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Hey-Hey Sovereign Wealth Builders,

Last week we covered Week Two of the Iran war and why I argued that the conflict was already moving toward an endgame. This week we move into Week Three. And now the pattern is becoming harder to ignore. The war looks worse on the surface. But structurally, every major player now appears to have more to gain from ending it than continuing it. That is why I believe the settlement phase has begun. Tonight on Simon Dixon Hard Talk I’ll break down Week Three of the Iran war and explain why this crisis may be transitioning from the military phase into the financial settlement phase. And why the next phase may bring us one step closer to the agenda: “You will own nothing and be happy.”

Part One: Iran War Week 3 — The Financial Industrial Complex Settlement Phase

In part one I’ll walk through the third week of the conflict and explain why the visible war and the real war are operating on two different layers.

We’ll cover:

• Why the key question is no longer “who is winning?” but whether anyone has a rational reason to continue the war
• Why oil returning to the $115 ceiling may be proving that every player has now hit the pain threshold
• Why markets are pricing containment and resolution, even while the headlines look more chaotic
• The leadership disruption inside Iran and Israel and why that may be clearing the path to a deal
• Why the Strait of Hormuz may still be controlled more by insurance markets than military force
• Why this is no longer just an oil story, but a repricing of LNG, fertilizer, aluminium, petrochemicals, helium, AI supply chains and food systems

We’ll also break down the most important signal of the week:

• Iran’s strike on Qatar’s Ras Laffan and Mesaieed
• QatarEnergy declaring force majeure
• European gas surging 52%
• And why the entity that “lost” supply may actually own the replacement supply through Golden Pass LNG in Texas

We’ll also cover:

• Why Russia is still emerging as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the war
• How the conflict is splitting the energy map into US LNG for Europe / Russian oil for Asia / Iranian oil for China
• Why private credit, Treasury yields, and stagflation pressure are turning the war into a financial stress event
• Why the old Western-dominated order may be burning up in the Middle East so it can be renegotiated into a multipolar world

And we’ll close with what comes next:

• resource control
• demand reduction
• behavior change
• energy-saving “lockdowns”
• tokenized consumption
• and the road to individual carbon tracking

Part Two: Weaponizing the Iran War: “You Will Own Nothing & Be Happy”

My Second Interview by Peter McCormack

In part two I’ll be airing my second intervi