If ever there was a HINT at what's actually coming (soon) this seems to be it: More than 15 countries are urgently advising their citizens to leave Iran immediately.
Many nations are telling their citizens to get out of the Middle East
These citizens need to leave Iran imminently.
US - Leave immediately
Germany - Leave
Italy - Leave if possible
Spain - Leave ASAP
Poland - Leave immediately
France - Leave
UK - Leave if possible
Canada - Leave now
Finland - Leave / avoid travel
Sweden - Leave (no evacuation guarantee)
Serbia - Leave ASAP
Cyprus - Avoid travel / leave
India - Leave expeditiously
S Korea - Leave / avoid travel
Singapore - Leave if possible
Australia - Leave ASAP
China - Leave
Brazil - Leave if possible
UPDATE 2:47 PM EDT --
Now CHINA, too:
New Chinese warning for its citizens to leave Iran
— Middle Eastern Affairs (@OpsHQs) April 24, 2026
China has indicated continued security risks, calling on its citizens to leave Iranian territory as soon as possible." pic.twitter.com/zcvcwgY4CI
China issued the same warning on February 27, one day before the US and Israel started the war.
Hal Turner Analysis
Yesterday, as part of Subscriber-Only content, I reported "Word from Intel sources today inform me that behind-the-scenes negotiations with Iran have hit a sort of brick wall. Iran absolutely demands the Sanctions be lifted in return for opening the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. says no."
This was part of a much larger COVERT INTEL reveal about signs that hostilities are about to resume. If you are a Subscriber to this website, you read this yesterday. If you're not a Subscriber, you're only getting bits and pieces. Alas, some people choose to live on scraps because they won't part with $1 a week to Subscribe!
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So here we are, on Friday, 24 April 2026, and the world is blissfully unaware that behind-the-scenes negotiations have hit a brick wall. But all the countries named above are urgently telling citizens to LEAVE Iran - immediately. The mass media isn't reporting THIS either.
It seems to me, and this is just my personal analysis, that we either see a major breakthrough in negotiations - TODAY- or we likely see resumption of hostilities this weekend.
Markets have to Factor-in to this Administration's war decision because Lord knows the US Administration has been deliberately releasing certain statements, at certain times, to keep markets under control, for weeks!
They don't want major oil price spikes even though the present, ongoing halt to Persian Gulf oil supplies is rapidly becoming a shortage/outage problem in countries all over the world.
The Administration is doing everything it can to push the "narrative" that everything is going to work out. I do not share their view.
Iran knows it has the entire world by the balls. Without the flow of about twenty percent of global oil needs, countries all over the world are having to open up their reserves to make-up for the oil they're no longer receiving. Those reserves are finite. Here is how finite they are:
Specifically, as of 17 April 2026, the following countries had the following DAYS of reserves left:
Japan: 260 Days
Singapore: 245 Days
South Korea: 210 Days
Venezuela:~886 Years
USA: 200 Days
Taiwan: 150 Days
China: 104 Days
France: 94 Days
Germany: 92 Days
Spain: 92 Days
Italy: 91 Days
UK: 85 Days
Netherlands: 82 Days
Turkey: 78 Days
India: 74 Days
Poland: 72 Days
Australia: 58 Days
South Africa: 52 Days
Brazil: 48 Days
Vietnam: 45 Days
Thailand: 42 Days
Malaysia: 38 Days
Indonesia: 34 Days
Philippines: 30 Days
Mexico: 28 Days
Egypt: 26 Days
Argentina: 24 Days
Chile: 22 Days
Colombia: 21 Days
Bangladesh: 18 Days
Morocco: 15 Days
Nigeria: 14 Days
Pakistan: 11 Days
Sri Lanka: 10 Days
Kenya: 9 Days
Ethiopia: 8 Days
Ukraine: 7 Days
Iraq: 6 Days
Lebanon: 5 Days
Jordan: 4 Days
Ghana: 3 Days
The countries appearing in RED are now, OUT of oil reserves.
After the reserves run out, there is maybe a week or two of actual fuel available and then . . . . it all stops. All economic activity grinds to a halt.
Trucks cannot deliver goods without fuel. No goods mean inventories in stores run out because inventory in warehouses cannot be delivered. Manufacturers cannot ship to warehouses or to stores. Everything HAS TO stop. Economic cataclysm.
And all Iran has to do to make this happen, is . . . . nothing. All they have to do, is wait.
The global economy cannot absorb this. It cannot allow this to take place. So . . . . . something has to give.
Thus, the likelihood of military action is increasing by the minute, but there's a problem with THAT, too.
If the US and Israel resume hostilities, both sides are already publicly reporting it will be far worse than what took place earlier. Far more lethal for all sides.
And while the military action is being done, the strait of Hormuz REMAINS closed. The oil still doesn't move.
Making things even more dire, Iran may tell the Houthis in Yemen to shut the Bab al-Mandab strait, leading into the Red Sea and thus leading to the Suez canal. If that happens, what little oil has been redirected from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, will immediately stop.
With the Persian Gulf shut off, and then the Red Sea shut off, that means thirty-two percent (32%) of global oil is stopped. The trouble gets worse, faster.
So we're all in a real mess, thanks to the Israelis, who just cannot seem to control their almost psychotic paranoia about people ready to attack them, and their arrogant belief they can simply attack anyone they want, anywhere, at anytime, and no one can do anything about it. The Israelis have gotten us ALL into a huge mess.
The smartest move in this whole thing, is for the US to agree to Iran's demands, and end all hostilities. Yes, we will lose. Lose face. Lose global respect to some degree. But what other choice is there?
The Israelis will go berserk, but without the US giving them more weapons, any Israeli military effort will not last long.
Iran has likely MINED the strait of Hormuz and even if hostilities end immediately, it may take MONTHS to clear the strait of mines - so global economic collapse may be UNAVOIDABLE at this point!
Our choices seem to be:
1) End hostilities now, try to get Hormuz re-opened with Iranian cooperation, and lose face, OR;
2) Resume hostilities, which means the oil flow stops worse (Red Sea offline), expend countless billions more in military effort, cause the deaths of tens-of-thousands, and destroy infrastructure costing Billions, just to have to take more months trying to open the strait.
I opt for #1. It seems to me to be the fastest, most realistic solution.
You win some, you lose some. That's life. We have no choice but to deal with it after being coerced into a battle that never should have started.
As for Israel: Screw them. In fact, I want US Aid to Israel cut in order to recover the costs of the trouble they caused.
Sadly, with the URGENT WARNINGS being issued as reported above, by so many countries, it appears to me the powers-that-be are choosing Option 2: Resuming hostilities.
That means everything is going to get worse for all of us. A LOT WORSE. Supply-chain disruptions are already beginning. They will crater the economy. Then the shortages and product outages come; certain things simply no longer available. Then the RATIONING comes.
All because the powers-that-be-couldn't just accept the reality their decision to attack Iran was a bad decision. THEY will never admit they did wrong. Their egos are too fragile to admit they were wrong. And their arrogance is so stupendous, they think the rest of us suffering for their bad decisions is somehow worth it. It isn't.
I still hope for a major breakthrough TODAY. It is possible. Not likely. Possible.
Pray.
UPDATE 12:27 PM EDT --
BREAKTHROUGH ?!?!?!?!?!?!
