<Iran has been in the news again. Deutsche Welle has the following report ──
Iran on the brink? Key information about the protests31 December 2025Thousands of people have protested in Iran in recent days against the dramatic devaluation of the currency, amid an economic crisis that has engulfed the country.What began as a strike by shopkeepers and bazaar merchants on Sunday has become an outcry of political anger, with some even chanting “Death to the dictator!” The spontaneous protests have already spread from Tehran to other cities, such as Isfahan and Mashhad. …… the monthly wages of an average Iranian in full-time work are now only worth slightly more than $100 (€85).
I asked Alexa+, and she responded with “it's equivalent to about $85 US dollars.”
Basic food supplies can easily consume an entire monthly income. In a heavily import-dependent country like Iran, … this has had immediate, destabilizing social consequences.Gissou Nia, a human rights lawyer and Iran expert from the Atlantic Council think tank, sees the economic crash as the catalyst for the protests, but not as its core issue. “As with the protests since December 2017, there’s often an economic catalyst,” she told DW. “But if we listen to the slogans, and the extent of the protests, it’s about profound dissatisfaction with the Iranian regime and the desire for that regime to disappear.”It appears many Iranians no longer see the country’s economic collapse as a crisis that can be rectified, but as a systemic failure of the regime of aged revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. …Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has little political leeway for making concessions to the demonstrators. In a moment of unusual openness, he recently admitted, “If the problems aren’t solved, we cannot govern.” Some argue that this is tantamount to a declaration of political bankruptcy.The government’s draft budget for 2026 envisages tax rises of 62%, with inflation at 50%, which many on the street see as straightforward robbery.
Protests and civil unrest are nothing new in Iran.
The situation within Iran will soon change.
Notice the following from AXIOS ──
Netanyahu raised possible “round 2” strikes on Iran with TrumpDecember 31, 2025Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the possibility of attacking Iran again in 2026 during his meeting with President Trump on Monday, according to a U.S. official and two additional U.S. sources familiar with the details of the meeting.Why it matters: Another war with Iran could further destabilize a region that’s seeking stability after two years of crises. …Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in response to the threats from Trump and Netanyahu that Iran would give a “harsh” response to any acts of aggression. …Threat Level: Some U.S. and Israeli officials think the likeliest spark for an Israel-Iran war in the near-term is miscalculation — with one side trying to preempt a suspected attack by the other.
Just last week, Israeli officials warned the Trump administration that a missile exercise by Iran's Revolutionary Guards could be a cover for a strike.
Iran may believe that a way to deal with its protestors and its
arch-nemesis, “Big Satan,” would be to viciously attack “Little
Satan” ── Israel.
Because of God’s living word in prophecies (such as Isaiah 22:6-9), we have, for
years, been warning that there could easily be a major regional war that will involve Iran, parts of Syria, and Israel. Notice the following in this dual prophecy, which does
indicate at least a partial destruction before the ‘latter days’:
“The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam [ancient
Persia/Iran], in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35)
‘Thus says the LORD of hosts:
‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam. The foremost of their might. 36) Against
Elam I will bring the four winds From the four quarters of heaven, And scatter them
toward all these winds; There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not
go. 37) For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies And before those
who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, My fierce anger,’ says the LORD;
‘And I will send the sword after them Until I have consumed them. 38) I will set My
throne in Elam, And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says the
LORD.
39) ‘But it shall come to pass IN THE LATTER DAYS: I will bring back the captives
of Elam,’ says the LORD.” – Jeremiah 49:34-39.
Indeed, this terrible fighting between the Palestinians and Israelis is a cause to
‘watch’ – cf. Mark 13:37. Sadly, this “Iron Dome” will not prevent this two-fold
prophecy of Isaiah chapter 22 from being fulfilled.
Elam appears to be a reference to at least some in Iran. And some believe Kir is an area in southern Iran, while others suggest it is closer to the
Black Sea. God’s living word tells of a time when Kir will be utterly destroyed
(Isaiah 15:1), as well as Syria’s capital, Damascus (Isaiah 17:1).
So, while these latest Iranian protests are not yet the end for that Iranian regime, it
is getting closer to the time when Iran will be neutralized in accordance with God’s
living word in prophecy.
Also, in the news ── the US dollar didn’t do very well in 2025 with the current
markets (See: The Telegraph - Dollar on course for biggest drop in almost a decade).
Now, to be fair, notice the following in relation to the Russian ruble and ‘Crooked
Joe’ ──
March 31, 2022Russia’s Ruble Rebound Raises Questions of Sanctions’ ImpactThe ruble is no longer rubble. …President Joe Biden promoted the success of the sanctions — some of the toughest ever imposed on a nation — while he was in Poland last week. “The ruble almost is immediately reduced to rubble,” Biden said.
Of course, as usual, ‘Sleepy Joe’ was wrong about his sanctions destroying the
Russian ruble.
Here’s the Financial Times (which you have to give up some of your own finances
to read online) about the US dollar in 2025 ──
30 December 2025Dollar on track for steepest annual drop for almost a decadeThe US dollar is heading for its steepest annual drop since 2017, with Wall Street banks predicting further weakness next year as the Federal Reserve presses ahead with interest rate cuts. The greenback has slumped 9.5 per cent against a basket of major currencies this year, after US President Donald Trump’s trade war sparked fears for the world’s biggest economy and cast doubt over the dollar’s traditional status as a haven for investors. The euro has had the biggest gain of the major currencies against the faltering dollar, surging nearly 14 percent to above $1.17, a level last reached in 2021.While the dollar’s initial weakness was triggered by Trump’s launch of aggressive tariffs against the US’s trading partners in April — it was at one point down 15 percent against major currencies before regaining some ground — the Fed’s resumption of rate cuts in September has kept it under pressure.Dec 29, 2025The dollar has been the weakest major currency in 2025. Here's what that means for everyday Americans.The US dollar has declined against all of its main global peers in 2025, and the Dollar Index — which measures the greenback against a basket of foreign currencies — is down 10% this year.
The Economist also posted ──
Nov 12th, 2025The dollar’s dominance is being challenged more and moreBut not so much as to knock its position as the world’s reserve currencyFor developing countries, a weaker greenback is usually good news. Poor country governments borrow more in dollars than rich ones, so their debt bills get slashed. In the first six months of 2025, the dollar’s value fell by about 10% against other rich-world currencies. But this time things were different. Most politicians in poor countries were aghast.
Indeed, the US dollar is being “replaced.” (See – World News in Relation to Biblical Prophecy ── November 28, 2025), and even more nations are looking to another
currency, such as the euro.
Let us consider the following ──
- The euro is up 13-14% this year compared to the US dollar, so many are viewing it as a “better alternative.”
- The US debt (which is as of today, $38,564,812,931,893) is truly weakening the value of the US dollar.
- Although trade tariffs do work ── and US administrations have utilized them in the past ── often trade tariffs have unintended consequences, i.e., nations turning away from the United States of America as a trading partner.
- The BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), which is now BRICS+, was partially formed to ultimately bypass the US dollar.
- SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area), which consists of 41 European countries, including countries that are not part of the euro area or the EU, as well as several territories with historical ties to those countries (status: 22 May 2025), 1 is certainly turning the sails toward the euro as the dominant currency.
- A resurrection of a “United States of Europe” as the end-time ‘Babylonian’ trade juggernaut is prophesied by the LORD God.
5 July 2025US debt is now $37trn – should we be worried? …Trump’s tax-cutting budget bill is expected to add at least $3 trillion (£2.2 trillion) to the US’s already eye-watering $37tn (£27tn) debt pile. There is no shortage of critics of the plan, not least Trump’s former ally Elon Musk, who has called it a “disgusting abomination.”The growing debt pile leaves some to wonder whether there is a limit to how much the rest of the world will lend Uncle Sam.Those doubts have been showing up recently in the weaker value of the dollar and the higher interest rate investors are demanding to lend money to America. …So what might that trauma look like?The first option is a drastic reduction in government spending, a big increase in taxes or both.Ray Dalio suggests that cutting the budget deficit from its current 6% to 3% soon could head off trouble in the future.Trump’s new budget bill did cut some spending, but it also cut taxes more, and so the current political trajectory is going the other way.Secondly, as in previous crises, the US central bank could print more money and use it to buy up government debt – as we saw after the great financial crisis of 2008.But that can end up fueling inflation and inequality as the owners of assets like houses and shares do much better than those who rely on the value of labor.The third is a straightforward US default. Can’t pay won’t pay. Given that the “full faith and credit of the US Treasury” underpins the entire global financial system, that would make the great financial crisis look like a picnic.‘Cleanest dirty shirt’So how likely is any of this?Right now, mercifully, not very. …
Then, the report continues to throw its dirt on an already open wound of $38
trillion.
According to Consumer Affairs ──
General U.S. debt and presidents' statisticsDuring Barack Obama’s presidency, the U.S. total outstanding debt increased by almost $8.34 trillion, the biggest dollar increase of any president. In terms of percentage change, Abraham Lincoln’s term had the highest increase at 2,860%, increasing the U.S. debt from about $90.6 million in 1861 to $2.68 billion in 1865 when he was assassinated. …From the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency in 2017 to its end in 2021, the national debt increased by 40.43%, about $8.18 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. It rose the most from September 2019 to September 2020, when Trump spent $3.6 trillion on coronavirus pandemic relief.
Now, while God’s living word in prophecy does show us that gold and silver will
one day be considered ‘refuse; and will not be able to deliver’ nations from their
loss of sovereignty (Ezekiel 7:19), it will, however, still have value even after the
United States of America loses her sovereignty, is “neutralized,” as striped of any
real power – see: Daniel 11:39-43.
Yes. Sadly, the US dollar will collapse──and some type of EUROPEAN
BACKED currency will replace it, possibly the euro, or perhaps another type of
international currency.
The US dollar will one day become just like the German Reichsmark became
because of hyperinflation in 1945. The US dollar will be worth no more than the
paper it’s printed on, that’s burnt to keep warm. □
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