Hormuz Crisis Tracker — 2026-06-14 · Cycle 1 (C148)
War Day: 107 | Ceasefire Day: 69 (Apr 8 baseline) | Cycle: C148 (C1 of 2026-06-14, ~evening CEST run; ~24h delta from C147 c3)
Grok bridge: NO — Apple Notes Grok_outputs latest "HORMUZ" pattern stale (~Apr 29 X-PULSE); full sweep executed (Sunday-binary falsifiability + IRGC-tier denial + Tehran street protests + CENTCOM 141 + Polymarket bifurcation).
Baseline: C147 / 2026-06-13 c3 (Trump Truth Social "Deal scheduled to get signed tomorrow" + "Hormuz OPEN TO ALL immediately after" + Iran FM Baghaei "NOT TOMORROW" + venue inverts to remote/virtual + admin "not 100% confident" + Hezbollah drone northern Israel Jun 12 + Tyre toll 5 KIA/8 wounded disclosed + Hegseth "US controls Strait" + "140 ships stopped" + IRGC closure Day 3+ unretracted + Brent $87.33 / WTI $84.88 8-week-low weekend close).
PROVENANCE NOTE (Scout desktop, 2026-06-14 c1, ~evening CEST): C148 reads the 24h Sunday signing-binary as IT RESOLVES UNFAVORABLY for the Trump-tier framing: as of cycle-cut, no signing-event has actualized in ANY form (no remote/virtual ceremony announced, no Iran-side confirmation, no IRGC closure-retraction, no Trump victory-lap follow-up post). The C147 hypothesis ("Sunday signing-event actualization in ANY form" as central falsifiable test) fails within the 24h horizon. Critically, IRGC TIER NOW JOINS FM-TIER IN DENYING SUNDAY: per Views Bangladesh + IBTimes UK Jun 13-14: "IRGC casts doubt" — "Trump's announcement comes despite Iranian negotiators explicitly stating that the memorandum has not yet been finalized and that signing on Sunday is definitely not happening" + IRGC accusation that Trump engineered the Sunday date around his own birthday as a "propaganda event". This is a structural tier-deepening: C147 had FM-tier (Baghaei) denial; C148 escalates to IRGC-tier + FM-tier dual denial — the institutional pillar that issued the C141 closure declaration now publicly contradicts the Trump signing timeline. Compounding the intra-Iran stress: TEHRAN + MASHHAD STREET PROTESTS surface against negotiators — demonstrators chanting "Araghchi resign," "Ghalibaf resign," "death to dishonorable Araghchi the infiltrator" outside Foreign Ministry buildings in two cities (Arab News + WION + New Arab + Times of Israel). First confirmed street-level opposition to deal architecture; the four-tier mediator convergence (Pakistan PM + FM Araghchi + Reuters Iranian-source + Treasury Bessent) is now structurally exposed to intra-Iranian political pushback. CENTCOM-tier confirms Hegseth "140" figure with a precise number: 141 compliant commercial ships redirected + 9 noncompliant disabled since Apr 13 — Secretary-tier metric becomes CENTCOM-tier official. Vessel-kinetic ZERO C148 window — third consecutive quiescent maritime cycle; multi-day anchor extends to ~30h+ cumulative quiet (still well below the multi-week underwriter-repricing threshold). Iran-Israel direct-leg pause holds 11TH WINDOW (no direct kinetic since Jun 7-8 reset, despite Sunday-binary failure + Tyre + Hezbollah-drone Lebanon-leg + IRGC-tier denial + Tehran/Mashhad street protests). Net: the C147 SPLIT-TIER binary resolves toward the Iran-tier — Sunday signing fails to actualize, IRGC tier deepens the denial, Tehran street protests open intra-elite pressure on Araghchi/Ghalibaf negotiation track, and the deal architecture survives substantively (Iran "coming days" hedge holds) but loses procedural-momentum and credibility tier-decay. Monday open faces a "Sunday signing did not actualize" Brent re-pricing risk into $90-94 range, with mediator-tier confidence eroded from four-tier convergence to deal-text-survives-but-date-slipped framing.
⚡ CRITICAL FLAGS THIS CYCLE (C147 → C148 DELTAS)
- 🔴 SUNDAY SIGNING FAILS TO ACTUALIZE IN ANY FORM: As of C148 cycle-cut ~evening CEST Jun 14, no signing-event has actualized: no remote/virtual ceremony announced, no Iran-side confirmation, no formal Trump victory-lap statement, no IRGC closure-declaration retraction. The C147 central falsifiable test ("Sunday Jun 14 signing-event actualization in ANY form within 24h") resolves NEGATIVE. The architectural skeleton survives (Iran "coming days" hedge holds per FM Baghaei Tasnim) but the Trump-tier "scheduled tomorrow" + "OPEN TO ALL" mechanism statement is now empirically falsified at the 24h horizon.
- 🔴 IRGC TIER JOINS FM-TIER IN DENYING SUNDAY — INSTITUTIONAL DEEPENING: Per Views Bangladesh + IBTimes UK Jun 13-14: IRGC publicly states "signing on Sunday is definitely not happening" + accuses Trump of engineering the date around his own birthday as a "propaganda event" + frames Trump's announcement as a "test for Iran's negotiating team." Significance: structural tier-deepening from C147 FM-tier (Baghaei) denial to C148 IRGC-tier + FM-tier dual denial. The same institutional pillar that issued the C141 closure declaration (Day 4+ unretracted) now publicly contradicts the Trump signing timeline — this couples the Hormuz-closure-doctrine and signing-denial into a single Iran-side institutional posture.
- 🔴 TEHRAN + MASHHAD STREET PROTESTS AGAINST NEGOTIATORS — INTRA-ELITE STRESS SURFACES: Per Arab News + WION + New Arab + Times of Israel + arabnews.pk Jun 13-14: demonstrators outside Foreign Ministry buildings in Tehran AND Mashhad chanting "Araghchi resign," "Ghalibaf resign," women in black chadors chanting "death to dishonorable Araghchi, the infiltrator" while waving red and black flags. Demonstration triggered by Araghchi's televised interview Friday discussing deal terms (US naval blockade lifting + Strait reopening + Lebanon ceasefire). Significance: first confirmed street-level opposition to the deal architecture; the four-tier mediator convergence (Pakistan PM + FM Araghchi + Reuters Iranian-source + Treasury Bessent) is now structurally exposed to intra-Iranian hardliner pushback. Hardliner framing: deal "does not serve Iran's interests" + "would deprive Tehran of leverage over the Strait of Hormuz" + "negotiators made too many concessions."
- 🟡 CENTCOM CONFIRMS HEGSETH "140" FIGURE WITH PRECISION — 141 REDIRECTED + 9 DISABLED: Per The Hill + RFE/RL + multiple wire Jun 13: CENTCOM official statement: "141 compliant commercial ships redirected + 9 noncompliant vessels disabled since Apr 13." Tier-elevation from C146 CENTCOM 100 → C147 Hegseth "almost 140" → C148 CENTCOM-tier official 141. Significance: Secretary-tier metric now ratified at CENTCOM tier with precise number; blockade narrative consolidated at institutional level; reframes from "vessel redirection" milestone to operationally-precise enforcement metric.
- 🔴 POLYMARKET BIFURCATES — PERMANENT DEAL "LOW-20%" vs CEASEFIRE EXTENSION 81%: Per Polymarket Jun 13-14: US-Iran permanent peace deal Jun 30 odds fall to "low-20% range" following Iran-side suspension framing earlier in cycle. Ceasefire extension Jun 30 odds 81% (record territory) + Jul 31 odds 82%. Significance: market-tier explicitly bifurcates between deal substance (skeptical) and ceasefire extension (confident). The hardline framing matches: substantive deal-text contested at Iranian street + IRGC tier, but temporary ceasefire continuation widely expected. Implies markets are pricing "deal text fragments + ceasefire extends" as base case.
- 🟢 IRAN-ISRAEL DIRECT-LEG 11TH WINDOW HOLDS — STRUCTURAL DECOUPLING DURABILITY DEEPENS: No direct Iran-Israel kinetic in C148 window despite (a) Sunday signing failure, (b) IRGC-tier denial deepening, (c) Tehran/Mashhad street protests, (d) Israel pressing US to prevent unfreezing Iranian assets (C147 carry), (e) Hezbollah drone Jun 12 Israeli military zone, (f) Tyre strike toll 5 KIA / 8 wounded disclosed. Significance: single load-bearing structural lock continues durability through deepest cumulative procedural-failure cycle yet. 11th consecutive window since Jun 7-8 last reset.
- 🟡 VESSEL-KINETIC ZERO IN C148 — 3RD CONSECUTIVE QUIESCENT MARITIME WINDOW; ANCHOR EXTENDS TO ~30H+: No new tanker/commercial-vessel kinetic in window. C141-onset series now sees 3 consecutive quiescent cycles (C146, C147, C148); cumulative quiet ~30h+ from C146-onset. Significance: multi-day anchor extends; still ~6-8x below the multi-week threshold Willis Towers Watson "incident-free data accumulation" framing requires for underwriter repricing. First multi-day quiet period of C141-onset series.
- 🔴 STRUCTURAL FLOOR DEEPENS — IRGC DOCTRINE + INTRA-IRAN HARDLINER OPPOSITION COUPLE:
- 🟡 BRENT $87.33 / WTI $84.88 8-WEEK-LOW WEEKEND CLOSE — MONDAY OPEN FACES SUNDAY-FAILURE REPRICING: Markets closed Sunday; Monday Jun 15 open faces empirically-failed Sunday signing-event scenario. Goldman $100 "adverse case" $13 from threshold; if Iran-tier formal suspension materializes Monday OR Tyre/Hezbollah pattern extends, $90-94 retest probable. If "coming days" hedge holds + no escalation, chop in $85-90 range with leader-tier credibility premium re-priced down.
- ⏳ QATAR LNG MID-JUNE FORCE MAJEURE DECISION — NOW OVERDUE OR DUE IMMINENTLY: Bloomberg/Gasworld carries; "mid-June" envelope expires within this cycle; decision likely lands inside the next 0-2 days — tactical inside the post-Sunday-failure window. No restoration/extension announcement confirmed C148.
- ⏳ PHILIPPINES JUN 30 FUEL-VISIBILITY DEADLINE — 16 DAYS: PAL+Cebu visibility ends Jun 30; rationing watch July; Marcos EO 110 holds; 45-day DOE baseline.
- ⏳ IRAQ K-C CONTRACT JUL 27 — 43 DAYS: AGBI "two months left" framing carries; pipeline ~250K bpd (or up to 340K including Basra crude transferred) export rate.
1. Conflict Status
War Day 107 / Ceasefire Day 69. C147 → C148 (~24h): SUNDAY SIGNING-BINARY RESOLVES NEGATIVE FOR TRUMP-TIER FRAMING. No signing-event actualized in any form within 24h horizon. IRGC tier joins FM-tier in denying Sunday — "definitely not happening" + "propaganda event" + Trump-birthday framing. Tehran + Mashhad street protests against Araghchi/Ghalibaf surface — first intra-Iran street-level opposition to deal architecture. CENTCOM officially confirms 141 ships redirected + 9 disabled (ratifies Hegseth "140" tier at CENTCOM level). Polymarket bifurcates: permanent peace deal Jun 30 "low-20%" vs ceasefire extension Jun 30 81% (record). Iran-Israel direct-leg 11TH WINDOW holds. Vessel-kinetic ZERO C148 — 3rd consecutive quiescent maritime cycle (~30h+ cumulative quiet). Markets closed weekend; Monday Jun 15 open faces Sunday-failure repricing into $90-94 retest risk if Iran-tier suspension formalizes OR Lebanon-leg escalates.
Cross-leg status (C148):
- 🟢 Iran-Israel direct-leg: PAUSE HOLDS — 11TH WINDOW EXTENDS — no direct kinetic in window despite Sunday-binary failure + IRGC-tier denial + Tehran/Mashhad protests + Hezbollah drone + Tyre toll
- 🟡 Iran-US Hormuz-leg: NO new drone salvo C148 window; CENTCOM "unimpeded" + 141-ship blockade-metric carries — quiescent
- 🔴 Iran-US blockade-leg: CENTCOM-tier ratifies Hegseth "140" with 141 official — institutional consolidation; no 10th tanker disablement in window — STRUCTURAL CONSOLIDATION
- 🔴 Iran-US rhetorical-leg: Sunday-failure exposes Trump "scheduled tomorrow" + "OPEN TO ALL" rhetorical structure to empirical falsification; no Trump walk-back or hardening in window — CREDIBILITY DECAY
- 🔴 Iran intra-elite + intra-street: IRGC tier joins FM-tier denial; Tehran+Mashhad protests target negotiators; hardliners frame deal as "depriving Tehran of Hormuz leverage" + "too many concessions" — STRESS INTENSIFIES
- 🔴 Israel-MOU posture: Netanyahu non-party stipulation carries; Israel pressing US to prevent unfreezing of Iranian assets carries; Tyre-strike + Hezbollah-drone pattern unrepeated in C148 window but Lebanon-leg structurally bidirectional
- 🟡 Lebanon-leg: NO new strikes in C148 window (Tyre toll 5 KIA / 8 wounded carries; Hezbollah Jun 12 drone carries); 24h quiescent post-bidirectional cycle
- 🟡 Yemen/Red Sea-leg: No new Houthi attacks in C148 window; transit down >50% Jun 10-16 carries — holds at structural-tightening
- 🔴 Mediation: Pakistan PM final-text + Qatar delegation + Treasury Bessent + Reuters Iranian-source four-tier substance convergence SURVIVES BUT loses procedural-momentum; Sunday-event failure does NOT collapse the framework — Iran "coming days" hedge holds — date-tier failed; substance-tier survives
Key Jun 14 c1 events (~24h delta from C147 c3):
- 🔴 Sunday Jun 14 signing-event FAILS to actualize in any form (no remote/virtual ceremony, no Iran-side confirmation)
- 🔴 IRGC publicly states "signing on Sunday is definitely not happening" + "propaganda event"/Trump-birthday framing
- 🔴 Tehran + Mashhad street protests against Araghchi/Ghalibaf — "Araghchi resign," "Ghalibaf resign," "death to dishonorable Araghchi, the infiltrator"
- 🟡 CENTCOM confirms 141 ships redirected + 9 disabled since Apr 13 — Hegseth "140" upgraded to CENTCOM-tier with precise number
- 🔴 Polymarket bifurcates: permanent deal Jun 30 "low-20%" vs ceasefire extension Jun 30 81%
- 🟢 Iran-Israel direct-leg 11TH WINDOW HOLDS through Sunday-failure + IRGC denial + protests
- 🟡 Vessel-kinetic ZERO C148 — 3rd consecutive quiescent maritime window; ~30h+ cumulative anchor
- 🟡 No new Tyre/Lebanon kinetic in C148 window — 24h quiescent post-bidirectional cycle
- 🟡 No new Bab al-Mandeb attacks in C148 window
- 🔴 IRGC formal closure Day 4+ unretracted concurrent with Sunday-failure
- 🔴 P&I Day 69 absent — no underwriter re-quote signal
- ⏳ Qatar LNG decision window 0-2 days (mid-June expires inside next cycle)
- ⏳ Philippines Jun 30 — 16 days
- ⏳ Iraq K-C Jul 27 — 43 days
Cumulative casualties (C147 baseline + C148 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 (carryover); Settebello 3 dead + Bab al-Mandeb 1 severely injured Jun 13 carries
- Lebanon cumulative: ~3,533+ killed / ~10,723+ wounded; Tyre Jun 13 5 killed + 8 wounded + 16 killed Jun 10 Tayr Debba/Deir Qanoun/Tyre carries — UN $365M destruction bill carries
- Israel (Lebanon-leg): Hezbollah drone Jun 12 northern military zone — no injuries (carries)
Ceasefire likelihood assessment (C148): HOLD at LOW for 7-day window (specifically tied to "coming days" hedge per Iran FM Baghaei) — Sunday signing-event empirically fails; IRGC + FM dual-tier denial deepens structural Iran-side reluctance; Tehran + Mashhad street protests open intra-elite pressure on negotiation track; Polymarket bifurcates permanent-deal-vs-ceasefire-extension; Trump-tier credibility re-priced down without walk-back. HOLD at VERY LOW for 24h window — no signing-event likely Sunday-Monday given IRGC-tier denial + street protests + need for hardliner reconciliation. DOWNGRADE further to VERY LOW for 14-day window IF (a) Iran-tier formally suspends OR (b) Tyre+Hezbollah pattern resumes multi-day OR (c) IRGC closure-declaration remains unretracted past Friday Jun 19 OR (d) Trump walks back "scheduled tomorrow" framing into ultimatum rhetoric. Critical inflections next 24-72h: (1) Does any signing-event actualize Mon-Tue in any form, (2) Does Iran-tier denial harden into formal suspension, (3) Does Tehran/Mashhad protest pattern compound multi-day, (4) Does IRGC retract closure declaration, (5) Does Iran-Israel direct-leg 12th window hold through Monday Brent reaction, (6) Does Trump walk back "scheduled tomorrow" OR pivot to hardening rhetoric, (7) Does Israel issue statement on Sunday-failure, (8) Does Qatar LNG force majeure decision land Mon-Tue inside Sunday-failure window, (9) Does any new Hormuz/Bab al-Mandeb kinetic flare, (10) Does Israel sanctions-unfreeze pressure on US Iranian assets surface in deal-text language.
2. Strait of Hormuz — Operational Status
| Parameter | Current Status | Δ vs C147 c3 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 4+ — no retraction concurrent with Sunday-binary failure; IRGC tier now publicly denies signing date AND maintains closure doctrine | 🔴 DOCTRINE-DEEPENS |
| Strait status | DUAL-DOCTRINE: Iran says CLOSED; US says OPEN; ~1,550 cumulative stranded; ~22,500 mariners; CENTCOM confirms 141 redirected + 9 disabled blockade-metric | 🟡 CENTCOM-TIER 141 CONFIRMS |
| US kinetic activity | No new C148 window kinetic; CENTCOM "unimpeded" + 141-ship blockade-metric carries | 🟡 QUIESCENT |
| Iran kinetic activity — Hormuz-leg | No new C148 window drone salvo; Trump "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE" specifying "Indian Ships" C146 carries; Sunday-failure does not trigger Iran kinetic re-engagement in window | 🟡 QUIESCENT |
| Iran kinetic activity — US-leg (third-night) | Tri-state retaliation closed C141 window; no new in C148 window | CARRY |
| Iran-Israel direct-leg | PAUSE HOLDS 11TH WINDOW EXTENDS — Sunday-failure + IRGC-tier denial + Tehran/Mashhad protests + Lebanon-leg bidirectional (now 24h quiescent) does not trigger Iran-side reactivation | 🟢 EXTENDS |
| US blockade — political | "Pay the price" + Kharg-takeover threat C143 carries; Trump "DISHONORABLE" C145 + "scheduled tomorrow" C147 + "OPEN TO ALL after signing" C147 — last empirically falsified at 24h horizon | 🔴 CREDIBILITY DECAY |
| US blockade — physical | CENTCOM official: 141 compliant ships redirected + 9 noncompliant disabled since Apr 13 — ratifies C147 Hegseth "almost 140" at CENTCOM tier with precision; MT Jalveer 9th disablement carries; no 10th in window | 🟡 CENTCOM-TIER RATIFIES 141 |
| India safe passage | Trump "Indian Ships" framing C146 carries; Sonowal repatriation operational; MEA "Highest Alert" carries; bilateral exception unaffected; no new C148 movement | CARRY |
| China bilateral exception | No new movement; CENTCOM "international trade corridor open" + 141-ship blockade-metric carries; bilateral exception under IRGC-permission framework | CARRY |
| IRGC posture | Formal closure declaration Day 4+ HOLDS + IRGC tier now publicly denies Sunday signing date + "propaganda event" framing + "test for Iran's negotiating team"; doctrine-lock + signing-denial now COUPLED at institutional level | 🔴 DOCTRINE-LOCK + SIGNING-DENIAL COUPLE |
| Houthi Red Sea blockade | No new attacks in C148 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 FURTHER STRESS-TESTED by Sunday-failure + IRGC-tier denial of date + Tehran protests; remote/virtual mechanism failed within 24h horizon; 14-point draft 30-day Iran mine-clearance commitment | 🔴 STRESS DEEPENS |
| P&I re-entry | NO re-entry Day 69; Lloyd's framing carries; safety-data accumulation thesis hardens via 3rd consecutive quiescent vessel-kinetic window; ~30h+ cumulative anchor | 🔴 RESTART CLOCK HOLDS RESET; multi-day anchor extends |
| 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); CENTCOM 141-redirected official | 🟡 CENTCOM 141 OFFICIAL |
| Iraq Kirkuk-Ceyhan contract | Expires Jul 27 — 43 days; ~250K bpd current; Basra-crude pumped through K-C totaling ~340K bpd combined route; Iraqi cabinet target 770K within 2.5 months | CARRY |
| Iraq Hormuz/Basra June throughput | ~7M bbl matches Apr+May combined (C147 carry); Basra terminals operational under IRGC-permission framework + Basra crude pumped through K-C ~90K bpd (Shafaq News) | CARRY + K-C BASRA INTEGRATION CONFIRMS |
| Iran $2M safe-passage fee / "Hormuz Safe" | Status ambiguous under formal closure + IRGC permission-framework | CARRY |
| Sunday Jun 14 signing window | 🔴 EMPIRICALLY FAILS within 24h horizon — no remote/virtual ceremony actualized; no Iran-side confirmation; no Trump victory-lap post; IRGC tier denies date + accuses "propaganda event"; Tehran/Mashhad street protests against negotiators surface | 🔴 RESOLVES NEGATIVE |
| Khamenei sign-off | CONTRADICTION DEEPENS: Trump "I understand the answer is yes"; admin official "sidesteps" (C146); Iran-FM-tier denies Sunday date (C147); IRGC tier joins denial (C148); courier-network bottleneck transcends signing modality; remote/virtual mechanism does not actualize Sunday | 🔴 FOUR-TIER CONTRADICTION |
| 14-point text status | Reuters Iranian-source confirmation C146 substance survives; Iran FM Baghaei "coming days" hedge holds substantively; date+venue tier collapses but text framework intact | 🟡 SUBSTANCE INTACT; DATE FAILS |
| Lebanon-leg | 24h quiescent post-bidirectional cycle (Tyre 5 KIA/8 wounded + Hezbollah Jun 12 drone carries); no new C148 kinetic | 🟡 QUIESCENT (1st post-bidirectional) |
| Intra-Iran political stress | NEW C148: Tehran + Mashhad street protests against Araghchi/Ghalibaf — first confirmed street-level opposition to deal architecture; hardliner framing "depriving Tehran of Hormuz leverage" | 🔴 NEW C148 — INTRA-ELITE STRESS SURFACES |
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) + Jun 12-13 overnight Iran drone salvo (all shot down) + Jun 13 Bab al-Mandeb double-missile (1 severely injured); IMO cumulative 46 attacks + 14 seafarer fatalities since Feb 28. C148 window: ZERO MARITIME-KINETIC, ZERO LEBANON-KINETIC — third consecutive quiescent maritime cycle, first quiescent Lebanon-leg cycle post-bidirectional Tyre+Hezbollah pair.
| Date | Vessel/Target | Flag/Operator | Location | Type | Damage/Casualties | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14 ~evening CEST (C148 window) | NONE — maritime OR Lebanon | — | — | — | NO NEW KINETIC EVENTS | 🟡 QUIESCENT (3rd consec maritime; 1st post-bidirectional Lebanon) |
| Jun 13 c3 (carryover) | Tyre, Lebanon (urban) | Lebanon (territorial) | Tyre | Israeli airstrike during signing weekend | 5 killed + 8 wounded (disclosed C147) | CARRY |
| Jun 12 (C147 carry) | Northern Israel military zone | Israel (territorial) | Northern Israel | Hezbollah drone strike | No injuries | CARRY |
| Jun 13 (carry) | Cargo ship | TBD | Bab al-Mandeb, Yemen coast | Houthi double-missile (≥3 missiles) | 1 seafarer severely injured; crew abandoned | CARRY |
| Jun 12-13 overnight (carry) | 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 |
| Jun 10 (carry) | MT JALVEER | Guinea-Bissau flag; 20 Indian crew | 21nm NE Sohar, Gulf of Oman | 9th CENTCOM Hellfire disablement | 0 casualties | CARRY |
| Jun 10-11 (carry) | 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 (carry) | M/T SETTEBELLO | Palau-flagged | ~20nm NE Sohar, Gulf of Oman | 8th CENTCOM disablement | 24 Indian crew → 21 rescued + 3 KIA | CARRY |
| Jun 11 (carry) | 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 (carry) | Iranian air defenses, radar, C2 (~20 targets) | Iran (territorial) | Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, Jask, Sirik | US Day-1 wave | Multi-site | CARRY |
| Jun 9 (carry) | US Army AH-64 Apache | US | Over Strait/off Oman | Iranian drone collision | Aircraft lost; pilots safe | CARRY |
| Jun 10 (carry) | 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 (carry) | Cargo vessel near Bab al-Mandeb | TBD | Yemen coast | Small-boat attack — 6 armed individuals | No casualties; Houthi "complete ban" | CARRY |
| Jun 8 (carry) | M/T MARIVEX | Palau | 15NM NE Masirah | US precision; 7th disablement | Disabled; no injuries | CARRY |
| Jun 7-8 (carry) | Iran-Israel direct strike exchange (Beirut suburbs Jun 7; Ramat David Israel; Tehran/Isfahan/Tabriz/Mahshahr Iran) | Israel/Iran territorial | Multi-state | Iran-Israel direct-leg LAST RESET | Casualties multi-site | CARRY |
| Jun 6 (carry) | Sirik + Qeshm coastal radar; OWA drones; IRGC tanker strike | Iran/mixed | Strait | US + IRGC kinetic | Tanker halted; 3 turned back | CARRY |
| Jun 5 (carry) | Mina Al Fahal SBM | Oman | Near Muscat | Suspected drone | Resumed <48h | CARRY |
| Jun 3 (carry) | Kuwait airport + Ali Al-Salem + Fifth Fleet | Kuwait/Bahrain | Gulf | IRGC drones+BMs | 1 killed (Indian), 63 injured | CARRY |
| Mar 17-18 (carry) | 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 14 c1 read (markets closed weekend) | C147 c3 (Jun 12 settle) | Pre-war | Peak (Apr 7) | Δ vs C147 c3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent (front) | $87.33 settle Jun 12 (-3.37%); 8-week-low CARRIES; Monday Jun 15 open faces Sunday-failure repricing | $87.33 | ~$70 | $138 (EIA Apr 7) | CARRY — Sunday-failure pricing locked into Monday open |
| WTI (front) | $84.88 settle Jun 12 (-3.2%); 8-week-low CARRIES | $84.88 | ~$67 | $138 / $117 Apr avg | CARRY |
| 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; 3rd consec quiescent vessel-kinetic window extends multi-day anchor | ~$100K (~12h+ anchor) | $117K pre-war | $423.7K Mar peak (record); $474K Apr peak per Baltic; $770K-$800K week-1 fixtures | 🟡 ANCHOR EXTENDS (~30h+) |
| War risk premium | TIER-CONFLICT NOTED: $10-14M per VLCC voyage (Lloyd's List broadly cited C147) vs $0.8-2M per VLCC voyage (Caixin Global / Lloyd's List source data) — $0.8-2M figure likely correct premium-amount per voyage; $10-14M figure may represent annualized or full-cycle cost; non-flagged 0.8-1.5% hull; US/UK/Israeli-nexus 2.5-5%; APCs $150K-$400K/call; war-risk premiums "surged 340% since Feb 28" | $10-14M per voyage (Lloyd's List) | 0.02-0.15% | — | 🔴 TIER-CONFLICT NOTED |
| Goldman $100 "adverse case" | NOT breached; ~$13 from threshold | ~$13 from threshold | — | — | CARRY |
| Price drivers this window | Monday Jun 15 open faces Sunday-failure repricing scenarios: (a) Iran-tier formal suspension → $94-100 re-test; (b) "coming days" hedge holds → $85-90 chop; (c) Trump walks back → $90-94 mid-range; (d) Trump hardening → mid-$90s; (e) hybrid/quiet → $86-89 with credibility-premium re-priced down. IRGC-tier denial + Tehran protests amplify Iran-tier suspension risk. Polymarket bifurcation (permanent deal "low-20%" vs ceasefire 81%) implies market base-case: "deal date slips + ceasefire extends + Brent in $86-92 chop." | 8-week-low close locks into Sunday SPLIT-TIER binary | — | — | 🟡 SUNDAY-FAILURE REPRICING LOCKED INTO MON OPEN |
| EIA WPSR | Week ending Jun 5 print: 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); Saudi June quota 10.291 mb/d (Saudi+62K bpd); seven-OPEC+ +188K bpd June; cumulative ~600K bpd Apr-Jun; Saudi actual ~7.76 mb/d March (per Moscow Times via OPEC report) "far above actual production" framing CONFIRMED via aljazeera.com sourcing | Carries | — | — | 🟡 SAUDI ACTUAL vs QUOTA GAP CONFIRMED |
| Saudi actual vs quota | ~7.76 actual (OPEC March report; "far above actual production" framing per Al Jazeera) vs 10.291 quota → ~2.5 mb/d gap | ~9.356 OR ~7.76 (single-source tier-conflict noted) | — | — | 🟡 TIER-CONFLICT RESOLVES TO 7.76 |
| Carrier surcharges | MSC all-Cape $1.2k/TEU; Maersk Hormuz suspended; Hapag-Lloyd suspended | Same | — | — | CARRY |
5. Strategic Petroleum Reserves
IEA coordinated release status (C147 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 (C146) carries; 20 Jalveer Indian crew safe | CARRY |
| 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 — 16 days; rationing watch July; Senate panel pushes early rationing | EO 110 holds; ₱20B Malampaya; 4-day gov't week | CARRY (16 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 matches Apr+May combined (~30K bpd through-Hormuz rate; C147 carry) | — ramp continues under IRGC-permission | 🟢 RECOVERY CARRIES | CARRY |
| Iraq Kirkuk-Ceyhan | 0.77 target | ~250K bpd; +~90K bpd Basra crude pumped through K-C; total combined route ~340K bpd (Shafaq News tier); Iraqi cabinet ramp to 770K within 2.5 months; tripling plan ~650K bpd | +0.43 ramp room | Contract expires Jul 27 — 43 days | 🟢 K-C BASRA INTEGRATION CONFIRMED |
| 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 C147. OPEC+ structural drop ~9.58 mb/d April vs February confirms the supply gap. The 14-point draft's 30-day Hormuz reopening commitment + Trump-tier "OPEN TO ALL after signing" mechanism would mechanically close the GAP if a signing-event actualizes — but Sunday-binary empirically fails within 24h horizon. Substance survives via Iran FM Baghaei "coming days" hedge; actual closure requires (a) signing-event actualization, (b) IRGC closure retraction, (c) mine clearance, (d) production restart, (e) repair completion, (f) 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; $0.8-2M per VLCC voyage premium (Caixin Global tier) — TIER-CONFLICT with $10-14M Lloyd's List figure cited C147; resolution: $0.8-2M is likely correct per-voyage premium amount; $10-14M may be annualized or full-cycle exposure; war-risk premiums up 340% since Feb 28; 88% Lloyd's marine war underwriters retain appetite | 🔴 TIER-CONFLICT RESOLVES TOWARD $0.8-2M |
| P&I club coverage | NO RE-ENTRY DAY 69; Lloyd's clarification carries — "war insurance remains available within Lloyd's and London company market"; LMA: "safety concerns, not insurance availability, driving reduced vessel traffic"; entire Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, northern Arabian Sea listed as high-risk area — widest-since-JWC; breach premiums required per transit; liability via P&I non-cancellable and reinsured in London; major P&I clubs (Gard, Skuld, NorthStandard) issued formal cancellation notices Mar 1 for Persian Gulf | 🔴 RESTART CLOCK HOLDS RESET DAY 69; ~30h+ quiescent anchor extends but multi-week threshold remains untouched |
| Lloyd's market | War cover available; major event response active; LMA: "safety concerns not insurance availability driving reduced transit" | CARRY |
| Per-transit cost | $0.8-2M per VLCC voyage (Caixin/Lloyd's source tier); Lloyd's List "double-digit millions per trip" annualized framing | CARRY (TIER-CLARIFIED) |
| 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; 3rd consec quiescent maritime-kinetic window extends multi-day anchor | 🟡 ANCHOR EXTENDS (~30h+) |
| 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 (C148):
- No new CENTCOM disablements in C148 window: tally holds at 9 (Marivex 7th, Settebello 8th, Jalveer 9th — Hellfire). CENTCOM-tier ratifies Hegseth "almost 140" with official figure: 141 compliant ships redirected + 9 noncompliant disabled since Apr 13.
- 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).
- C148 watch: Reuters Iranian-source 14-point cross-confirm (C146) carries substantively despite Sunday-binary failure. If a signing-event actualizes Mon-Tue in any form, OFAC delisting cascade + $24B blocked-fund release are first sanctions-architecture mechanics to track — Israel pressing US to prevent unfreezing (NEW C147 fresh wedge) remains active. With Sunday-binary failed and IRGC-tier denial deepening, sanctions architecture holds and the CENTCOM-tier 141-ship blockade-metric framing carries as operating reality.
- 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 | Trump-tier "scheduled tomorrow" + "OPEN TO ALL" empirically falsified at 24h horizon; CENTCOM ratifies blockade-metric at 141 redirected + 9 disabled; senior admin official Friday "NOT 100% confident" surfaces in retrospect as accurate caveat; Hegseth "US controls Strait" carries; Israel pressing US to prevent unfreezing carries | Trump-tier credibility decay; CENTCOM-tier consolidation | HIGH (carry; Trump credibility re-priced) | 🔴 TRUMP-TIER EMPIRICAL FALSIFICATION |
| Iran | FM spokesperson Baghaei "coming days" hedge holds substantively; FM Araghchi remote/virtual modality framing carries but mechanism does not actualize Sunday; IRGC tier publicly denies Sunday date + "propaganda event" + "Trump birthday" framing; Tehran + Mashhad street protests against Araghchi/Ghalibaf; Khamenei courier-network bottleneck transcends signing modality | Iran-tier dual denial; intra-Iran political stress; substance survives | EXTREME (carry; IRGC-tier deepens denial; street protests) | 🔴 IRGC-TIER + FM-TIER DUAL DENIAL + STREET PROTESTS |
| Israel | Netanyahu non-party stipulation carries; "Israel will not have nuclear weapons" carries; Tyre toll 5 KIA + 8 wounded carries; Israel pressing US to prevent unfreezing Iranian assets carries; Hezbollah drone Jun 12 retaliation carries; no new C148 Lebanon kinetic in window | Lebanon-leg 24h quiescent post-bidirectional; sanctions wedge carries | EXTREME (Lebanon-leg quiescent post-bidirectional; sanctions wedge active) | 🟡 LEBANON QUIESCENT 24H |
| Pakistan | PM Sharif "final, agreed-upon text" carries; Pakistan branded primary mediator alongside Qatar; "Islamabad agreement" formal-name carries but venue rejected by Iran (C147); Sunday-binary failure does not collapse mediator framework but exposes its limits | Mediator-tier framework survives but procedural-momentum lost | HIGH (mediator-tier survives substantively) | 🟡 MEDIATOR-FRAMEWORK SURVIVES |
| Qatar | Qatari delegation returned from Tehran Thursday carries; LNG force majeure mid-June expires within next cycle (0-2 days); co-sponsor freedom-of-navigation resolution; mediation framework continues | Mediation + force majeure decision imminent | HIGH | 🔴 LNG DECISION OVERDUE/IMMINENT |
| 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 (C146) carries; Sonowal repatriation operational; Jalveer 20 Indian crew safe; MEA "Highest Alert"; bilateral exception unaffected; 44 Indian seafarers exposed in 48h cluster carries | India-frame consolidated | EXTREME — exposure clusters | CARRY |
| Saudi Arabia | First formal condemnation C141 carries; military-option signal carries; LACMs available; freedom-of-navigation co-sponsor; OPEC actual ~7.76 mb/d (March report tier; "far above actual production" framing per Al Jazeera confirms ~2.5 mb/d underdelivery vs 10.291 quota) | "Approved in concept and great detail" per Trump | HIGH | 🟡 ACTUAL ~7.76 mb/d (tier-conflict resolves) |
| 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 + Basra ~90K through K-C ~340K combined; Iraqi cabinet target 770K within 2.5 months; Jul 27 contract deadline; June Hormuz/Basra throughput ~7M bbl matches Apr+May combined | Recovery confirmed | HIGH | 🟢 K-C BASRA INTEGRATION CONFIRMED |
| 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 5 killed + 8 wounded (disclosed C147) carries; 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; Hezbollah drone Jun 12 northern Israel military zone (no injuries) carries; no new C148 kinetic | Bidirectional fire cycle 24h quiescent | EXTREME | 🟡 24H QUIESCENT POST-BIDIRECTIONAL |
| Philippines | PAL+Cebu visibility Jun 30 — 16 days; rationing watch July; Senate panel pushes early rationing | Energy emergency holds | EXTREME | CARRY (16 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 C148 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 C148 window (3rd consec) | EXTREME | 🟡 QUIESCENT (3rd consec) |
| 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; Tyre Jun 13 disclosed toll (5 KIA) expands IHL footprint | Diplomatic surface compounds; IHL probe scope expanded | — | CARRY |
10. Policy Actions (cycle-specific additions)
| Date | Actor | Action | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14 (C148) | Iran (IRGC) | Publicly states "signing on Sunday is definitely not happening"; accuses Trump of "propaganda event" framing tied to his birthday; describes Trump timeline as "test for Iran's negotiating team" | 🔴 NEW C148 — IRGC-TIER DENIAL |
| Jun 14 (C148) | Iran (Tehran + Mashhad street protests) | Demonstrators outside Foreign Ministry buildings chant "Araghchi resign," "Ghalibaf resign," "death to dishonorable Araghchi the infiltrator"; women in black chadors with red and black flags | 🔴 NEW C148 — INTRA-IRAN STREET-LEVEL OPPOSITION |
| Jun 14 (C148) | Iran (hardliner framing via media) | Hardliners frame deal as "depriving Tehran of leverage over Strait of Hormuz" + "negotiators made too many concessions" | 🔴 NEW C148 — HARDLINER NARRATIVE COALESCES |
| Jun 13 (C148 confirm) | CENTCOM (official) | "141 compliant commercial ships redirected + 9 noncompliant vessels disabled since Apr 13" — ratifies Hegseth "almost 140" at CENTCOM tier with precision | 🟡 NEW C148 — CENTCOM-TIER 141 CONFIRMS |
| Jun 14 (C148) | Polymarket | Permanent peace deal Jun 30 odds fall to "low-20% range"; ceasefire extension Jun 30 81% (record); Jul 31 82%; bifurcation between substance and timeline | 🔴 NEW C148 — MARKET BIFURCATES |
| Jun 13 (C147 carry) | Trump (Truth Social) | "The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL" — empirically falsified at 24h horizon | 🔴 EMPIRICALLY FALSIFIED |
| Jun 13 (C147 carry) | Iran FM spokesperson Baghaei (Tasnim) | Signing "NOT TOMORROW"; "possibility in coming days not ruled out" — confirmed by 24h horizon outcome | 🟢 CONFIRMED |
| Jun 13 (C147 carry) | Iran FM Araghchi (Iran International) | "Agreement would be signed REMOTELY by both sides and then formally announced" — Iran rejected Geneva AND Islamabad; mechanism does not actualize Sunday | 🟡 MECHANISM FAILS WITHIN 24H |
| Jun 12 (C147 carry) | US senior admin official | US "NOT 100% confident" agreement they reached will be signed — validated by Sunday outcome | 🟢 VALIDATED |
| Jun 12 (C147 carry) | Hezbollah | Drone strikes military zone in northern Israel — no injuries | CARRY |
| Jun 13 (C147 carry) | Lebanese Health Ministry (via ms.now) | Tyre strike toll: 5 killed + 8 wounded — DISCLOSED | CARRY |
| Jun 13 (C147 carry) | Hegseth (US Secretary of War) | "US controls Strait of Hormuz"; "US blockade has stopped almost 140 ships" — ratified at CENTCOM tier C148 as 141 | 🟡 RATIFIED AT CENTCOM TIER |
| Jun 13 (C147 carry) | Israel (via NBC) | Israel pressing US to prevent unfreezing of Iranian assets as part of ceasefire agreement | CARRY |
| Jun 12-13 (C146 carry) | US (via Reuters source) | Geneva as Sunday Jun 14 signing venue + VP Vance ↔ Qalibaf signatories + 4 USAF C-17s pre-staged Thursday — structurally OUT-OF-PHASE with remote/virtual mechanism + Sunday-binary failure | 🔴 ARCHITECTURE FAILS |
| Jun 12 (C146 carry) | Iran (per Mehr) | 14-point draft surfaces: oil sanctions lifting + Iran commits to reopen Strait within 30 days; "requires approval from Iranian authorities" — substantively survives but date+venue+mechanism slip | 🟡 SUBSTANCE SURVIVES |
| Jun 12 (carry) | Israel (Netanyahu's office) | Statement: Israel NOT "a party to the memorandum of understanding"; "Israel will not have nuclear weapons" carries | CARRY |
| Jun 12 (carry) | Iran (IRGC) | Formal Strait closure declaration "any vessel a target" STILL HOLDS Day 4+ — no retraction concurrent with Sunday-binary failure | 🔴 DAY 4+ DOCTRINE HOLDS |
| Pending — central watch | Mon-Tue Jun 15-16 signing-event actualization in ANY form | Trump-tier empirically falsified at Sunday; Iran-tier "coming days" hedge holds; mediator-tier substance survives | 🔴 NEW CENTRAL WATCH — Mon-Tue WINDOW |
| Pending | Iran-side formalization of suspension vs continuation | Does IRGC-tier denial harden into formal Iran-side suspension OR does Iran confirm signing post-Sunday in "coming days" | CENTRAL WATCH |
| Pending | Trump rhetoric direction | Walk-back of "scheduled tomorrow" OR formal text repudiation OR hardening into ultimatum | CENTRAL WATCH |
| Pending | Tehran + Mashhad protest pattern | Does street-level opposition compound multi-day; does it spread to other cities | CENTRAL WATCH |
| Pending | Iran (IRGC) | Formal closure declaration retraction — would be structural co-signal of any signing-event | CENTRAL WATCH |
| Pending | Qatar (QatarEnergy) | LNG force majeure mid-June extension/restoration decision (now overdue/0-2 days) | DUE — OVERDUE |
| Pending | Israel | Statement on Sunday-failure; whether Tyre/Hezbollah pattern resumes | WATCH |
| Pending | EIA | WPSR Jun 17 print — SPR-specific direct-verify | NEXT WEEK |
| Pending | UNSC | UN-probe-initiated on Israeli IHL violations — Tyre Jun 13 toll (5 KIA) expands scope | WATCH |
| Pending | Brent Monday Jun 15 open | Sunday-failure repricing scenarios live | NEXT 24H |
11. Key Metrics Dashboard
| Metric | Value | Trend | Signal | C148 Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conflict day count | 107 | → | Sunday-binary fails + IRGC-tier denial + Tehran/Mashhad protests | 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"; CENTCOM 141 redirected blockade-metric ratifies Hegseth-tier | → | dual-doctrine framing + CENTCOM 141 confirmed | 🟡 CENTCOM 141 OFFICIAL |
| Brent crude ($/bbl) | $87.33 settle Jun 12; weekend close; Monday Jun 15 open faces Sunday-failure repricing | → | Sunday-failure pricing locked into Mon open | CARRY |
| WTI crude ($/bbl) | $84.88 settle Jun 12; weekend close | → | Sunday-failure pricing locked into Mon open | CARRY |
| VLCC day rates | ~$100K TD22/TD15 (May benchmark; "cautious stabilization") | → | non-Hormuz oversupply; sticky | CARRY |
| War risk premium ($/voyage) | $0.8-2M per VLCC voyage (Caixin/Lloyd's source tier; tier-clarifies from C147 $10-14M); 0.8-1.5% non-flagged hull; 2.5-5% US/UK/Israeli-nexus; up 340% since Feb 28 | → | 3rd consec quiescent vessel-kinetic anchor extends ~30h+; well below repricing threshold | 🟡 ANCHOR EXTENDS; TIER-CLARIFIED |
| 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) + Tyre Jun 13 (5 KIA + 8 wounded territorial) + Hezbollah drone Jun 12 (Israeli military zone, no injuries — territorial); IMO cumulative 46 attacks + 14 seafarer fatalities since Feb 28 | → | C148 maritime + Lebanon-leg ZERO — 3rd consec quiescent maritime; 1st quiescent Lebanon post-bidirectional | 🟡 ALL-LEG QUIESCENT C148 |
| 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 + ~90K Basra crude through K-C ~340K combined; June ~7M bbl already matches Apr+May combined ~30K bpd Hormuz uplift | → | structural recovery confirmed + K-C Basra integration ratified | 🟢 K-C BASRA INTEGRATION |
| Escort timeline (days to operational) | RFA Lyme Bay + HMS Dragon ETA window; mission gate=peace agreement; gate FURTHER STRESS-TESTED by Sunday-failure + IRGC-tier denial of date + Tehran/Mashhad protests; remote/virtual mechanism failed within 24h horizon | → | conditional unlock further stress-tested | 🔴 STRESS DEEPENS |
| 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; K-C Basra integration confirms marginal recovery | CARRY |
| Supply gap | GAP: ~13.5-14.5 mb/d unbridgeable (current); OPEC+ structural drop ~9.58 mb/d Apr vs Feb + Saudi actual ~7.76 vs 10.291 quota gap ~2.5 mb/d confirms structural shortfall | → | structural; OPEC+ cumulative +600K bpd Apr-Jun does not close gap; Saudi-actual underdelivery confirmed | 🟡 SAUDI GAP CONFIRMED |
| India reserve days | 78 crude; ~6-9.5 SPR; LPG to priority; kerosene rationing | → | Trump India-frame consolidated; Jalveer 20 safe | CARRY |
| 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; CENTCOM 141 redirected official | → | unprecedented + CENTCOM 141 ratified | 🟡 CENTCOM 141 |
| Mine threat level | CRITICAL (JMIC) | → | formal | CARRY |
| IRGC posture | Formal closure declaration STILL HOLDS Day 4+ — no retraction concurrent with Sunday-binary failure; IRGC tier now publicly denies signing date + "propaganda event" + "test for Iran's negotiating team"; doctrine-lock + signing-denial COUPLED at institutional level | → | floor holds deeper; doctrine + signing-denial couple | 🔴 DOCTRINE + SIGNING-DENIAL COUPLE |
| P&I insurance status | Day 69 NO re-entry; Lloyd's clarification — insurance available, safety drives reduced traffic; widest-since-JWC high-risk-area listing confirmed; 3rd consec quiescent vessel-kinetic window anchors ~30h+ | → | strongest de-escalation signal ABSENT; multi-day anchor extends | 🟡 ANCHOR EXTENDS |
| Qatar LNG status | Force majeure mid-June; decision now overdue or imminent (0-2 days); Ras Laffan 17-19% capacity offline 3-5 yrs | → | imminent/overdue | 🔴 OVERDUE/IMMINENT |
| Dual chokepoint status | Hormuz formal-closed + C148 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 (3rd consec) |
| Ceasefire status | 🟢 Iran-Israel direct-leg 11th window EXTENDS; 🔴 Sunday signing-event empirically fails at 24h horizon; 🔴 IRGC-tier + FM-tier dual denial of Sunday date; 🔴 Tehran/Mashhad street protests against negotiators; 🟢 Iran "coming days" hedge survives; 🟡 Lebanon-leg 24h quiescent post-bidirectional | MIXED | Sunday-binary resolves negative for Trump-tier; substance survives; intra-Iran stress surfaces | 🔴 SUNDAY-FAILURE + IRGC/FM DUAL DENIAL + PROTESTS |
| Diplomatic channels | Pakistan PM final-text + Qatar delegation + Treasury Bessent + Reuters Iranian-source four-tier substance survives but procedural-momentum lost; Trump-tier vs Iran-tier date contradiction resolves toward Iran-tier; Geneva + Islamabad both rejected by Iran; remote/virtual mechanism does not actualize Sunday; Tehran/Mashhad protests open intra-elite track | substance survives; procedural-momentum lost; intra-elite stress surfaces | mediator-tier survives substantively; date+venue+modality all slip; Lebanon-leg 24h quiescent | 🔴 PROCEDURAL FAILURE; SUBSTANCE SURVIVES |
| SE Asia crisis status | Philippines Jun 30 fuel-visibility deadline — 16 days; cohort holds | → | deadline tightens | CARRY |
| Intra-Iran political stress | NEW C148: Tehran + Mashhad street protests against Araghchi/Ghalibaf; hardliner framing "depriving Tehran of Hormuz leverage" | NEW | first confirmed street-level opposition | 🔴 NEW C148 |
12. Convergence Assessment
(a) What Changed This Cycle (C147 c3 → C148 c1)
- 🔴 SUNDAY SIGNING-EVENT EMPIRICALLY FAILS WITHIN 24H HORIZON. From C147: Trump Truth Social "scheduled tomorrow" + "OPEN TO ALL after signing" was set up as the central falsifiable test of the cycle. To C148: ~24h has elapsed; no signing-event has actualized in any form (no remote/virtual ceremony, no Iran-side confirmation, no Trump victory-lap post, no IRGC closure retraction). Significance: Trump-tier credibility re-priced down; Iran "coming days" hedge holds substantively but procedural-momentum lost; markets must reprice this scenario into Monday Jun 15 open.
- 🔴 IRGC TIER JOINS FM-TIER IN DENYING SUNDAY — INSTITUTIONAL DEEPENING. From C147: FM-tier (Baghaei) denial only. To C148: IRGC publicly states "signing on Sunday is definitely not happening" + "propaganda event" framing tied to Trump's birthday + "test for Iran's negotiating team." Significance: same institutional pillar that issued C141 closure declaration now publicly couples doctrine-lock with signing-denial — this consolidates Iran-side reluctance at the most operationally-empowered tier.
- 🔴 TEHRAN + MASHHAD STREET PROTESTS AGAINST NEGOTIATORS — FIRST INTRA-IRAN STREET-LEVEL OPPOSITION. From C147: no confirmed street-level opposition. To C148: demonstrators outside Foreign Ministry buildings in Tehran AND Mashhad chanting "Araghchi resign," "Ghalibaf resign," "death to dishonorable Araghchi the infiltrator." Significance: first confirmed intra-Iranian street-level opposition to deal architecture; four-tier mediator convergence now structurally exposed to hardliner pushback that frames deal as "depriving Tehran of Hormuz leverage" + "too many concessions."
- 🟡 CENTCOM TIER RATIFIES HEGSETH "140" WITH PRECISION — 141 + 9 OFFICIAL. From C147: Hegseth Secretary-tier "almost 140 ships stopped." To C148: CENTCOM official 141 compliant ships redirected + 9 noncompliant disabled since Apr 13. Significance: blockade-metric consolidated at institutional level with precise number; reframes from rough Secretary-tier framing to operationally-precise CENTCOM-tier figure.
- 🔴 POLYMARKET BIFURCATES — PERMANENT DEAL "LOW-20%" vs CEASEFIRE EXTENSION 81%. From C147: $300M+ traded on US-Iran market. To C148: explicit bifurcation between permanent peace deal Jun 30 (low-20% range) and ceasefire extension Jun 30 (81%, record). Significance: market-tier prices "deal text fragments + ceasefire extends" as base case; matches hardliner framing of deal substance vs ceasefire continuation.
- 🟢 IRAN-ISRAEL DIRECT-LEG 11TH WINDOW HOLDS THROUGH SUNDAY-FAILURE + IRGC-TIER DENIAL + PROTESTS. From C147: 10th window held through Tyre + Hezbollah drone + Trump-Iran-FM contradiction + venue inversion. To C148: 11th window extends through Sunday-binary failure + IRGC-tier denial + Tehran/Mashhad street protests + Lebanon-leg bidirectional (now 24h quiescent). Significance: single load-bearing structural lock continues durability through deepest cumulative procedural-failure cycle yet.
- 🟡 VESSEL-KINETIC ZERO IN C148 — 3RD CONSECUTIVE QUIESCENT MARITIME WINDOW; ANCHOR EXTENDS TO ~30H+. From C147: 2nd consec quiescent. To C148: 3rd consec quiescent; cumulative quiet ~30h+ from C146-onset. Significance: multi-day anchor extends; still ~6-8x below the multi-week threshold required for underwriter repricing but first multi-day quiet period of C141-onset series.
- 🟡 LEBANON-LEG 24H QUIESCENT POST-BIDIRECTIONAL — TYRE+HEZBOLLAH PAIR ABSORBED IN WINDOW. From C147: bidirectional Lebanon-leg fire (Tyre 5 KIA + Hezbollah drone). To C148: no new C148 kinetic — first quiescent Lebanon-leg cycle post-bidirectional pair. Significance: bidirectional pair absorbed within signing weekend; if pattern resumes Mon-Tue, structural Lebanon-leg break risk hardens; if quiet extends multi-day, deal-text Lebanon-ceasefire-inclusion remains operationally viable.
- 🟢 BRENT $87.33 / WTI $84.88 8-WEEK-LOW WEEKEND CLOSE — MONDAY OPEN FACES SUNDAY-FAILURE REPRICING. From C147: weekend close locked into Sunday SPLIT-TIER binary. To C148: Sunday-binary resolves negative for Trump-tier; Monday open must reprice Trump-tier credibility premium down; Polymarket bifurcation implies $86-92 chop as base case with $90-94 risk if Iran-tier formally suspends.
- 🟡 SAUDI-ACTUAL TIER-CONFLICT RESOLVES TOWARD ~7.76 MB/D. From C147: tier-conflict between ~9.356 (OPEC Secretariat survey) vs ~7.76 (OPEC March report). To C148: Al Jazeera framing "far above actual production" + OPEC March report tier confirms ~7.76 figure as the structurally-reliable number → ~2.5 mb/d underdelivery vs 10.291 quota. Significance: OPEC+ symbolic-hike rhetoric vs actual-production reality gap confirmed at ~2.5 mb/d.
- 🟡 WAR-RISK-PREMIUM TIER-CONFLICT SURFACES — $0.8-2M vs $10-14M. From C147: $10-14M per VLCC voyage cited (Lloyd's List narrative tier). To C148: Caixin Global / Lloyd's List source data cite $0.8-2M per VLCC voyage premium amount → likely resolution: $0.8-2M is per-voyage premium; $10-14M may be annualized or full-cycle exposure framing. Significance: per-voyage premium amount tier-clarified; structural cost framing remains intact at either tier.
- 🟢 IRAQ K-C BASRA INTEGRATION CONFIRMED — ~340K BPD COMBINED ROUTE. From C147: K-C ~250K bpd; Basra/Hormuz throughput recovery. To C148: ~90K bpd Basra crude pumped through K-C confirmed (Shafaq News tier); combined route ~340K bpd. Significance: bypass infrastructure integration ratified at operational tier; ramp toward 770K cabinet target accelerates structurally.
(b) Structural Locks Status
Lock 1 — Price [HOLDING-DEEP-DOWN; Monday open faces Sunday-failure repricing]. Brent $87.33 / WTI $84.88 weekend close carries into Monday Jun 15 open repricing scenarios. Sunday-binary resolves negative for Trump-tier; Polymarket bifurcation implies "$86-92 chop + ceasefire extends" as base case. HOLDING-with-deep-downward-bias but credibility premium re-priced down; $90-94 risk if Iran-tier formalizes suspension.
Lock 2 — Supply [TIGHTENING — DOCTRINE + SIGNING-DENIAL COUPLE]. C141 formal closure declaration STILL HOLDS Day 4+; IRGC-permission framework operational; CENTCOM-tier ratifies 141-ship blockade metric; IRGC now publicly couples doctrine-lock with signing-denial. TIGHTENING; structural floor + Iran-side signing-denial now coupled at institutional level.
Lock 3 — Insurance [TIGHTENING — RESET CLOCK CARRIES; ANCHOR EXTENDS]. Day 69 no P&I re-entry; Lloyd's/LMA framing carries; widest-since-JWC high-risk-area listing confirmed; 3rd consecutive quiescent vessel-kinetic window extends multi-day anchor to ~30h+ from C146-onset. TIGHTENING; multi-day anchor extends but far below repricing threshold.
Lock 4 — Labor [TIGHTENING — PATTERN COMPOUNDS; ANCHOR EXTENDS]. 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 carries; 3rd consec quiescent maritime-kinetic anchor extends. TIGHTENING.
Lock 5 — Duration [DEEP MIXED — Sunday-binary fails + IRGC/FM dual denial + protests + Lebanon-leg 24h quiescent post-bidirectional]. Iran-Israel 11th window = strongest decoupling. Trump-tier "scheduled tomorrow" empirically falsified at 24h horizon. IRGC-tier joins FM-tier in denying Sunday. Tehran + Mashhad protests open intra-elite stress. Iran "coming days" hedge keeps framework alive substantively. Lebanon-leg 24h quiescent post-bidirectional. DEEP MIXED — date+venue+modality all slip; substance survives; intra-Iran stress surfaces.
Lock 6 — Nuclear [HOLDING; SANCTIONS-WEDGE CARRIES]. 14-point text: future talks limited to "nuclear and sanctions issues"; $24B blocked-fund release explicit; Israel pressing US to prevent unfreezing carries. HOLDING; sanctions-architecture wedge active.
Lock 7 — Geographic [TIGHTENING — BUT C148 LEBANON 24H QUIESCENT]. Tyre 5 KIA + 8 wounded carries + 16 killed Jun 10 UN-probe carries + Hezbollah drone Jun 12 no-injuries carries; no new C148 Lebanon kinetic; Tehran in C141 target set carries; Azraq F-35 hangar claim carries; Saudi posture carries. TIGHTENING but C148 24h quiescent — bidirectional pair absorbed in cycle.
Lock 8 — Capability [STRESS DEEPENS — SUNDAY-FAILURE + IRGC-DENIAL + PROTESTS]. Mine clearance/escort gate FURTHER stress-tested by Sunday-binary failure + IRGC-tier denial + Tehran/Mashhad protests + remote/virtual mechanism fails within 24h horizon; Vance-Geneva C-17 architecture confirmed structurally OUT-OF-PHASE post-Sunday; US naval overwatch capability confirmed C145; Iran air defense degraded. STRESS DEEPENS, gate-unlock conditional on signing-event actualization Mon-Tue.
Lock 9 — Dual Chokepoint [TIGHTENING — 3RD CONSEC QUIESCENT POST-STRIKE]. Hormuz formal-closed + C148 quiescent + Bab al-Mandeb Jun 13-strike-post quiescent; 3rd consecutive quiet in both chokepoint windows; Jun 13 baseline carries. TIGHTENING (post-strike levels carry).
Lock 10 — Leadership [DEEP MIXED — Trump-tier empirically falsified + IRGC-FM dual denial + Tehran protests + Khamenei courier transcends modality]. Trump-tier "scheduled tomorrow" empirically fails at 24h horizon; IRGC-tier joins FM-tier in denial; Tehran/Mashhad protests against Araghchi/Ghalibaf; Iran rejected Geneva AND Islamabad; remote/virtual mechanism does not actualize; Khamenei courier-network bottleneck transcends signing modality. DEEP MIXED — Trump-tier credibility re-priced down; Iran-tier institutional + street pressure surfaces; mechanism failed within 24h.
Lock 11 — Energy Infra [HOLDING + QATAR DECISION OVERDUE/IMMINENT]. C142-C143 Trump-Kharg threat ON RECORD; Qatar LNG decision overdue or imminent (0-2 days); no new infrastructure kinetic in window. HOLDING.
C148 Tally: 6 TIGHTENING (L2 doctrine+signing-denial couple, L3 anchor extends, L4 anchor extends, L7 with C148 24h quiescent caveat, L8 stress deepens, L9 3rd consec quiescent), 1 HOLDING-DEEP-DOWN (L1 weekend-locked into Sunday-failure repricing), 2 DEEP MIXED (L5 Sunday-binary fails + IRGC/FM dual denial + protests + Lebanon 24h quiescent; L10 Trump-tier empirically falsified + IRGC-FM dual denial + Tehran protests + Khamenei transcends modality), 2 HOLDING (L6 sanctions-wedge carries, L11 Qatar 0-2d overdue). C147 → C148 net: tightening count increases by 1 (L8 STRESS DEEPENS from STRESS-TESTED); L7 has new C148 24h quiescent caveat post-bidirectional pair absorption; L5/L10 DEEP MIXED sharpens via Sunday-failure + IRGC-tier denial + Tehran/Mashhad protests. The Apr 8 ceasefire architecture now rests on (a) Iran-Israel direct-leg pause as single clean lock (11th window holds), (b) Mon-Tue signing-event actualization in ANY form as central watch (Sunday Jun 14 falsifiable test resolves NEGATIVE), (c) Iran "coming days" hedge keeping substance alive, (d) IRGC-tier doctrine-lock + signing-denial coupling reducing Iran-side flexibility, (e) Tehran/Mashhad street protests opening intra-elite pressure on Araghchi/Ghalibaf negotiation track, (f) Lebanon-leg 24h quiescent post-bidirectional pair as stress-test waypoint.
(c) Critical Watch (Next Cycle)
- MON-TUE JUN 15-16 SIGNING-EVENT ACTUALIZATION IN ANY FORM — Single most important falsifiable event of the next cycle. Sunday-binary resolves NEGATIVE; "coming days" hedge per Iran FM Baghaei rolls forward. Does Mon-Tue produce remote/virtual signing OR Iran-side formal suspension OR continued can-kicking.
- IRAN-TIER FORMALIZATION OF SUSPENSION VS CONTINUATION — Does IRGC-tier denial harden into formal Iran-side suspension OR does Iran confirm signing post-Sunday in "coming days." Tasnim/PressTV next-cycle posts are key tier.
- TRUMP RHETORIC DIRECTION — Walk-back of "scheduled tomorrow" OR formal text repudiation OR hardening into ultimatum. First Truth Social post Monday is key tier.
- TEHRAN + MASHHAD PROTEST PATTERN ESCALATION — Does street-level opposition compound multi-day; does it spread to other cities; does it force Iran-tier formal suspension to absorb pressure.
- POLYMARKET BIFURCATION RESOLUTION — Permanent deal Jun 30 "low-20%" vs ceasefire extension 81% — Monday price action on both markets.
- IRGC CLOSURE-DECLARATION RETRACTION — Would be structural co-signal of any signing-event; absence at any signing-event = doctrine survives deal text.
- IRAN-ISRAEL DIRECT-LEG 12TH WINDOW — Pause durability through Monday Brent reaction + any Tyre/Hezbollah resumption.
- TYRE + HEZBOLLAH PATTERN RESUMPTION — Does Israel resume Lebanon kinetic Mon-Tue; does Hezbollah escalate drone-strike tempo; multi-day bidirectional = Iran-side suspension risk amplifier.
- BAB AL-MANDEB LEG TRAJECTORY — Houthi missile-strike pattern could escalate further; dual-chokepoint lock independent of Hormuz deal trajectory.
- QATAR LNG FORCE MAJEURE DECISION (OVERDUE / 0-2 DAYS) — Lands inside Sunday-failure window; first state-level energy binary tied to deal trajectory.
- ISRAEL SANCTIONS-UNFREEZE PRESSURE ON US — Whether US accommodates Israeli pressure to prevent $24B Iran funds release affects deal-text language.
- BRENT MONDAY JUN 15 OPEN — Sunday-failure repricing scenarios live; $86-92 chop base case; $90-94 risk if Iran-tier formalizes suspension; $94-100 retest if Tyre/Hezbollah resumes multi-day.
- WAR-RISK-PREMIUM TIER-RESOLUTION — Per-voyage ($0.8-2M) vs annualized ($10-14M) framings need source-confirmation in next cycle.
- EIA WPSR JUN 17 PRINT — SPR-specific direct-verify.
- UNSC — UN-probe-initiated on Israeli IHL violations expands via Tyre toll disclosure.
- PHILIPPINES JUN 30 DEADLINE — 16 days; first state-level binary tied to signing trajectory.
- IRAQ K-C CONTRACT JUL 27 — 43 days; renewal/extension watch.
- MULTI-DAY QUIESCENT VESSEL-KINETIC ANCHOR — 3rd consec window anchors ~30h+; first incident-free week thesis can begin materializing if pattern continues through Wednesday.
(d) Net Assessment
C148 is the cycle the Sunday Jun 14 signing-binary resolves NEGATIVE for the Trump-tier framing. The C147 central falsifiable test — "Does Sunday signing-event actualize in ANY form within 24h" — fails empirically at the 24h horizon. No remote/virtual ceremony actualized, no Iran-side confirmation surfaced, no IRGC closure-declaration retraction issued, no Trump victory-lap post followed. The architectural skeleton survives because Iran FM Baghaei's "coming days" hedge from C147 keeps the framework alive substantively — but the procedural-momentum has collapsed and Trump-tier credibility ("scheduled tomorrow" + "OPEN TO ALL after signing") is now empirically falsified, exposing the leader-tier framing to credibility decay that markets must reprice into Monday Jun 15 open.
The most structurally significant C148 delta is the IRGC TIER joining the FM-tier in denying Sunday — "signing on Sunday is definitely not happening" per IRGC statements, with the IRGC accusing Trump of engineering the Sunday date around his own birthday as a "propaganda event" and framing the Trump timeline as a "test for Iran's negotiating team." This is institutional deepening: the same IRGC tier that issued the C141 formal Strait closure declaration (Day 4+ unretracted) now publicly couples doctrine-lock with signing-denial. The Iran-side reluctance is no longer just FM-tier diplomatic caveating — it is institutional posture from the entity that controls the closure declaration and the permission framework. The Tehran + Mashhad street protests against negotiators Araghchi and Ghalibaf compound this from above-the-fold institutional opposition to below-the-fold street-level opposition: demonstrators chanting "Araghchi resign," "Ghalibaf resign," "death to dishonorable Araghchi the infiltrator" outside Foreign Ministry buildings in two Iranian cities. The hardliner narrative — "deal deprives Tehran of leverage over Strait of Hormuz" + "negotiators made too many concessions" — now coalesces at both elite (IRGC) and street (protesters) tiers.
The cycle does carry several stabilizing signals despite the Sunday-failure. The Iran-Israel direct-leg 11th window holds — no direct kinetic between belligerents through Sunday-binary failure + IRGC-tier denial + Tehran/Mashhad protests + Lebanon-leg bidirectional carry. The Lebanon-leg itself enters 24h quiescent post-bidirectional pair (Tyre 5 KIA + Hezbollah drone Jun 12 absorbed within signing weekend without resumption). The CENTCOM-tier ratifies Hegseth's "almost 140 ships stopped" framing with the precise 141 + 9 figure — blockade-metric consolidates institutionally. Vessel-kinetic is ZERO across the C148 window, making it the 3rd consecutive quiescent maritime cycle from C141-onset series, with cumulative quiet now ~30h+ from C146-onset (still ~6-8x below the multi-week threshold Willis Towers Watson "incident-free data accumulation" framing requires for underwriter repricing, but the first multi-day quiet period since the C141 escalation began).
The Monday Jun 15 open binary is now: (a) Iran "coming days" hedge holds + Mon-Tue produces signing-event in any form → $84-86 retest with structural-floor pressure releasing; (b) Iran-tier formal suspension materializes OR Tehran/Mashhad protests force negotiation pause → $90-94 re-test with $100 line risk; (c) Trump walks back into ultimatum framing → $92-96 mid-range with structural-tightening reasserts; (d) Continued can-kicking with no signing-event but no formal suspension → $86-89 chop with mediator-tier credibility re-priced from four-tier convergence to "deal text fragments + ceasefire extends" framing. The Polymarket bifurcation (permanent deal Jun 30 "low-20%" vs ceasefire extension Jun 30 81%) suggests market base-case is option (d).
Key uncertainties: Mon-Tue signing-event actualization in any form, IRGC-tier vs FM-tier institutional coupling durability, Tehran/Mashhad protest pattern escalation, Trump rhetoric direction (walk-back vs hardening into ultimatum), Khamenei courier-network political cover for remote signing modality, Tyre+Hezbollah escalation trajectory Mon-Tue, Iran-Israel direct-leg 12th window durability, Qatar LNG decision interaction with Sunday-failure window, Israel sanctions-unfreeze pressure outcome on deal-text language, Saudi-actual production tier-conflict resolution, war-risk-premium per-voyage vs annualized tier-clarification, and whether the "Islamabad agreement" formal-name (rejected as venue by Iran) survives as binding bilateral document or fragments into Iran-side / Israel-side / Tehran-protest contingencies forcing a renegotiation cycle.
13. Sources
CNN (June 13, 2026 live updates — Trump says agreement scheduled to be signed Sunday); CNBC (Trump says Iran deal will be signed Sunday, Strait of Hormuz to open immediately after); CBS News (Live Updates: U.S.-Iran peace deal to be signed Sunday, Trump says); Bloomberg (Trump Says He'll Sign Deal With Iran to Reopen Hormuz Sunday; Qatar LNG Deliveries Disrupted Through Mid-June); The Hill (Trump says Iran deal 'scheduled to be signed' Sunday; US forces shoot down Iranian drones targeting ships in Strait of Hormuz: Centcom); Times of Israel (June 13 liveblog — Trump says deal scheduled to get signed tomorrow, Hormuz Strait OPEN TO ALL; June 14 liveblog — Dozens protest deal with US outside Iran foreign ministry office); Al Jazeera (Iran war live June 14: Trump says deal to be signed today; Tehran disputes timing; Trump says Iran deal to be signed tomorrow, contradicting Iranian official; OPEC+ announces symbolic oil output rise during Strait of Hormuz closure — Saudi actual ~7.76 mb/d "far above actual production" framing); 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Scout — C148 / C1 of 2026-06-14, ~evening CEST. WAR DAY 107, ~24h delta from C147 c3. Grok bridge: NO. C147 c3 → C148 c1 deltas: (1) 🔴 Sunday signing-event empirically FAILS within 24h horizon — no remote/virtual ceremony actualized, no Iran-side confirmation, no IRGC closure retraction; (2) 🔴 IRGC tier joins FM-tier in denying Sunday — "definitely not happening" + Trump-birthday "propaganda event" framing; (3) 🔴 Tehran + Mashhad street protests against Araghchi/Ghalibaf — first intra-Iran street-level opposition; (4) 🟡 CENTCOM ratifies Hegseth "140" with precision: 141 redirected + 9 disabled; (5) 🔴 Polymarket bifurcates — permanent deal Jun 30 "low-20%" vs ceasefire extension 81%; (6) 🟢 Iran-Israel direct-leg 11TH WINDOW HOLDS through Sunday-failure + IRGC denial + protests; (7) 🟡 Vessel-kinetic ZERO C148 — 3rd consec quiescent maritime window; ~30h+ cumulative anchor; (8) 🟡 Lebanon-leg 24h quiescent post-bidirectional pair; (9) 🟡 Saudi-actual tier-conflict resolves toward ~7.76 mb/d (vs 10.291 quota); (10) 🟡 War-risk-premium tier-conflict surfaces: $0.8-2M per-voyage vs $10-14M annualized framings need resolution; (11) 🟢 Iraq K-C Basra integration confirmed at ~340K bpd combined route; (12) 🔴 Trump "scheduled tomorrow" + "OPEN TO ALL" empirically falsified; mediator framework survives substantively but procedural-momentum lost. Locks: 6 TIGHTENING (L2 doctrine+signing-denial couple, L3 anchor extends, L4 anchor extends, L7 with C148 24h quiescent caveat, L8 stress deepens, L9 3rd consec quiescent), 1 HOLDING-DEEP-DOWN (L1 weekend-locked into Sunday-failure repricing), 2 DEEP MIXED (L5 Sunday-binary fails + IRGC/FM dual denial + Tehran protests + Lebanon 24h quiescent; L10 Trump-tier empirically falsified + IRGC-FM dual denial + Tehran protests + Khamenei transcends modality), 2 HOLDING (L6 sanctions-wedge carries, L11 Qatar 0-2d overdue). Net: tightening count +1 (L8 STRESS DEEPENS); L7 24h quiescent post-bidirectional caveat; L5/L10 DEEP MIXED sharpens via Sunday-failure + IRGC-tier denial + street protests. The Apr 8 ceasefire architecture now rests on (a) Iran-Israel direct-leg pause as single clean lock (11th window holds), (b) Mon-Tue signing-event actualization in ANY form as central watch (Sunday Jun 14 falsifiable test resolves NEGATIVE), (c) Iran "coming days" hedge keeping substance alive, (d) IRGC-tier doctrine-lock + signing-denial coupling reducing Iran-side flexibility, (e) Tehran/Mashhad street protests opening intra-elite pressure on Araghchi/Ghalibaf negotiation track, (f) Lebanon-leg 24h quiescent post-bidirectional pair as stress-test waypoint. Next falsifiable events: Mon-Tue Jun 15-16 signing-event in ANY form, Iran-tier formalization of suspension vs continuation, Trump rhetoric direction (walk-back vs hardening), Tehran/Mashhad protest pattern escalation, IRGC closure retraction, Iran-Israel 12th window, Tyre+Hezbollah resumption Mon-Tue, Bab al-Mandeb trajectory, Qatar LNG decision (overdue/0-2 days), Israel sanctions-unfreeze pressure outcome, Brent Monday Jun 15 open Sunday-failure repricing scenarios, war-risk-premium tier-resolution, EIA WPSR Jun 17.