, Iran did something it hasn't done in decades, not since the Iran-Iraq war of the 80s. |
| 0:50.5 | They took over the single most important oil choke point on planet Earth and shut it down. |
| 0:58.1 | But it's what happened next that has the entire world on edge. |
| 1:03.3 | Tuesday morning, February 17th, Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced live fire naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:13.4 | Missiles launched from warships, missiles from coastal batteries, missiles from inland sites, |
| 1:19.7 | all of them hitting targets inside the strait while Tehran declared the waterway temporarily |
| 1:25.9 | closed for safety and maritime concerns. |
| 1:29.3 | The Iranian Navy commander of Rear Admiral Tang Sari |
| 1:32.7 | stood on the deck of an Iranian warship |
| 1:35.6 | and announced that Iran maintains total 24-hour intelligence |
| 1:40.2 | surveillance over the strait, including its surface, aerial and subsurface, and that Tehran |
| 1:45.8 | has no red lines when it comes to controlling this waterway, meaning there's no limit to what |
| 1:53.3 | Iran is willing to do to maintain control over the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:58.5 | Analysts confirmed this is the first time Iran has announced a closure of the strait since the 1980s, |
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