Hormuz Crisis Tracker — 2026-06-13 · Cycle 2 (C146)
War Day: 106 | Ceasefire Day: 68 (Apr 8 ceasefire baseline; Geneva confirmed as Sunday signing venue (Reuters) + Vance ↔ Iran Parliament Speaker Qalibaf as signatories disclosed + Israel strikes Tyre Jun 13 — Lebanon ceasefire faltering inside signing weekend + Khamenei sign-off status unresolved — senior admin official "sidestepped" the question contradicting Trump's "I understand the answer is yes" + OPEC+ fourth quota hike since closure + Iran-Israel direct-leg pause 9TH WINDOW HOLDS) | Cycle: C146 (C2 of 2026-06-13, ~mid-afternoon CEST run; ~6-7h delta from C145 c1)
Grok bridge: NO — Apple Notes Grok_outputs folder enumeration returns prior pattern; full ~10-topic web sweep executed (signing-venue + Lebanon-leg + Khamenei-tier + Israel-tier + OPEC tier).
Baseline: C145 / 2026-06-13 c1 (Trump "DISHONORABLE" reversal + Pakistan PM "final text" + Iran FM Araghchi "Islamabad MoU closer than ever" + overnight Iran drone salvo at Hormuz commercial ships + Bab al-Mandeb double-missile cargo strike + Mojtaba Khamenei courier-network sign-off pending + Brent $87.33 / WTI $84.88 eight-week-low close).
PROVENANCE NOTE (Scout desktop, 2026-06-13 c2, ~mid-afternoon CEST): C146 reads a ~6-7h delta dominated by venue+signatories disclosure crystallizing the C145 deal frame: REUTERS confirms GENEVA as Sunday Jun 14 signing venue + signatory pair publicly disclosed as VP Vance ↔ Iran Parliament Speaker Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf (NOT Mojtaba Khamenei directly, addressing the courier-network bottleneck), paired with C-17 logistics pre-stage confirmed (4 USAF C-17s departed Thursday with Vance equipment to Geneva). The Lebanon-leg suffered a fresh Israeli strike on Tyre Jun 13 — Lebanon ceasefire "faltering" inside the signing weekend — Polymarket Israel-Hezbollah deal odds collapse to 2.6% YES for the Jun 15 deadline. The Khamenei tier widens visibly: a senior US administration official "sidestepped" the question of whether Mojtaba Khamenei has personally signed off — directly contradicting Trump's "I understand the answer is yes" claim from C145. The OPEC+ tier upshifts with the fourth oil-output-quota hike since Hormuz closure approved Jun 7 carryover-confirmed by CNBC. Trump's "dishonorable" framing expanded to specify the overnight drone attack targeted "Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait" ("TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE") — re-framing the Hormuz drone salvo as an Iran-vs-India targeting event with the US naval overwatch as the protective interposition (deepens the C145 dual-doctrine framing). Markets are closed for the weekend so Brent/WTI carry the $87.33/$84.88 8-week-low close into the Sunday-Geneva binary. Net: C145's "leader-tier reverses while mediator-tier confirms" framing now resolves into a hard 24-36h binary: Geneva-Sunday-Vance-Qalibaf signing actualizes OR slips; Lebanon-leg fire compounds the structural risk of weekend signing failure; Khamenei sign-off remains the central bottleneck with Trump and admin officials sending opposing signals on whether it has been delivered.
⚡ CRITICAL FLAGS THIS CYCLE (C145 → C146 DELTAS)
- 🟢 GENEVA CONFIRMED AS SUNDAY SIGNING VENUE (REUTERS): Per Reuters source confirmed via HuffPost / Detroit News / Business Standard / Outlook India / TBS News: "A memorandum between the United States and Iran to halt the war in the Gulf could be signed as soon as Sunday (14 June), a western source told Reuters on June 12, with Geneva emerging as the likeliest venue." This crystallizes the C145 "Saturday or Monday Europe" framing into a hard 24h-36h binary. Significance: first locked venue+date disclosure from a Reuters-attributed Western source; the C145 "weekend or Monday" window narrows to a single specific signing event.
- 🟢 SIGNATORIES DISCLOSED: VP VANCE ↔ IRAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER QALIBAF (NOT KHAMENEI DIRECTLY): Per Reuters/HuffPost: "The agreement could be signed by US Vice President JD Vance and Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf, with the language in the memorandum still being finalised." Significance: this resolves the C145 Khamenei courier-network bottleneck via a procedural workaround — Qalibaf signs as Iran's representative under (implicit) Khamenei mandate. The MoU mechanism can complete without Khamenei publicly signing, addressing the "designated target" hide-in-place constraint. The risk inverts: Khamenei need not sign in person, but the Iran-side political cover for Qalibaf signing must be issued through the courier-network in time for Sunday Geneva.
- 🟢 C-17 LOGISTICS PRE-STAGE CONFIRMED: "Four U.S. Air Force C-17 planes departed to Europe on Thursday, moving equipment for possible travel by Vice President Vance to a signing ceremony in Geneva in the coming days." Significance: this is the most concrete logistics-tier US commitment to the deal architecture — pre-positioning Vance security/comms equipment to Geneva confirms the US side has crossed the operational-prep threshold. C-17 dispatch is a procedural lock that cannot be retracted at Trump-tier rhetoric speed.
- 🔴 ISRAEL STRIKES TYRE JUN 13 — LEBANON CEASEFIRE "FALTERING" INSIDE SIGNING WEEKEND: Per CryptoBriefing Jun 13 confirmed: "Israel has conducted an airstrike on the Lebanese city of Tyre, amidst a fragile cease-fire that was brokered by the United States." This is a fresh strike concurrent with the Sunday-Geneva signing window. Polymarket Israel-Hezbollah Permanent Peace Deal market drops to 2.6% YES for Jun 15 deadline; Israel Lebanon Ceasefire Extension market shows decreased probability. Significance: the single most operationally risky inflection inside the signing weekend — direct Israeli kinetic on Lebanon territory while the MoU explicitly covers Lebanon (per Trump framing) directly stress-tests whether Iran-side "suspension contingent on Lebanon" carryover holds through Sunday Geneva. Lebanon-leg now structurally separated from Hormuz-leg trajectory.
- 🔴 KHAMENEI SIGN-OFF STATUS UNRESOLVED — ADMIN OFFICIAL "SIDESTEPPED" QUESTION; CONTRADICTS TRUMP "I UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER IS YES": Per CNN Jun 12 live-blog confirmed: "a senior administration official declined to say whether Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has personally signed off on the current agreement being negotiated between Tehran and Washington. When asked directly whether Iran's supreme leader has approved the memorandum of understanding, the official sidestepped the question." Earlier Trump claimed "I understand the answer is yes." Significance: the C145 highest-tier US claim (Khamenei has approved) is contradicted at administration-official tier within ~6-7h. The "comfortable with where negotiations stand" framing (C145) is the only sign-off claim that survives both tiers. The Qalibaf-as-signatory disclosure (above) is the procedural workaround that finesses this contradiction.
- 🔴 TRUMP "DISHONORABLE" FRAMING SPECIFIES INDIAN SHIPS — RE-FRAMES OVERNIGHT DRONE SALVO: Per Times of Israel / Fox News: Trump's Truth Social specifies the overnight Iran drone salvo targeted "Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait" — calls this "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE." Significance: the C145 "Iran drones at commercial ships in Hormuz" framing gains India-specific targeting — this aligns with the C145 "44 Indian seafarers exposed in 48h cluster" thesis and reinforces the India-side "Highest Alert" framing. Trump is leveraging India's casualty cluster (3 Indians dead Settebello) into a deal-pressure narrative against Iran — implicit bridge to MEA "Highest Alert" carryover.
- 🟢 OPEC+ FOURTH OIL OUTPUT QUOTA HIKE SINCE HORMUZ CLOSURE — APPROVED JUN 7: Per CNBC + Business Standard + Yahoo + Egypt Oil&Gas: "OPEC+ approves fourth oil output quota hike since Hormuz closure" confirmed Jun 7 (carries through C146 window). Total quota increases April through June: ~600K bpd cumulative quota uplift across the seven core members; actual production averaging 33.19 mb/d in April vs 42.77 mb/d February (~9.58 mb/d structural drop). Significance: the supply-side counter-frame to deal-driven price moves — OPEC+ has now committed publicly to four quota hikes but the actual delivery gap remains massive. The Saudi C145 OPEC Secretariat survey upshift to ~9.356 mb/d is the first cycle showing meaningful actual-delivery progress; OPEC+ structural drop confirms the 9-10 mb/d Hormuz-related shortfall.
- 🟢 REUTERS IRANIAN-SOURCE DEAL TEXT — CONFIRMS C145 14-POINT ELEMENTS: Per Reuters via HuffPost: "A senior Iranian source told Reuters that the draft would waive sanctions on Iran's oil, unfreeze billions of dollars of its funds, and require a cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. Additionally, nuclear issues would be set aside for later talks." Confirms C145 14-point text element-set from Iran-source tier. Significance: ministerial-tier Iranian source cross-confirms Pakistan PM Sharif's "final text reached" framing and Trump-administration framing on sanctions/funds release — three-tier source convergence on substance.
- 🔴 STRUCTURAL FLOOR HOLDS — NO RETRACTIONS, NO P&I RE-ENTRY, NO BAB AL-MANDEB DE-ESCALATION:
- 🟢 BRENT $87.33 / WTI $84.88 — CARRY 8-WEEK-LOW CLOSE INTO SUNDAY GENEVA BINARY: Markets closed for weekend; Friday Jun 12 settles carry. Goldman $100 "adverse case" $13 from threshold; mediator-tier > leader-tier pricing carries; Monday open faces hard binary against Sunday Geneva signing actualization or slippage. Significance: pricing locked in at 8-week-low awaiting Sunday signing event; Monday gap-down or gap-up tied directly to Geneva binary.
- ⏳ QATAR LNG MID-JUNE FORCE MAJEURE — DECISION WINDOW NOW 0-2 DAYS: Bloomberg + Gasworld + Energy News Beat + Rigzone carries; force majeure extends through "mid-June"; Ras Laffan Trains 4+6 at 12.8 Mtpa (17% of Qatar exports) offline 3-5 yrs; decision falls inside or immediately after Geneva-Sunday signing window.
- ⏳ PHILIPPINES JUN 30 FUEL-VISIBILITY DEADLINE — 17 DAYS: PAL+Cebu visibility ends Jun 30; rationing watch July; Marcos EO 110 holds; 45-day DOE baseline; deadline tightens.
- ⏳ IRAQ K-C CONTRACT JUL 27 — 44 DAYS: AGBI "two months left" framing carries; pipeline ~250K bpd export rate; Iraqi cabinet target 770K within 2.5 months; contract expiry inside deal-implementation horizon if 60-day extension materializes.
1. Conflict Status
War Day 106 / Ceasefire Day 68. C145 → C146 (~6-7h): venue+signatories crystallize — Reuters: GENEVA SUNDAY signing window; VP Vance ↔ Iran Parliament Speaker Qalibaf as signatories (NOT Khamenei directly); 4 USAF C-17s pre-staged equipment to Geneva Thursday. Lebanon-leg fire: ISRAEL STRIKES TYRE JUN 13 — Lebanon ceasefire "faltering" inside signing weekend; Polymarket Israel-Hezbollah deal odds collapse to 2.6% YES Jun 15 deadline. Khamenei sign-off contradicted at admin-official tier — "sidestepped" the question directly opposing Trump's "I understand the answer is yes." Trump "dishonorable" framing specifies overnight drone salvo targeted "Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait." OPEC+ fourth quota hike since Hormuz closure approved Jun 7 (cumulative ~600K bpd across April-June). Reuters Iranian source cross-confirms 14-point text substance. Structural floor unchanged: IRGC closure Day 3, P&I absent Day 68, war premium $10-14M unchanged; no new Bab al-Mandeb escalation in window; Iran-Israel direct-leg 9th window holds. Markets closed; Brent $87.33 / WTI $84.88 8-week-low close carries into Sunday Geneva binary.
Cross-leg status (C146):
- 🟢 Iran-Israel direct-leg: PAUSE HOLDS — 9TH WINDOW EXTENDS — no kinetic in window despite Tyre strike + Trump "dishonorable" carry
- 🟡 Iran-US Hormuz-leg: NO new drone salvo C146 window; CENTCOM "traffic flow continues unimpeded" carries; dual-doctrine framing extends — quiescent
- 🔴 Iran-US blockade-leg: 100 commercial vessels redirected CENTCOM milestone carries; no 10th tanker disablement in window — holds
- 🔴 Iran-US rhetorical-leg: Trump "DISHONORABLE" expanded to specify Indian-ships targeting; "totally unacceptable" framing carries — rhetorical-floor holds
- 🟢 Iran intra-elite: Reuters Iranian-source confirms 14-point text substance — three-tier convergence (Pakistan PM + Iran FM Araghchi + Iran ministerial source); Qalibaf as Iran signatory disclosed — REPAIR continues
- 🔴 Israel-MOU posture: Netanyahu non-party stipulation carries; Tyre strike inside signing weekend stress-tests Iran-side "Lebanon part of ceasefire" framing
- 🔴 Lebanon-leg: FRESH TYRE STRIKE JUN 13 — Polymarket Israel-Hezbollah deal 2.6% YES Jun 15 deadline; UN-probe carries 16 killed Jun 10
- 🟡 Yemen/Red Sea-leg: No new Houthi attacks in C146 window; transit down >50% Jun 10-16 carries — holds at structural-tightening
- 🟢 Mediation: PAKISTAN PM "FINAL TEXT" + Iran FM Araghchi + Qatar delegation + Treasury Bessent + REUTERS Iranian-source = four-tier substance convergence; Geneva-Sunday-Vance-Qalibaf as procedural endpoint
Key Jun 13 c2 events (~6-7h delta from C145 c1):
- 🟢 Reuters: Geneva confirmed as Sunday Jun 14 signing venue
- 🟢 Reuters: VP Vance ↔ Iran Parliament Speaker Qalibaf as signatories (Khamenei courier-network bottleneck procedurally finessed)
- 🟢 4 USAF C-17 dispatch to Geneva Thursday confirmed
- 🔴 Israel strikes Tyre Jun 13 — Lebanon ceasefire "faltering" — Polymarket 2.6% YES Jun 15
- 🔴 Admin-official "sidesteps" Khamenei sign-off question — contradicts Trump's "I understand the answer is yes"
- 🔴 Trump "dishonorable" framing specifies overnight drone salvo targeted Indian ships
- 🟢 Reuters Iranian source confirms 14-point text element-set (sanctions waive + funds unfreeze + Lebanon ceasefire + nuclear deferral)
- 🟢 OPEC+ fourth quota hike since Hormuz closure (Jun 7 carries)
- 🟢 Iran-Israel direct-leg 9th window holds through Tyre strike + Trump rhetoric + Hormuz drone carry
- 🔴 IRGC formal closure Day 3 unretracted concurrent with venue+signatories disclosure
- 🔴 P&I Day 68 absent — no underwriter re-quote signal
- 🟡 No new Hormuz drone salvo in window; CENTCOM "unimpeded" framing carries
- 🟡 No new Bab al-Mandeb attacks in window
- ⏳ Qatar LNG decision window 0-2 days (narrows)
- ⏳ Philippines Jun 30 — 17 days
- ⏳ Iraq K-C Jul 27 — 44 days
Cumulative casualties (C145 baseline + C146 updates):
- Iran civilians killed: 1,701+ HRANA STALE / 3,468 Foundation of Martyrs May 5 (no update in window)
- Iran displaced: ~3.2M IDPs (carryover)
- US KIA/wounded: 13 / 381+ (no new in window)
- Seafarers (cumulative IMO): 46 attacks + 14 fatalities since Feb 28 (C145 baseline); Settebello 3 dead + Bab al-Mandeb 1 severely injured Jun 13 carries
- Lebanon cumulative: ~3,533+ killed / ~10,723+ wounded; +Tyre Jun 13 strike toll TBD; +16 killed Jun 10 Tayr Debba/Deir Qanoun/Tyre carries — UN $365M destruction bill carries
Ceasefire likelihood assessment (C146): HOLD at LOW-MODERATE for next 36h (specifically tied to Sunday Geneva signing window) — Geneva confirmation as venue + Vance/Qalibaf signatories disclosure raises procedural confidence; Khamenei-tier admin contradiction lowers confidence on Iran-side political cover; Tyre strike during signing weekend introduces fresh Lebanon-leg break risk. DOWNGRADE further to LOW for 14-day window if Sunday Geneva signing slips OR Tyre-strike escalates to multi-day kinetic OR Khamenei courier-network cover fails to materialize for Qalibaf signing. Critical inflections next 24-36h: (1) Does Sunday Geneva signing actualize with Vance + Qalibaf present; (2) Does Israel-Lebanon strike pattern hold or expand; (3) Does Khamenei courier-network cover for Qalibaf materialize; (4) Does Trump walk back "dishonorable" rhetoric or escalate; (5) Does IRGC retract formal closure concurrent with Sunday signing; (6) Does Iran-Israel direct-leg 10th window hold through weekend; (7) Does Qatar LNG decision land inside/outside signing window; (8) Does any new Hormuz or Bab al-Mandeb kinetic flare; (9) Does Israel issue any formal posture statement on Geneva signing.
2. Strait of Hormuz — Operational Status
| Parameter | Current Status | Δ vs C145 c1 |
|---|---|---|
| Transits/day | ~2 PortWatch baseline + IRGC-permission aggregate; CENTCOM "international trade corridor remains open" + "traffic flow continues unimpeded" | CARRY |
| Iran formal closure | C141 declaration STILL HOLDS Day 3 — no retraction concurrent with Geneva-venue+Vance-Qalibaf signatories disclosure | CARRY — no retraction Day 3 |
| Strait status | DUAL-DOCTRINE: Iran says CLOSED; US says OPEN; ~1,550 cumulative stranded; ~22,500 mariners | CARRY |
| US kinetic activity | No new C146 window kinetic; CENTCOM Jun 13 overnight-interception statement carries | 🟡 QUIESCENT |
| Iran kinetic activity — Hormuz-leg | No new C146 window drone salvo; Trump "totally unacceptable" specifying "Indian Ships" carries | 🟡 QUIESCENT (rhetoric carries) |
| Iran kinetic activity — US-leg (third-night) | Tri-state retaliation closed C141 window; no new in C146 window | CARRY |
| Iran-Israel direct-leg | PAUSE HOLDS NINTH WINDOW EXTENDS — Tyre strike + Trump "dishonorable" + Hormuz drone do not trigger Iran-side reactivation | 🟢 EXTENDS |
| US blockade — political | "Pay the price" + Kharg-takeover threat C143 carries; Trump "DISHONORABLE" + "get their act together FAST" C145 carries | CARRY |
| US blockade — physical | 100 commercial vessels redirected CENTCOM milestone carries; MT Jalveer 9th disablement carries; no 10th in window | CARRY |
| India safe passage | Trump "Indian Ships" framing draws India deeper into deal-pressure narrative; Sonowal repatriation operational; MEA "Highest Alert" carries; bilateral exception unaffected | 🟡 INDIA-FRAMING DEEPENS |
| China bilateral exception | No new movement; CENTCOM "international trade corridor open" framing carries; bilateral exception under IRGC-permission framework | CARRY |
| IRGC posture | Formal closure declaration Day 3 HOLDS; permission-framework operational; no new C146 kinetic but C145 drone-salvo doctrine carries | 🔴 DOCTRINE-LOCK HOLDS |
| Houthi Red Sea blockade | No new attacks in C146 window; transit down >50% Jun 10-16 carries; "complete ban on enemy navigation" carries; Jun 13 double-missile strike (1 severely injured) carries | 🟡 QUIESCENT (post-strike) |
| Mine threat | CRITICAL (JMIC formal) | CARRY |
| Mine clearance / escort | RFA Lyme Bay + HMS Dragon ETA window; gate=peace agreement; gate TIGHT-OPENS if Sunday Geneva signing actualizes; 14-point draft 30-day Iran mine-clearance commitment | 🟡 TIGHT-OPEN (Sunday-binary) |
| P&I re-entry | NO re-entry Day 68; Lloyd's framing carries; safety-data accumulation thesis hardens via C145 drone + Bab al-Mandeb carry | 🔴 RESTART CLOCK HOLDS RESET |
| Seafarers stranded | ~22,500; IMO cumulative 46 attacks + 14 fatalities since Feb 28; Settebello 3 dead + Jun 13 Bab al-Mandeb 1 severely injured carries | CARRY |
| Vessels stranded | 1,550+ cumulative; 60 VLCCs MEG; ~265 anchored/stopped (straits.live); 100 vessels redirected per CENTCOM carries | CARRY |
| Iraq Kirkuk-Ceyhan contract | Expires Jul 27 — 44 days; ~250K bpd current; Iraqi cabinet target 770K within 2.5 months | CARRY |
| Iraq Hormuz/Basra June throughput | ~7M bbl already matches Apr+May combined; Basra terminals operational under IRGC-permission framework (C145 NEW carries) | CARRY |
| Iran $2M safe-passage fee / "Hormuz Safe" | Status ambiguous under formal closure + IRGC permission-framework | CARRY |
| Sunday Geneva signing window | REUTERS CONFIRMED: Sunday Jun 14 Geneva; VP Vance ↔ Iran Parliament Speaker Qalibaf; 4 USAF C-17s pre-staged to Geneva Thursday; language being finalized | 🟢 NEW C146 — VENUE + SIGNATORIES LOCKED |
| Khamenei sign-off | CONTRADICTED: senior admin official "sidestepped" question; Trump claims "I understand the answer is yes"; civilian/military reps attest leader "comfortable" carries; Qalibaf-as-signatory finesses requirement for personal sign-off | 🔴 NEW C146 — TIER CONTRADICTION |
| 14-point text Reuters cross-confirm | NEW: Reuters Iranian-source: "waive sanctions on Iran's oil, unfreeze billions of dollars of its funds, require cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon; nuclear issues set aside for later talks" | 🟢 NEW C146 — THREE-TIER SUBSTANCE CONVERGENCE |
3. Tanker Attack Log
Running total: ~95+ commercial+infrastructure incidents + Apache + Jun 9-10 US-Iran exchange + Jun 10-11 US wave + MT JALVEER (9th US disablement) + OVERNIGHT JUN 12-13 IRAN DRONE SALVO (multiple drones at commercial ships, all shot down) + JUN 13 BAB AL-MANDEB DOUBLE-MISSILE HOUTHI ATTACK (1 severely injured); IMO cumulative 46 attacks + 14 seafarer fatalities since Feb 28. C146 window: NO NEW ATTACK EVENTS — first quiescent ~6-7h window since C141 onset.
| Date | Vessel/Target | Flag/Operator | Location | Type | Damage/Casualties | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13 morning to mid-afternoon CEST (C146 window) | NONE | — | — | — | NO NEW ATTACK EVENTS | 🟡 QUIESCENT |
| Jun 13 (carryover) | Cargo ship | TBD | Bab al-Mandeb, Yemen coast | Houthi double-missile (≥3 missiles) | 1 seafarer severely injured; crew abandoned | CARRY |
| Jun 12-13 overnight (carryover) | Multiple commercial ships transiting Hormuz | Various; Trump specifies "Indian Ships" | Strait of Hormuz | Iran multiple one-way attack drones; all shot down by US naval forces | 0 vessel casualties; CENTCOM "unimpeded" | CARRY + Trump India-specificity |
| Jun 10 (carryover) | MT JALVEER | Guinea-Bissau flag; 20 Indian crew | 21nm NE Sohar, Gulf of Oman | 9th CENTCOM Hellfire disablement | 0 casualties per C143 baseline | CARRY |
| Jun 10-11 (carryover) | Iranian air defense / comms / surveillance — multi-city incl. TEHRAN, Bandar Abbas | Iran (territorial) | Multiple cities | CENTCOM Day-2 wave | Iran-released "little information" | CARRY |
| Jun 10-11 (carryover) | M/T SETTEBELLO | Palau-flagged | ~20nm NE Sohar, Gulf of Oman | 8th CENTCOM disablement | 24 Indian crew → 21 rescued + 3 KIA | CARRY |
| Jun 11 (carryover) | US targets multi-site | US bases | Kuwait + Bahrain + Jordan | IRGC drone/missile salvo | IRGC claims 18 targets, 4 destroyed incl F-35 hangar — DISPUTED | CARRY |
| Jun 9-10 (carryover) | Iranian air defenses, radar, C2 (~20 targets) | Iran (territorial) | Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, Jask, Sirik | US Day-1 wave | Multi-site | CARRY |
| Jun 9 (carryover) | US Army AH-64 Apache | US | Over Strait/off Oman | Iranian drone collision | Aircraft lost; pilots safe | CARRY |
| Jun 13 (NEW C146) | Tyre, Lebanon (urban) | Lebanon (territorial) | Tyre | Israeli airstrike during signing weekend | TBD; ceasefire "faltering" per CryptoBriefing | 🔴 NEW C146 |
| Jun 10 (carryover) | Tayr Debba + Deir Qanoun en-Nahr + Tyre + south Lebanon | Lebanon (territorial) | South Lebanon | Israeli strikes | 16 killed; UN to probe IHL violations | CARRY |
| Jun 10 (carryover) | Cargo vessel near Bab al-Mandeb | TBD | Yemen coast | Small-boat attack — 6 armed individuals | No casualties; Houthi "complete ban" | CARRY |
| Jun 8 (carryover) | M/T MARIVEX | Palau | 15NM NE Masirah | US precision; 7th disablement | Disabled; no injuries | CARRY |
| Jun 8-9 (carryover) | 2 commercial vessels — Houthi Gulf of Aden | Israeli-port-calls operators | Gulf of Aden | Houthi missile strikes | TBD | CARRY |
| Jun 7-8 (carryover) | 3 Israeli air bases | Israel | Multi-site | Iran ~30 BMs intercepted | 8th-window initiation | CARRY |
| Jun 8 (carryover) | Karun Petrochemical Mahshahr | Iran | Khuzestan | Israeli ALBM | 5 production lines + chlorine | CARRY |
| Jun 6 (carryover) | Sirik + Qeshm coastal radar; OWA drones; IRGC tanker strike | Iran/mixed | Strait | US + IRGC kinetic | Tanker halted; 3 turned back | CARRY |
| Jun 5 (carryover) | Mina Al Fahal SBM | Oman | Near Muscat | Suspected drone | Resumed <48h | CARRY |
| Jun 3 (carryover) | Kuwait airport + Ali Al-Salem + Fifth Fleet | Kuwait/Bahrain | Gulf | IRGC drones+BMs | 1 killed (Indian), 63 injured | CARRY |
| Mar 17-18 (carryover) | South Pars / Ras Laffan / Asaluyeh | Iran/Qatar | Persian Gulf | Israeli + Iranian strikes | Major LNG/gas damage; 17% Qatar capacity offline 3-5 yrs | CARRY |
4. Oil Prices
| Benchmark | Jun 13 c2 read (markets closed weekend) | C145 c1 (Jun 12 settle) | Pre-war | Peak (Apr 7) | Δ vs C145 c1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent (front) | $87.33 settle Jun 12 (-3.37%); 8-week low CARRIES into Sunday Geneva binary | $87.33 (Jun 12 close) | ~$70 | $138 (EIA Apr 7) | CARRY — Sunday-binary |
| WTI (front) | $84.88 settle Jun 12 (-3.2%); 8-week low CARRIES | $84.88 (Jun 12 close) | ~$67 | $138 / $117 Apr avg | CARRY — Sunday-binary |
| Brent-WTI spread | ~$2.5 | ~$2.5 | ~$3 | — | CARRY |
| VLCC TD3C | ~$100K/day (May benchmark); Willis Towers Watson "rates unlikely to fall after ceasefire" until incident-free data accumulates | Same | $117K pre-war | $423.7K Mar peak (record); $500K+ peak per Ship Universe | CARRY |
| War risk premium | $10-14M per VLCC voyage (Lloyd's List); non-flagged 0.8-1.5% hull; US/UK/Israeli-nexus 2.5-5%; APCs $150K-$400K/call; 88% Lloyd's marine war underwriters retain appetite | Same | 0.02-0.15% | — | CARRY |
| Goldman $100 "adverse case" | NOT breached; ~$13 from threshold | ~$13 from threshold | — | — | CARRY |
| Price drivers this window | Weekend close locked at 8-week-low; Monday open faces hard Geneva-Sunday signing binary; mediator-tier > leader-tier weight carries; Reuters venue+signatories confirmation reinforces deal-implicit floor | 8-week-low close digests deal momentum | — | — | 🟢 SUNDAY-BINARY LOCKED |
| EIA WPSR | Week ending Jun 5 print confirmed (Jun 10): 441.7M crude commercial (~2% below 5-yr); -7.2M draw; refinery util 95.3%; next print Jun 17 | Same | — | — | CARRY |
| OPEC+ | FOURTH QUOTA HIKE since Hormuz closure approved Jun 7 (CNBC confirm); cumulative ~600K bpd quota uplift Apr-Jun; actual production 33.19 mb/d April vs 42.77 mb/d Feb (~9.58 mb/d structural drop) | Jul +188K cumulative carries | — | — | 🟢 FOURTH-HIKE CONFIRMED |
| Saudi actual vs quota | ~9.356 (OPEC Secretariat survey C145) vs 10.291 quota | Same | — | — | CARRY |
| Carrier surcharges | MSC all-Cape $1.2k/TEU; Maersk Hormuz suspended; Hapag-Lloyd suspended | Same | — | — | CARRY |
5. Strategic Petroleum Reserves
IEA coordinated release status (C145 carryover):
| Release | Announced | Barrels | Physical Delivery Status | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IEA coordinated | Mar 11 | 400M | ~280M+ consumed; through ~July envelope | CARRY |
| US SPR | Mar+ | 172M committed; ~58M drawn; 357.1M floor (Jun 3 anchor); 17.5M from SPR since March DOE/EIA partial | Jun 17 WPSR next direct-verify | CARRY |
| Japan | Mar/Apr | 80M; ~150 DOS; ¥300B/month | CARRY | |
| South Korea | Mar/Apr | 22.46M + SPR swap program | CARRY | |
| India | Mar/Apr | 21.4M ISPRL; 78-day crude; Phase-II 5.33→11.83 MMT | CARRY | |
| China | — | Not releasing; ~108 DOS; bilateral-exception transits under IRGC-permission framework | CARRY |
| Country | Reserve Days | Emergency Actions | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 78 crude; ~6-9.5 SPR; LPG to priority; kerosene rationing | Sonowal repatriation operational; MEA "Highest Alert"; Trump India-specificity in "dishonorable" framing draws India deeper into deal-pressure narrative | 🟡 INDIA-FRAME DEEPENS |
| Japan | ~150 (254 incl. SPR equiv.) | ¥300B/month | CARRY |
| China | ~108 | Discounted Iranian/Russian; imports 10-yr low | CARRY |
| Philippines | 45-day DOE baseline; PAL+Cebu fuel visibility ends Jun 30 — 17 days; rationing watch July | EO 110 holds; ₱20B Malampaya; 4-day gov't week; Senate panel pushes early rationing | CARRY (17 days) |
| Pakistan | — | Schools closed; remote-work + activity-limiting measures (cohort) | CARRY |
| US | 357.1M SPR anchor (Jun 3); ~58M drawn; 17.5M since March DOE/EIA partial | Jun 17 WPSR next direct-verify | CARRY |
6. Bypass Infrastructure
| Route | Capacity (mb/d) | Utilization (mb/d) | Spare (mb/d) | Status | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi E-W Petroline | 7.0 (3-5 Yanbu export cap) | ~7 (at ceiling) | ~0 | At ceiling | CARRY |
| UAE ADCOP | 1.5 (1.8 surge) | ~1.1 (71%) | ~0.4 | Operational | CARRY |
| Iraq south (Basra/Hormuz) | ~3.0 pre-war | June MTD ~7M bbl already matches Apr+May combined (~30K bpd through-Hormuz rate) | — ramp continues under IRGC-permission | 🟢 RECOVERY CARRIES | CARRY |
| Iraq Kirkuk-Ceyhan | 0.77 target | ~250K bpd; +Basra 140K target; Iraqi cabinet ramp to 770K within 2.5 months; tripling plan ~650K bpd | +0.52 ramp room | Contract expires Jul 27 — 44 days | CARRY |
| Iraq-Syria pipeline | 0.05 | Active | — | First SOMO-Syrian throughput | CARRY |
| Basra-Haditha (construction) | 2.5 design | — | — | Long-horizon | CARRY |
| Oman Mina Al Fahal | 0.8-0.9 | Resumed | — | PDO normalization | CARRY |
| Egypt SUMED | 2.4 | ~50% | ~1.0+ | Operational | CARRY |
| Cape rerouting | Unlimited (cost) | Elevated — MSC all-Cape $1.2k/TEU; Maersk + Hapag-Lloyd suspended | — | Operational | CARRY |
GAP: ~13.5-14.5 mb/d unbridgeable (current); ~13-14 if Iraq K-C 770K + Basra ramp execute
(Bypass ceiling unchanged from C145. OPEC+ structural drop ~9.58 mb/d April vs February confirms the supply gap. The 14-point Wikipedia/Mehr/Reuters-cross-confirmed draft's 30-day Hormuz reopening + naval blockade lift would mechanically close the GAP if Sunday Geneva signing actualizes with Vance + Qalibaf present + IRGC closure retraction concurrent, but actual closure requires (a) mine clearance + (b) production restart + (c) repair completion + (d) insurance/safety repricing — none of which begin until signing actualizes.)
7. Maritime Insurance
| Parameter | Current | Δ |
|---|---|---|
| War risk premium % (hull) | Non-flagged-risk 0.8-1.5% hull; US/UK/Israeli-nexus 2.5-5%; APCs $150K-$400K/call; $10-14M per VLCC voyage; 88% Lloyd's marine war underwriters retain appetite | CARRY |
| P&I club coverage | NO RE-ENTRY DAY 68; Lloyd's clarification carries — "war insurance remains available within Lloyd's and London company market"; safety-driven refusal at master/owner level; LMA: "safety concerns, not insurance availability, driving reduced vessel traffic"; Gard/Skuld/NorthStandard formal Persian Gulf cancellation notices remain; Liability via P&I non-cancellable and reinsured in London | 🔴 RESTART CLOCK HOLDS RESET |
| Lloyd's market | War cover available; major event response active; LMA: "safety concerns not insurance availability driving reduced transit" | CARRY |
| Per-transit cost | $10-14M VLCC charterer's account; Lloyd's List "double-digit millions per trip"; "multi-billion-dollar annual tax on global trade" framing | CARRY |
| DFC reinsurance | $20B program / $40B revolving; Iran-bound formal | CARRY |
| BIMCO | Warning extends to US-business-connected vessels | CARRY |
| Crew refusal | Settebello 3 dead + Jalveer 20 safe + Bab al-Mandeb Jun 13 1 severely injured (IMO cumulative: 14 seafarer fatalities since Feb 28); Trump India-specificity expands India-side risk frame | 🔴 PATTERN COMPOUNDS |
| Fixture cancellations | Systemic non-China/India; Red Sea operators delaying | CARRY |
| Carrier posture (container proxy) | MSC all-Cape + $1.2k/TEU; Maersk Hormuz suspended; Hapag-Lloyd suspended | CARRY — no carrier re-entry signal |
8. Shadow Fleet
Narrative + enforcement log (C146):
- No new CENTCOM disablements in C146 window: tally holds at 9 (Marivex 7th, Settebello 8th, Jalveer 9th — Hellfire). CENTCOM "100 commercial vessels redirected since Apr 13" milestone carries.
- No new OFAC June-window designations confirmed in window: prior baseline carries — >180 Iran-related vessels sanctioned cumulative (Trump second-term incl. May Hengli Petrochemical + 19 vessels + 29 vessels earlier + Amin Exchange foreign currency network).
- Operation Southern Spear: 10+ tankers seized since Dec 2025 (carryover).
- Fleet size: ~430 Iran-linked tankers; 62% false-flagged; 87% sanctioned; ~90M bbl offshore storage (carryover).
- C146 watch: Reuters Iranian source confirms 14-point text element-set incl. "waive sanctions on Iran's oil, unfreeze billions of dollars of its funds." If Sunday Geneva signing actualizes, OFAC delisting cascade is the first sanctions-architecture mechanic to track; if signing slips OR Tyre-strike compounds, sanctions architecture holds and the C141-C144 enforcement pattern resumes.
- Flag-pattern carryover: Marivex Palau / Settebello Palau / Jalveer Guinea-Bissau — flag-of-convenience pipeline rotation noted.
- GRU/Wagner militarization: no new signals in window.
9. Country Response Matrix
| Country | Posture | Key Actions | Risk Level | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | Treasury Secretary Bessent + Trump-tier-rhetoric volatility carries; admin official "sidesteps" Khamenei sign-off question contradicting Trump; 4 USAF C-17s pre-staged equipment to Geneva Thursday; Vance set to attend Geneva-Sunday signing | C-17 pre-stage + Vance designation + Bessent ministerial confirmation | HIGH (carry) | 🟢 C-17 + VANCE DEPLOYMENT CONFIRMED |
| Iran | Reuters Iranian-source confirms 14-point text substance; Iran Parliament Speaker Qalibaf disclosed as signatory (NOT Khamenei directly); FM Araghchi "Islamabad MoU closer than ever" carries; Khamenei courier-network political cover for Qalibaf signing as central watch | Qalibaf-as-signatory finesses Khamenei-tier constraint | HIGH (carry) | 🟢 QALIBAF SIGNATORY DISCLOSED — KHAMENEI PROCEDURALLY FINESSED |
| Israel | Netanyahu non-party stipulation carries; "Israel will not have nuclear weapons" carries; FRESH TYRE STRIKE JUN 13 — Lebanon ceasefire "faltering"; Polymarket Israel-Hezbollah deal 2.6% YES Jun 15 | Lebanon-leg fire compounds inside signing weekend | EXTREME (Lebanon-leg) | 🔴 TYRE STRIKE + POLYMARKET COLLAPSE |
| Pakistan | PM Sharif: "final, agreed-upon text" reached (C145 carries); Pakistan branded primary mediator alongside Qatar; "Islamabad agreement" formal-name carries | Mediator-tier dominant role | HIGH (carry) | CARRY |
| Qatar | Qatari delegation returned from Tehran Thursday carries; LNG force majeure 0-2 days from C146; co-sponsor freedom-of-navigation resolution; decision falls inside Geneva-Sunday signing window | Mediation + force majeure decision imminent | HIGH | 🟡 NARROWS |
| Jordan | TARGETED tier; IRGC F-35 hangar Azraq claim DISPUTED | First-targeted Day-1 wave carryover | EXTREME | CARRY |
| Bahrain | Re-targeted tier; Sheikh Isa AB in IRGC tally; BDF stance carries; freedom-of-navigation co-sponsor | Air defenses engaged carryover | EXTREME | CARRY |
| Kuwait | Re-targeted tier; Ali Al Salem + Ahmed Al Jaber in IRGC tally; $2B Anduril counter-drone deal | Protest + procurement | EXTREME | CARRY |
| India | Trump "Indian Ships" framing draws India deeper into deal-pressure narrative; Sonowal repatriation operational; Jalveer 20 Indian crew safe; MEA "Highest Alert"; bilateral exception unaffected; 44 Indian seafarers exposed in 48h cluster carries | India-frame deepened by Trump rhetoric | EXTREME — exposure clusters | 🟡 INDIA-FRAME DEEPENS |
| Saudi Arabia | First formal condemnation C141 carries; military-option signal carries; LACMs available; freedom-of-navigation co-sponsor; OPEC Secretariat survey ~9.356 mb/d actual carries | "Approved in concept and great detail" per Trump | HIGH | CARRY |
| UAE | Formal condemnation C140; ADCOP operational; freedom-of-navigation co-sponsor | "Approved in concept and great detail" per Trump | HIGH | CARRY |
| Oman | Mina Al Fahal resumed; Royal Navy of Oman + Indian Embassy coordinating crew evacuations | Mediation channel residual | EXTREME — neutral-adjacent | CARRY |
| Iraq | K-C ~250K bpd; Iraqi cabinet target 770K within 2.5 months; Jul 27 contract deadline; June Hormuz/Basra throughput ~7M bbl matches Apr+May combined carries | Recovery confirmed | HIGH | CARRY |
| China | ~108 DOS; imports 10-yr low; bilateral exception under IRGC-permission framework | Strategic absorption | LOW | CARRY |
| Japan / S. Korea | ~150 DOS / SPR swap | Carryover | HIGH | CARRY |
| Lebanon | ~3,533+ cumulative; TYRE STRIKE JUN 13 — Lebanon ceasefire "faltering"; UN-probe Tyre/Tayr Debba/Deir Qanoun 16 killed Jun 10 carries; UN $365M destruction bill carries; Hezbollah rejected Jun 3 ceasefire demanding full Israeli withdrawal carries; MOU 60-day extension covers Lebanon per Trump but Israel non-party per Netanyahu | Deepest-tier compounds — fresh strike inside signing weekend | EXTREME | 🔴 TYRE STRIKE — DEEPENS |
| Philippines | PAL+Cebu visibility Jun 30 — 17 days; rationing watch July; Senate panel pushes early rationing | Energy emergency holds | EXTREME | CARRY (17 days) |
| SE Asia (Indo/Viet/Thai/Myanmar/Bangladesh) | Fuel cascade holds; QR rationing some markets; Pakistan + Bangladesh + Sri Lanka + Egypt + Denmark + Australia + Niger + Kenya in fuel-emergency cohort | — | HIGH | CARRY |
| Yemen (Houthi) | No new attacks in C146 window; "complete ban on enemy navigation" carries; transit down >50% Jun 10-16 vs prior year carries; Jun 13 double-missile strike (1 severely injured) carries | Vessel-kinetic active tier; quiescent in C146 window | EXTREME | 🟡 QUIESCENT (post-strike) |
| Russia | OPEC+ Jul share part of +188K; OPEC+ cumulative +600K bpd Apr-Jun | — | LOW | CARRY |
| UN | UNSC Russia/China veto math holds; US-Bahrain freedom-of-navigation resolution carries; SC16349 carryover; UN to probe Israeli IHL violations Tyre/Tayr Debba/Deir Qanoun Jun 10 carries | Diplomatic surface compounds; Tyre-strike Jun 13 escalates IHL footprint | — | 🔴 UN PROBE FOOTPRINT EXPANDS |
10. Policy Actions (cycle-specific additions)
| Date | Actor | Action | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12-13 (C146) | US (via Reuters source) | Geneva confirmed as Sunday Jun 14 signing venue; VP Vance ↔ Iran Parliament Speaker Qalibaf as signatories disclosed; 4 USAF C-17s pre-staged equipment to Geneva Thursday | 🟢 NEW C146 — VENUE + SIGNATORIES LOCKED |
| Jun 12-13 (C146) | US (senior admin official, via CNN) | "Sidesteps" question of whether Mojtaba Khamenei has personally signed off — directly contradicts Trump's "I understand the answer is yes" claim | 🔴 NEW C146 — TIER CONTRADICTION |
| Jun 12-13 (C146) | Iran (via Reuters) | Iranian-source confirms 14-point text substance: "waive sanctions on Iran's oil, unfreeze billions of dollars of its funds, require cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon; nuclear issues set aside for later talks" | 🟢 NEW C146 — THREE-TIER SUBSTANCE CONVERGENCE |
| Jun 13 (C146) | Trump (Truth Social, expanded) | Specifies overnight Iran drone salvo targeted "Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait" — "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE" — draws India deeper into deal-pressure narrative | 🔴 NEW C146 — INDIA-FRAME EXPANSION |
| Jun 13 (C146) | Israel | Tyre, Lebanon airstrike during signing weekend — Lebanon ceasefire "faltering" per CryptoBriefing; Polymarket Israel-Hezbollah deal 2.6% YES Jun 15 deadline | 🔴 NEW C146 — LEBANON-LEG ESCALATION |
| Jun 7 (carryover into C146 framing) | OPEC+ | Fourth oil-output quota hike since Hormuz closure approved (CNBC confirm); cumulative ~600K bpd quota uplift Apr-Jun; actual production 33.19 mb/d Apr vs 42.77 mb/d Feb (~9.58 mb/d structural drop) | 🟢 OPEC+ FOURTH-HIKE CONFIRMED |
| Jun 12-13 (C145 carryover) | Trump (Truth Social) | Repudiates Iranian-leaked terms as "fake news"; calls negotiators "very dishonorable people"; warns "get their act together, and FAST"; ties repudiation to overnight Iran drone attack | CARRY |
| Jun 12-13 (C145 carryover) | Pakistan (PM Sharif) | "Final, agreed-upon text" of US-Iran peace deal reached; "Islamabad agreement" emerging name | CARRY |
| Jun 12-13 (C145 carryover) | Iran (FM Araghchi) | "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding is closer to finalisation than ever before" | CARRY |
| Jun 12-13 (C145 carryover) | US (Treasury Secretary Bessent) | Deal "could be reached in the next few days, potentially as soon as the weekend or Monday"; 80% chance signing soon per separate Trump admin official | CARRY |
| Jun 12-13 (C145 carryover) | CENTCOM | Discloses milestone: 100 commercial vessels redirected since Apr 13; overnight Iran drone salvo shot down; "traffic flow continues unimpeded" | CARRY |
| Jun 13 (C145 carryover) | Houthi (Yemen) | Double-missile cargo ship attack in Bab al-Mandeb — 1 severely injured, crew abandoned | CARRY |
| Jun 10-13 (C145 carryover) | UN | To probe Israeli IHL violations in Tyre + Tayr Debba + Deir Qanoun en-Nahr (16 killed Jun 10) — Tyre-strike Jun 13 expands IHL probe footprint | 🔴 EXPANDS |
| Jun 12 (carryover) | Iran (per Mehr) | 14-point draft surfaces: oil sanctions lifting + Iran commits to reopen Strait within 30 days; "requires approval from Iranian authorities" | CARRY |
| Jun 12 (carryover) | Israel (Netanyahu's office) | Statement: Israel NOT "a party to the memorandum of understanding"; "Israel will not have nuclear weapons" carries | CARRY |
| Jun 11 (carryover) | Trump | CANCELS scheduled third-night strikes (C143) | CARRY |
| Jun 12 (carryover) | Iran (IRGC) | Formal Strait closure declaration "any vessel a target" STILL HOLDS Day 3 — no retraction concurrent with Geneva-venue+Vance-Qalibaf disclosure | CARRY |
| Pending — central watch | Sunday Jun 14 Geneva signing actualization | Vance ↔ Qalibaf signing event; language being finalized; Khamenei courier-network political cover for Qalibaf signing required | 🔴 CENTRAL WATCH |
| Pending | Mojtaba Khamenei courier-network political cover for Qalibaf signing | Trump claims "I understand the answer is yes"; admin official "sidesteps" — contradiction unresolved | CENTRAL WATCH |
| Pending | Iran (IRGC) | Formal closure declaration retraction — would be structural co-signal of signing | CENTRAL WATCH |
| Pending | Qatar (QatarEnergy) | LNG force majeure mid-June extension/restoration decision (now 0-2 days) | DUE — IMMINENT |
| Pending | Israel | Statement on Geneva-Sunday signing; whether Tyre-strike pattern continues through weekend | CENTRAL WATCH |
| Pending | EIA | WPSR Jun 17 print — SPR-specific direct-verify | NEXT WEEK |
| Pending | UNSC | UN-probe-initiated on Israeli IHL violations expands with Tyre Jun 13 strike | WATCH |
11. Key Metrics Dashboard
| Metric | Value | Trend | Signal | C146 Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conflict day count | 106 | → | Geneva-venue + Vance-Qalibaf signatories + Khamenei contradiction + Tyre strike | CARRY |
| Iran civilian dead (cumulative) | 1,701+ HRANA STALE / 3,468 Foundation of Martyrs May 5 | STALE | carryover | STALE |
| Iran displaced (cumulative) | ~3.2M IDPs | → | carryover | CARRY |
| US KIA/wounded | 13 / 381+ (no new in window) | → | tri-state retaliation closed | CARRY |
| Strait transits/day | ~2 PortWatch baseline + IRGC-permission aggregate; CENTCOM "international trade corridor remains open"/"traffic flow continues unimpeded" | → | dual-doctrine framing | CARRY |
| Brent crude ($/bbl) | $87.33 settle Jun 12 (markets closed weekend); 8-week low CARRIES into Sunday Geneva binary | → | Sunday-binary locked; mediator-tier > leader-tier weight carries | CARRY |
| WTI crude ($/bbl) | $84.88 settle Jun 12; 8-week low CARRIES | → | Sunday-binary locked | CARRY |
| VLCC day rates | ~$100K TD22/TD15 (May benchmark; "cautious stabilization") | → | non-Hormuz oversupply; sticky | CARRY |
| War risk premium ($/voyage) | $10-14M per VLCC voyage Lloyd's List range; 0.8-1.5% non-flagged hull; 2.5-5% US/UK/Israeli-nexus | → | not repriced; quiescent vessel-kinetic window doesn't shift thesis | CARRY |
| Vessels attacked (cumulative) | ~93+ commercial/infra + Apache + 2 US strike waves + Settebello + Jalveer (9th) + Hormuz overnight Iran drone salvo (0 vessel casualties) + Bab al-Mandeb Houthi missile (1 severely injured); IMO cumulative 46 attacks + 14 seafarer fatalities since Feb 28; +1 Tyre Jun 13 (Lebanon territorial, not maritime) | → | C146 vessel-kinetic ZERO — first quiescent window | 🟡 +1 NON-MARITIME (Tyre) |
| Seafarers killed/missing | 11+ direct (Settebello 3 dead C141); Jalveer 20 safe per C143 baseline; +1 severely injured Bab al-Mandeb Jun 13; 22,500 stranded; 44 Indian crew exposed; IMO cumulative 14 seafarer fatalities | → | CARRY | CARRY |
| IEA release (barrels committed) | 400M; ~280M+ consumed | → | through ~July envelope | CARRY |
| US SPR release (barrels) | 172M committed; ~58M drawn; 357.1M floor (Jun 3); 17.5M from SPR since March DOE/EIA partial | ↓ | next direct-verify Jun 17 WPSR | CARRY |
| Japan SPR release | 80M; ~150 DOS | → | — | CARRY |
| Iraq oil exports (mb/d) | ~1.4 vs 4.3 pre-war; K-C ~250K bpd; June ~7M bbl already matches Apr+May combined ~30K bpd Hormuz uplift | → | structural recovery confirmed | CARRY |
| Escort timeline (days to operational) | RFA Lyme Bay + HMS Dragon ETA window; mission gate=peace agreement; gate TIGHT-OPENS if Sunday Geneva signing actualizes via Vance + Qalibaf with Khamenei courier-network political cover | → | conditional unlock | 🟡 TIGHT-OPEN (Sunday-binary) |
| E-W pipeline utilization (mb/d) | ~7 total (at ceiling) | → | — | CARRY |
| Total bypass capacity (mb/d) | ~5-6 effective; +0.3-0.5 if K-C 770K executes; +Iraq June throughput recovery | → | structural; marginal recovery carries | CARRY |
| Supply gap | GAP: ~13.5-14.5 mb/d unbridgeable (current); OPEC+ structural drop ~9.58 mb/d Apr vs Feb confirms structural shortfall | → | structural; OPEC+ cumulative +600K bpd Apr-Jun does not close gap | CARRY |
| India reserve days | 78 crude; ~6-9.5 SPR; LPG to priority; kerosene rationing | → | Trump India-frame deepens exposure narrative | 🟡 INDIA-FRAME DEEPENS |
| China reserve days | ~108 | → | insulated; bilateral exception under IRGC-permission framework | CARRY |
| Ships trapped in Gulf | 1,550+ cumulative; ~265 anchored/stopped current; 60 VLCC MEG; 22,500 mariners; 100 vessels redirected CENTCOM milestone carries | → | unprecedented + CENTCOM milestone | CARRY |
| Mine threat level | CRITICAL (JMIC) | → | formal | CARRY |
| IRGC posture | Formal closure declaration STILL HOLDS Day 3 — no retraction concurrent with Geneva-venue+Vance-Qalibaf signatories disclosure; permission-framework operational | → | floor holds | 🔴 FLOOR HOLDS |
| P&I insurance status | Day 68 NO re-entry; Lloyd's clarification — insurance available, safety drives reduced traffic; quiescent vessel-kinetic window doesn't shift thesis at <1 week duration | → | strongest de-escalation signal ABSENT | CARRY |
| Qatar LNG status | Force majeure mid-June; decision window 0-2 days; Ras Laffan 17-19% capacity offline 3-5 yrs | → | imminent | 🔴 NARROWS |
| Dual chokepoint status | Hormuz formal-closed + C146 quiescent + Bab al-Mandeb post-Jun 13-strike quiescent; transit down >50% Jun 10-16 | → | both quiescent in window but post-strike levels carry | 🟡 QUIESCENT (post-strike) |
| Ceasefire status | 🟢 Iran-Israel direct-leg 9th window EXTENDS; 🟢 Geneva-venue + Vance-Qalibaf signatories confirmed; 🔴 Khamenei sign-off tier CONTRADICTED (Trump vs admin official); 🔴 Tyre strike Jun 13 — Lebanon ceasefire faltering inside signing weekend | MIXED | venue+signatories crystallize; Lebanon-leg fire compounds; Khamenei-tier contradiction unresolved | 🟢/🔴 MIXED — VENUE LOCKED + LEBANON-FIRE |
| Diplomatic channels | Pakistan PM final-text + Qatar delegation + Treasury Bessent + Reuters Iranian-source = four-tier substance convergence; Geneva-Sunday-Vance-Qalibaf procedural endpoint; UN to probe Israeli IHL violations expands | converges; Lebanon-leg fire stress | mediator-tier dominant; Khamenei courier bottleneck; Tyre-strike weekend test | 🟢/🔴 CONVERGES + COMPLICATES |
| SE Asia crisis status | Philippines Jun 30 fuel-visibility deadline — 17 days; cohort holds | → | deadline tightens | CARRY |
12. Convergence Assessment
(a) What Changed This Cycle (C145 c1 → C146 c2)
- 🟢 GENEVA CONFIRMED AS SUNDAY JUN 14 SIGNING VENUE. From C145: "Saturday or Monday Europe signing." To C146: Reuters source confirms Geneva as Sunday Jun 14 venue specifically. Significance: most concrete venue-and-date disclosure of the deal cycle; "Saturday or Monday Europe" window narrows to a single specific 24-36h Sunday-Geneva binary.
- 🟢 SIGNATORIES DISCLOSED: VP VANCE ↔ IRAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER QALIBAF. From C145: no signatories named (Khamenei sign-off pending). To C146: Reuters discloses Vance ↔ Qalibaf signatory pair. Significance: addresses the C145 "Khamenei courier-network bottleneck" via procedural workaround — Qalibaf signs as Iran's representative under (implicit) Khamenei mandate. The signing mechanism can complete without Khamenei publicly signing, addressing the "designated target" hide-in-place constraint.
- 🟢 C-17 LOGISTICS PRE-STAGE TO GENEVA CONFIRMED. From C145: implicit Vance attendance. To C146: 4 USAF C-17s departed Thursday with Vance equipment to Geneva. Significance: hardest procedural-tier US commitment to the deal architecture; pre-positioning Vance security/comms equipment confirms operational-prep threshold crossed.
- 🔴 ISRAEL STRIKES TYRE JUN 13 — LEBANON CEASEFIRE FALTERING INSIDE SIGNING WEEKEND. From C145: 16 killed Jun 10; UN-probe initiated. To C146: fresh Tyre strike Jun 13 + Polymarket Israel-Hezbollah deal odds collapse to 2.6% YES Jun 15 deadline. Significance: most operationally risky inflection inside the Sunday Geneva window; direct Israeli kinetic on Lebanon territory while MoU explicitly covers Lebanon stress-tests Iran-side "Lebanon part of ceasefire" carryover; Lebanon-leg structurally separates from Hormuz-leg trajectory.
- 🔴 KHAMENEI SIGN-OFF TIER CONTRADICTED — ADMIN OFFICIAL "SIDESTEPS" QUESTION. From C145: Trump "I understand the answer is yes"; civilian/military reps "comfortable." To C146: senior admin official "sidesteps" direct question on Khamenei personal sign-off. Significance: highest-tier US claim (Trump) is contradicted at administration-official tier within ~6-7h; only "comfortable with where negotiations stand" survives both tiers; Qalibaf-as-signatory disclosure is the procedural workaround that finesses this contradiction.
- 🔴 TRUMP "DISHONORABLE" FRAMING SPECIFIES INDIAN SHIPS — INDIA-FRAME DEEPENS. From C145: "Iran drones at commercial ships." To C146: Trump specifies "Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait" — "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE." Significance: aligns with 44-Indian-seafarers-exposed cluster (C145); Trump leverages India's casualty/exposure into a deal-pressure narrative; MEA "Highest Alert" framing carries deeper.
- 🟢 OPEC+ FOURTH QUOTA HIKE SINCE HORMUZ CLOSURE CONFIRMED. From C145: Jul +188K cumulative. To C146: CNBC confirms fourth hike since Hormuz closure approved Jun 7; cumulative ~600K bpd Apr-Jun; actual production 33.19 mb/d Apr vs 42.77 mb/d Feb (~9.58 mb/d structural drop). Significance: supply-side counter-frame to deal-driven price moves crystallizes; structural supply gap of ~9.58 mb/d confirmed at OPEC+ level.
- 🟢 REUTERS IRANIAN-SOURCE CROSS-CONFIRMS 14-POINT TEXT SUBSTANCE. From C145: Wikipedia/Mehr/Pakistan PM disclosure. To C146: Reuters Iranian-source confirms substance: "waive sanctions on Iran's oil, unfreeze billions of dollars of its funds, require cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon; nuclear issues set aside for later talks." Significance: three-tier source convergence (Pakistan PM + Iran FM Araghchi + Reuters Iranian-source) cross-confirms substance.
- 🟢 IRAN-ISRAEL DIRECT-LEG 9TH WINDOW EXTENDS THROUGH TYRE STRIKE. From C145: 9th window holds. To C146: 9th window extends through Tyre-strike + Trump-dishonorable carry + Hormuz-drone carry. Significance: single load-bearing structural lock continues durability through the deepest leader-level reversal + Lebanon-fire cycle of the tracker.
- 🟡 VESSEL-KINETIC ZERO IN C146 WINDOW — FIRST QUIESCENT ~6-7H WINDOW IN C141-ONSET SERIES. From C145: 2 new attacks (Hormuz drone salvo + Bab al-Mandeb missile). To C146: zero vessel-kinetic. Significance: first quiet maritime-kinetic window in 5+ days; far below the threshold for underwriter repricing (multi-week sustained quiet required) but the first anchor point for any future incident-free-week thesis.
- 🟢 BRENT $87.33 / WTI $84.88 8-WEEK-LOW CLOSE CARRIES INTO SUNDAY GENEVA BINARY. From C145: same close. To C146: weekend close locked; Monday open faces hard Sunday Geneva binary. Significance: mediator-tier > leader-tier pricing carries with venue+signatories crystallization reinforcing deal-implicit floor.
(b) Structural Locks Status
Lock 1 — Price [HOLDING-DEEP-DOWN; weekend-locked at 8-week-low]. Brent $87.33 / WTI $84.88 weekend close carries into Sunday Geneva binary. Reuters venue+signatories confirmation reinforces deal-implicit floor; Khamenei-tier contradiction introduces tactical uncertainty but does not appear to disrupt the floor. HOLDING-with-deep-downward-bias; Monday open binary tied to Sunday Geneva signing actualization.
Lock 2 — Supply [TIGHTENING — DOCTRINE HOLDS]. C141 formal closure declaration STILL HOLDS Day 3; IRGC permission-framework operational; no new C146 drone-salvo but doctrine carries; 14-point text adds 30-day commitment but Khamenei courier-network political cover for Qalibaf signing pending. TIGHTENING.
Lock 3 — Insurance [TIGHTENING — RESET CLOCK CARRIES]. Day 68 no P&I re-entry; Lloyd's/LMA framing carries; C146 quiescent vessel-kinetic window doesn't shift thesis at <1 week duration. TIGHTENING; first incident-free-week anchor begins if Sunday signing actualizes.
Lock 4 — Labor [TIGHTENING — PATTERN COMPOUNDS]. Settebello 3 dead C141 floor; 9th CENTCOM disablement carries; +1 Bab al-Mandeb severely injured Jun 13 carries; IMO cumulative 14 seafarer fatalities + 46 attacks since Feb 28 carries; Trump India-specificity expands India-side risk frame. TIGHTENING.
Lock 5 — Duration [DEEP MIXED — venue+signatories crystallize / Khamenei-tier contradicted / Tyre-strike Lebanon-fire]. Iran-Israel 9th window = strongest decoupling. Geneva-venue + Vance-Qalibaf signatories = procedural crystallization. Khamenei sign-off = unresolved tier contradiction (Trump "yes" vs admin "sidesteps"). Tyre strike inside signing weekend = Lebanon-fire stress test. MIXED — venue locked, signatories disclosed, Khamenei procedurally finessed but cover pending, Lebanon-fire stress-tests deal text.
Lock 6 — Nuclear [HOLDING + CONCESSION ARCHITECTURE EXPANDED]. 14-point text: future talks limited to "nuclear and sanctions issues"; $24B blocked-fund release explicit; concession architecture pending Khamenei courier-network political cover for Qalibaf signing. HOLDING.
Lock 7 — Geographic [TIGHTENING — LEBANON-LEG COMPOUNDS]. Tyre Jun 13 strike + 16 killed Jun 10 UN-probe carries; Tehran in C141 target set carries; Azraq F-35 hangar claim carries; Saudi posture carries. TIGHTENING; Lebanon-leg fire inside signing weekend.
Lock 8 — Capability [MIXED — TIGHT-OPEN; Sunday-binary]. Mine clearance/escort gate TIGHT-OPENS if Sunday Geneva signing actualizes via Vance + Qalibaf with Khamenei courier-network political cover; US naval overwatch capability confirmed C145; Iran air defense degraded. MIXED, tilting tight-open conditional on Sunday-Geneva-Vance-Qalibaf actualization.
Lock 9 — Dual Chokepoint [TIGHTENING — QUIESCENT POST-STRIKE]. Hormuz formal-closed + C146 quiescent + Bab al-Mandeb Jun 13-strike-post quiescent; both quiescent in C146 ~6-7h window but Jun 13 baseline carries. TIGHTENING (post-strike levels).
Lock 10 — Leadership [DEEP MIXED — venue locked + Qalibaf signatory finesses Khamenei + admin contradicts Trump + Iran FM/source convergence + Lebanon-fire]. Reuters Iranian-source cross-confirms 14-point substance; Qalibaf-as-signatory finesses Khamenei direct sign-off; admin official "sidesteps" Khamenei question contradicting Trump; Lebanon-leg Tyre strike stress-tests Iran-side political cover. MIXED — venue+signatories locked, Khamenei-tier contradiction unresolved, Lebanon-fire stress test active.
Lock 11 — Energy Infra [HOLDING + QATAR DECISION 0-2 DAYS]. C142-C143 Trump-Kharg threat ON RECORD; Qatar LNG decision 0-2 days; no new infrastructure kinetic in window. HOLDING.
C146 Tally: 5 TIGHTENING (L2, L3, L4, L7, L9), 1 HOLDING-DEEP-DOWN (L1 weekend-locked), 2 DEEP MIXED (L5 venue+signatories crystallize vs Khamenei contradiction + Tyre-fire; L10 venue+Qalibaf finesses + admin contradicts Trump + Reuters source converges + Lebanon-fire), 1 MIXED (L8 tight-open Sunday-binary), 2 HOLDING (L6 expanded, L11 Qatar 0-2d). C145 → C146 net: tightening count unchanged at 5; L7 deepens via Tyre-strike; L5 + L10 stay DEEP MIXED but venue+signatories crystallize while Khamenei-tier contradiction widens. The Apr 8 ceasefire architecture now rests on (a) Iran-Israel direct-leg pause as single clean lock (9th window holds through Tyre-fire), (b) GENEVA SUNDAY signing as procedural crystallization (Vance ↔ Qalibaf disclosed), (c) Khamenei courier-network political cover for Qalibaf signing as central unresolved bottleneck, (d) Lebanon-leg Tyre-fire as fresh stress test inside signing weekend.
(c) Critical Watch (Next Cycle)
- SUNDAY JUN 14 GENEVA SIGNING ACTUALIZATION — Single most important falsifiable event of the cycle (24-36h horizon). Will Vance + Qalibaf appear together at Geneva to sign the MoU? If yes with concurrent IRGC closure retraction: every tightening lock starts unwinding within hours.
- KHAMENEI COURIER-NETWORK POLITICAL COVER FOR QALIBAF SIGNING — Procedural workaround pending; Trump claims "yes," admin official "sidesteps." Hard signal: Iran formal statement endorsing Qalibaf as signatory.
- TYRE-STRIKE ESCALATION TRAJECTORY — Does Israel continue Lebanon kinetic through signing weekend? Multi-day pattern = Iran-side suspension risk; single-strike = absorbable.
- POLYMARKET ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH DEAL JUN 15 DEADLINE — 2.6% YES collapse confirmed; structural Lebanon-leg break risk.
- IRGC closure-declaration retraction — Would be structural co-signal of Geneva signing; absence at signing = doctrine survives deal text.
- Trump "dishonorable" walk-back OR formal text repudiation — Either resolves the leader-tier volatility direction inside Sunday-Geneva-binary.
- Iran-Israel direct-leg 10th window — Pause durability through Sunday Geneva signing event.
- Bab al-Mandeb leg post-Jun 13-strike trajectory — Houthi missile-strike pattern could escalate further; dual-chokepoint lock independent of Hormuz deal trajectory.
- Qatar LNG force majeure decision (0-2 days) — Tactical inside Sunday-Geneva-binary horizon; first state-level energy binary tied to deal trajectory.
- Saudi/UAE/Qatar/Bahrain joint communiqué — GCC bloc consolidation around Sunday-Geneva signing.
- EIA WPSR Jun 17 print — SPR-specific direct-verify.
- UNSC convocation — UN-probe-initiated on Israeli IHL violations expands with Tyre Jun 13 strike.
- Philippines Jun 30 deadline — 17 days; first state-level binary tied to signing trajectory.
- Iraq K-C contract Jul 27 — 44 days; renewal/extension watch.
- Brent $87 / $85 / $90 / $94 thresholds — Monday open binary centered on Sunday-Geneva signing.
- First incident-free week thesis — Quiescent C146 vessel-kinetic window is far below threshold but anchors any future safety-data accumulation if Sunday Geneva signing + IRGC closure retraction + Tyre quiet hold.
(d) Net Assessment
C146 is the cycle the Sunday Jun 14 Geneva signing crystallizes as a venue-and-signatories-locked binary event. Reuters confirmation that Vance ↔ Iran Parliament Speaker Qalibaf are the disclosed signatory pair — paired with the 4 USAF C-17 dispatch of Vance equipment to Geneva Thursday — locks the procedural architecture at the firmest level since the war began. Crucially, the disclosure that Qalibaf (not Khamenei) signs as Iran's representative is the procedural workaround that addresses the C145 "Mojtaba Khamenei courier-network sign-off as hide-in-place 'designated target' bottleneck" — Khamenei need not appear publicly. The risk inverts cleanly: instead of needing Khamenei to sign, the requirement collapses to Khamenei issuing courier-network political cover authorizing Qalibaf to sign. This is procedurally cleaner but still depends on the same opaque courier-network mechanism.
At the same time, the Khamenei sign-off tier shows a fresh internal contradiction: a senior US administration official "sidesteps" the question of whether Mojtaba Khamenei has personally signed off — directly contradicting Trump's earlier "I understand the answer is yes" claim. Only the "comfortable with where negotiations stand" framing survives both tiers. This contradiction does not falsify the Geneva binary but it does signal that Iran-side political cover for Qalibaf is the unresolved central risk inside the 24-36h Sunday-Geneva horizon. The Lebanon-leg simultaneously suffered a fresh Israeli strike on Tyre Jun 13 with the Lebanon ceasefire "faltering" per CryptoBriefing — and the Polymarket Israel-Hezbollah Permanent Peace Deal market collapsed to 2.6% YES for the Jun 15 deadline. The MoU explicitly covers Lebanon (per Trump and Reuters framing), so Israel's continued Lebanon kinetic directly stress-tests whether the Iran-side "Lebanon part of ceasefire" carryover can survive Sunday Geneva.
Vessel-kinetic was ZERO across the C146 ~6-7h window — the first quiescent maritime-kinetic window since the C141 escalation began. This is far below the multi-week threshold that Willis Towers Watson "incident-free data accumulation" framing requires for underwriter repricing, but it is the first anchor point for any future incident-free-week thesis. Trump's "dishonorable" framing expanded to specify the C145 overnight drone salvo targeted "Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait" — leveraging India's exposure cluster (44 Indian seafarers in 48h, Settebello 3 dead) into a deal-pressure narrative against Iran. OPEC+ approved its fourth quota hike since Hormuz closure (cumulative ~600K bpd Apr-Jun) but actual production dropped from 42.77 mb/d February to 33.19 mb/d April, confirming the ~9.58 mb/d structural supply gap. Reuters Iranian-source cross-confirms the 14-point text substance, taking source convergence to four-tier (Pakistan PM + Iran FM Araghchi + Reuters Iranian-source + Treasury Bessent on the US side). Markets closed at 8-week-low (Brent $87.33 / WTI $84.88), locking the Sunday-Geneva-binary into Monday's open: actualization tests $85-$84; slippage retests $92-$94 with re-test of $100 line if Iran-side suspension materializes from Khamenei-cover failure OR Tyre-strike escalation OR Israel-side Geneva non-participation.
The sharper fork now narrows to the 24-36h Sunday Geneva binary. If Vance and Qalibaf both appear at Geneva Sunday Jun 14, the MoU is signed with language finalized, IRGC closure-declaration retraction is issued concurrent, and Tyre-strike pattern does not repeat through the weekend, every tightening lock starts unwinding within hours and the C146-C147 watch transitions immediately to (a) first incident-free week thesis, (b) Qatar LNG force majeure decision (0-2 days), (c) P&I underwriter re-quote signals, (d) OFAC delisting cascade for Iranian shadow fleet. If Sunday Geneva signing slips, OR Qalibaf cannot secure Khamenei courier-network political cover in time, OR Tyre-strike escalates to multi-day Israel-Lebanon kinetic, OR Israel issues a formal Geneva non-participation statement, the $87.33 Brent open Monday reverses to the C142 $94 range, the deal-implicit floor evaporates, mediator-tier confidence erodes, and the dual-doctrine Hormuz closure + blockade enforcement pattern resumes as operating reality with the Lebanon-leg structurally separated. Key uncertainties: Sunday Geneva actualization, Khamenei courier-network political cover for Qalibaf, Tyre-strike escalation trajectory, Iran-Israel direct-leg 10th window durability through weekend, Qatar LNG decision interaction with signing window, Israel formal Geneva posture statement, Trump rhetoric direction (walk-back vs hardening), and whether the "Islamabad agreement" formal name and substance survive Geneva signing as a binding bilateral document or fragments into Iran-side / Israel-side suspension contingencies.
13. Sources
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Scout — C146 / C2 of 2026-06-13, ~mid-afternoon CEST. WAR DAY 106, ~6-7h delta from C145 c1. Grok bridge: NO. C145 c1 → C146 c2 deltas: (1) 🟢 Geneva confirmed as Sunday Jun 14 signing venue (Reuters); (2) 🟢 Signatories disclosed: VP Vance ↔ Iran Parliament Speaker Qalibaf (NOT Khamenei directly — procedural workaround); (3) 🟢 4 USAF C-17s pre-staged Vance equipment to Geneva Thursday; (4) 🔴 Israel strikes Tyre Jun 13 — Lebanon ceasefire "faltering"; Polymarket Israel-Hezbollah deal 2.6% YES Jun 15; (5) 🔴 Khamenei sign-off tier CONTRADICTED — admin official "sidesteps" question vs Trump's "I understand the answer is yes"; (6) 🔴 Trump "dishonorable" specifies overnight drone salvo targeted "Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait"; (7) 🟢 OPEC+ fourth quota hike since Hormuz closure (cumulative ~600K bpd Apr-Jun); (8) 🟢 Reuters Iranian source cross-confirms 14-point text substance — four-tier source convergence; (9) 🟢 Iran-Israel direct-leg 9th window extends through Tyre-strike; (10) 🟡 Vessel-kinetic ZERO C146 window — first quiescent ~6-7h since C141 onset; (11) 🟢 Brent $87.33 / WTI $84.88 8-week-low close carries into Sunday Geneva binary; (12) 🔴 IRGC closure Day 3 unretracted; P&I Day 68 absent; war premium $10-14M unchanged. Locks: 5 TIGHTENING (L2, L3, L4, L7 deepens via Tyre, L9 quiescent-post-strike), 1 HOLDING-DEEP-DOWN (L1 weekend-locked), 2 DEEP MIXED (L5 venue+signatories crystallize vs Khamenei contradiction + Tyre-fire; L10 venue+Qalibaf finesses + admin contradicts Trump + Reuters source converges + Lebanon-fire), 1 MIXED (L8 tight-open Sunday-binary), 2 HOLDING (L6 expanded, L11 Qatar 0-2d). Net: tightening count unchanged; L7 deepens via Tyre; L5/L10 stay DEEP MIXED but venue+signatories crystallize. The Apr 8 ceasefire architecture now rests on (a) Iran-Israel direct-leg pause as single clean lock (9th window holds through Tyre-fire), (b) Geneva Sunday signing as procedural crystallization (Vance ↔ Qalibaf disclosed), (c) Khamenei courier-network political cover for Qalibaf signing as central unresolved bottleneck, (d) Lebanon-leg Tyre-fire as fresh stress test inside signing weekend. Next falsifiable events: Sunday Jun 14 Geneva signing actualization with Vance + Qalibaf present, Khamenei courier-network political cover for Qalibaf, Tyre-strike escalation trajectory, Polymarket Israel-Hezbollah Jun 15 deadline outcome, IRGC closure retraction, Iran-Israel 10th window through weekend, Bab al-Mandeb post-Jun 13-strike trajectory, Qatar LNG decision (0-2 days), Israel formal Geneva posture statement, Trump rhetoric direction (walk-back vs hardening), Brent Monday open binary $85/$94.