Iran’s $2 Trillion Threat Raises Stakes as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate
October 12, 2026
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5 min readIran’s $2 Trillion Threat Raises Stakes as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate
A top advisor to Iran’s Ayatollah has publicly threatened to destroy $2 trillion in U.S. assets across the Middle East—including data centers, fiber-optic cables, and artificial intelligence facilities—if the Trump administration escalates its military campaign against Iran. The warning came as Iran struck multiple oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding waters, test-fired ballistic missiles and drones, and released footage of burning vessels. The episode lays out the mechanics of how Iran is asserting control over one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, and why U.S. efforts to bypass that control are failing.
The $2 Trillion Target
Moshin Razai, the top advisor to Iran’s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, gave an interview in which he claimed to know the locations of all U.S.-built data centers in the UAE and surrounding Arab nations. “We have not yet included these assets among our targets,” Razai said. “But if war breaks out, many of these cables, data centers, artificial intelligence facilities, and numerous other sites will be destroyed. Their dollar value is almost beyond calculation.”
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:45) **Iran Threatens $2 Trillion in Damages Against US Assets** - Top advisor to Iran's Ayatollah warns of destroying US data centers and undersea cables in the region if war escalates.
- 2 (02:53) **Iran Launches Military Drills and Strikes Tankers** - Iran test-fires ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones while striking multiple tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman.
- 3 (04:32) **Iran Targets Ship-to-Ship Oil Transfers** - Iran says it will strike VLCCs and other tankers involved in ship-to-ship transfers used to bypass the blockade.
- 4 (06:21) **Mohsen Razai's Interview: $2 Trillion Threat** - Razai explicitly details the value of US assets in the UAE and surrounding area, including data centers and AI facilities.
- 5 (07:24) **Razai Mocks Trump and US Navy** - Razai posts a message calling Trump's war "idiotic" and the US Navy a disgrace for resorting to smuggling.
- 6 (08:12) **Map of Data Centers Near Iran** - The host shows a map of major data centers (Microsoft, G42, Presight, AIQ) surrounding Iran, all within easy striking range.
- 7 (09:14) **Iran Rejects US Deal, Demands Seven Conditions** - Razai says the Trump regime has been begging for a deal but Iran is rejecting the US response as inadequate.
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Show Notes
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Iran's warning threatening $2 trillion worth of U.S. infrastructure as tensions escalate. Meiselas breaks down the reported strikes on four tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's latest missile, drone, and aircraft tests, and questions about whether Iranian diesel is being sold to the United States through Russia under Trump's diesel deal.
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