India, March 9 -- Chinese-Canadian historian Jiang Xueqin's 2024 lecture has gone viral on social media after several of his geopolitical predictions, such as Donald Trump's electoral comeback and a significant clash with Iran, line up with the current Middle East developments.

The academic, sometimes dubbed "China's Nostradamus," predicted in the lecture that Trump would return to power in the United States and that tensions between Washington and Tehran could escalate into war.

Following the failure of diplomatic negotiations, Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a concerted military attack on Iran in an attempt to destroy the nation's nuclear capabilities.

Iran replied by launching a series of military...