{"id":4919,"date":"2026-03-04T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=4919"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:28:07","slug":"watch-prophetic-russian-statesman-predict-wwiii-triggered-by-iran-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/watch-prophetic-russian-statesman-predict-wwiii-triggered-by-iran-escalation\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH \u2018Prophetic\u2019 Russian statesman predict WWIII triggered by Iran escalation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vladimir Zhirinovsky\u2019s 2019 warning has resurfaced following US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Late Russian firebrand politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky\u2019s prediction that a conflict centered on Iran could trigger World War III has resurfaced amid the major US and Israeli military campaign against Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>The US and Israel launched their joint assault over the weekend, saying it was aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons \u2013 allegations Tehran has denied, insisting its program is purely peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>The video featuring Zhirinovsky\u2019s prediction, originally recorded in 2019 right after parliamentary elections in Ukraine, shows the then-leader of Russia\u2019s Liberal Democratic Party, who died in 2022, warning about tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou do not take into account the situation in the Middle East. There will be such events that everyone will forget what Ukraine is,\u201d <\/em>the politician says in the clip.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe matter is about the Third World War,\u201d<\/em> Zhirinovsky continues, identifying Iran as a potential flashpoint.<\/p>\n<p>He adds in the clip that Israel will inevitably target Iranian nuclear facilities and argues that this will provoke swift retaliation from Tehran \u2013 giving Washington a pretext to intervene. The US, using Israel as justification, will then launch extensive bombing campaigns, possibly involving the deployment of <em>\u201cdevastating local weapons,\u201d<\/em> he says.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Aftermath of an airstrike in Tehran on March 2, 2026.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69a7537520302736315f4604.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/633161-israel-iran-new-strikes\/\">US announces \u2018deeper strikes\u2019 in Iran, Senate fails to curb Trump\u2019s war powers: Live Updates (PHOTOS, VIDEOS): As it happened<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cIran is not Vietnam, nor North Korea, nor Kosovo. Here were the most terrible events,\u201d <\/em>Zhirinovsky adds.<\/p>\n<p>Zhirinovsky\u2019s core message was that the West would soon lose interest in Ukraine due to a crisis in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>US-Israeli strikes on Iran, along with renewed Israeli attacks on Lebanon, have intensified since Saturday, with reported deaths topping 1,200. Missile and drone fire has spread across Iran, Israel, and the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>Israel said it hit targets in Lebanon after Hezbollah launched rockets in retaliation for the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in weekend strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s response to what it called a regime-change operation has also disrupted crude oil and liquefied natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 a key global shipping route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir Zhirinovsky\u2019s 2019 warning has resurfaced following US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic Late Russian firebrand politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky\u2019s prediction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4919"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4923,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919\/revisions\/4923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}