Iran responded by attacking not only the United States and Israel, but also many of their fellow Islamic neighbours such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Jordan Kuwait and even Qatar. Their strategy was to sow chaos in the entire region and stop the flow of oil, knowing that this would have knock on effects with global players throughout the world such as China, Japan, South Korea, the UK and also Europe. The U.S. electorate as well would feel the pain in their pockets and force their government to make peace.

 In early April Trump announced that a ceasefire had been agreed. The U.S. and Israel stopped striking Iran and Iran stopped firing missiles around the region. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz still continued however, keeping the price of oil at record highs. Between Israel and the United States they completed nearly 25,000 strikes against Iran and they were at the point where there were fewer and fewer available targets that could be hit. The U.S. seemed content to now allow its own blockade on the Strait of Hormuz to cripple the energy sector of Iran’s economy. 

A couple of weeks ago it was announced that the U.S. had agreed a memorandum of understanding, the details of which are not publicly known. 

What is clear, however, is that the memorandum of understanding which has been agreed, falls far short of the objective of regime change - for now at least. Some have suggested that Trump’s strategy is to put a pause on the war till after the mid-term elections in the United States, the mainstream media portrays it as Trump realising that attacking Iran was a policy blunder. 

So what do we expect to see from Bible prophecy? What we expect is the same as what we said we expected back before the war even started. From Bible in the News from February 1st 2026:

“What we know from Bible prophecy is that at the end times Israel will continue to exist and will be at peace. As Bible believers we could be confident that Iran’s 2040 target to destroy Israel would fail. Israel is described as “dwelling safely all of them”. Not some of them, not those in Tel Aviv, but all of them - and it even singles out the “mountains of Israel” / the West Bank as being an area where the God’s people will be dwelling safely. They are described as a “land of unwalled villages”, “at rest”, “that dwell safely”, and “having neither bars nor gates”

This situation simply could not come about while the political will to destroy Israel was so firm in Tehran, and the proxy network was intact. It could not come about with a nuclear Iran holding onto the obsession to destroy Israel.

Israel cannot live in peace and safely, without bars and gates while groups like Hamas and Hezbollah are funded specifically to attack and equipped by Iran to commit October 7th scale attacks on their communities.

And so as Bible believers the events over the last few years have not changed in relation to Iran. There must be dramatic change in Iran for the peace described in Ezekiel 38 to come about. 

While this is said, we do not expect Iran to become an ally of Israel either. The Shah of Iran was a great friend of Israel, and when he fell in 1979 Iran turned from being an ally to an enemy. His son, who some believe might take over should the current regime fall, promises to become a friend of Israel again. Should this happen it will be short lived, because we know from Ezekiel 38 that Iran (Persia), is one of the nations that comes against Israel in the Gogian confederacy. We see that at the time of the end Iran is hostile to Israel, but is not a threat to Israel by itself. Destroying Israel is no longer the government's primary goal, but Iran is instead a small part of an attacking force. As Bible believers we should expect to see ‘de-fanged’ Iran, not an allied Iran.”

The hatred we see in the Iranian government for God’s people is in line with what we see in Ezekiel 38. Bible prophecy shows that they are withheld from having the power to destroy Israel by themselves, but come as part of a large group of nations who believe that together they can destroy the State of Israel.

We know that we will be called by our Lord some time before the events in Ezekiel 38 are fulfilled. And so as we see the various pieces come together we know that the full picture will not become clear until after we are taken. We see Israel gathering upon the mountains of Israel, we see antisemitism growing in the world, hatred for Israel rising, Russia on the march. At the rate we see things move there seems like there will be little time for the judgement of the saints - even if Christ was to return today. Surely the return of Christ cannot be far off.