{"id":91472,"date":"2026-04-07T19:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=91472"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:05:01","slug":"is-the-middle-east-about-to-explode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/04\/07\/is-the-middle-east-about-to-explode\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Middle East about to explode?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have just published this short video<\/a> on YouTube and other channels.<\/p>\n

This is the transcript:<\/p>\n

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This is the evening of Tuesday, the 7th April 2026. Remember it. This might be the last time we have something approximating to world peace for some time to come.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump is threatening tonight to blast Iran. He\u2019s saying he\u2019s sending it to hell. He\u2019s going to attack the power plants. He\u2019s going to attack the bridges. He\u2019s going to attack the desalination plants. He\u2019s going to attack the civilian population.<\/p>\n

All of those things are war crimes, and all of them are because Iran is not reopening the Strait of Hormuz, something that was open before he attacked Iran, with Israel, on February 28th.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be clear about what is going to happen. If Trump attacks Iran as he says he will, Iran will defend itself. In international law, it has the right to do so. It is being attacked by an aggressor who has no legal basis for its action. As a consequence, it says it will knock out desalination plants in Saudi Arabia, in Dubai, in Kuwait, in Oman, and in Qatar.<\/p>\n

The consequence? People across the whole of the Middle East will be without water. Without water, people will be on the move. We could be seeing the biggest refugee crisis in history created overnight, and at the same time, we could see an escalation of a war that is already having a massive global political cost to a scale that we cannot imagine at present.<\/p>\n

All of this is dependent upon Donald Trump, a man who is, by all accounts, frankly insane, mad, out of control, and utterly incapable of making a logical decision.<\/p>\n

This man has got his hands on the weapons to deliver annihilation, as he puts it, for the people of Iran.<\/p>\n

The threat is real. The consequences will be dire. As you go to bed tonight, you might want to think about praying. If you don\u2019t regularly, this might be the moment to try. By tomorrow morning, we may not have world peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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