# Ayatollah is LOSING CONTROL as IRGC flexes POWER

https://mins.news/en/video/68173

- Fox News, 2026-09-22 01:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnjeeRdaG5E

> Kirk Lippold, who previously commanded the USS Cole, considers worsening Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, Iran’s influence across the region and the possibility that the United States could become more deeply involved in the conflict.

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