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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)

- IRGC formal closure declaration STILL HOLDS Day 4+ — no retraction concurrent with Sunday-binary failure - IRGC now publicly denies Sunday signing + accuses Trump of "propaganda event" framing - Tehran + Mashhad street protests target negotiators directly (Araghchi/Ghalibaf) - P&I re-entry ABSENT Day 69 — no underwriter re-quote signal in window - VLCC TD3C ~$100K/day; war risk premium $0.8-2M per VLCC voyage (Caixin/Lloyd's tier; lower than C147's $10-14M range — tier-conflict noted, see Lock 1) - Bab al-Mandeb leg: no new Houthi attacks in window; Jun 13 missile-strike carries - Iran-Israel direct-leg 11th window holds through Sunday-binary failure + IRGC-tier denial + protests + Lebanon-leg bidirectional

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):


Key Jun 14 c1 events (~24h delta from C147 c3):

Cumulative casualties (C147 baseline + C148 updates):

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

ParameterCurrent StatusΔ vs C147 c3
Transits/day~2 PortWatch baseline + IRGC-permission aggregate; CENTCOM "international trade corridor remains open" + "traffic flow continues unimpeded"CARRY
Iran formal closureC141 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 statusDUAL-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 activityNo new C148 window kinetic; CENTCOM "unimpeded" + 141-ship blockade-metric carries🟡 QUIESCENT
Iran kinetic activity — Hormuz-legNo 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 windowCARRY
Iran-Israel direct-legPAUSE 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 — physicalCENTCOM 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 passageTrump "Indian Ships" framing C146 carries; Sonowal repatriation operational; MEA "Highest Alert" carries; bilateral exception unaffected; no new C148 movementCARRY
China bilateral exceptionNo new movement; CENTCOM "international trade corridor open" + 141-ship blockade-metric carries; bilateral exception under IRGC-permission frameworkCARRY
IRGC postureFormal 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 blockadeNo 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 threatCRITICAL (JMIC formal)CARRY
Mine clearance / escortRFA 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-entryNO 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 carriesCARRY
Vessels stranded1,550+ cumulative; 60 VLCCs MEG; ~265 anchored/stopped (straits.live); CENTCOM 141-redirected official🟡 CENTCOM 141 OFFICIAL
Iraq Kirkuk-Ceyhan contractExpires 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 monthsCARRY
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-frameworkCARRY
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-offCONTRADICTION 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 statusReuters 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-leg24h 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 stressNEW 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
Key narrative (C148): The strait operates under FORMAL CLOSURE DECLARATION (Iran, Day 4+) + IRGC-PERMISSION FRAMEWORK + US BLOCKADE (CENTCOM 141 redirected + 9 disabled) + CENTCOM "unimpeded" framing + 14-POINT DEAL-TEXT WITH 30-DAY HORMUZ-REOPEN COMMITMENT + Trump tier-empirically-falsified "scheduled tomorrow." The C147 central watch ("Sunday Jun 14 signing-event actualizes in ANY form") fails within 24h horizon: no remote/virtual ceremony, no Iran-side confirmation, no IRGC closure-retraction. The IRGC tier — which has been the structural floor through C141 closure declaration — now publicly couples doctrine-lock with signing-denial, accusing Trump of "propaganda event" framing tied to his birthday. Tehran + Mashhad street protests against negotiators Araghchi and Ghalibaf surface as first confirmed intra-Iran street-level opposition to the deal architecture, exposing the four-tier mediator convergence to hardliner pushback that frames the deal as "depriving Tehran of leverage over Hormuz" and "too many concessions." The Iran-Israel direct-leg 11th window holds — the single load-bearing structural lock continues durability through the cumulative procedural failure of C147→C148.

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.

DateVessel/TargetFlag/OperatorLocationTypeDamage/CasualtiesΔ
Jun 14 ~evening CEST (C148 window)NONE — maritime OR LebanonNO NEW KINETIC EVENTS🟡 QUIESCENT (3rd consec maritime; 1st post-bidirectional Lebanon)
Jun 13 c3 (carryover)Tyre, Lebanon (urban)Lebanon (territorial)TyreIsraeli airstrike during signing weekend5 killed + 8 wounded (disclosed C147)CARRY
Jun 12 (C147 carry)Northern Israel military zoneIsrael (territorial)Northern IsraelHezbollah drone strikeNo injuriesCARRY
Jun 13 (carry)Cargo shipTBDBab al-Mandeb, Yemen coastHouthi double-missile (≥3 missiles)1 seafarer severely injured; crew abandonedCARRY
Jun 12-13 overnight (carry)Multiple commercial ships transiting HormuzVarious; Trump specifies "Indian Ships"Strait of HormuzIran multiple one-way attack drones; all shot down by US naval forces0 vessel casualties; CENTCOM "unimpeded"CARRY
Jun 10 (carry)MT JALVEERGuinea-Bissau flag; 20 Indian crew21nm NE Sohar, Gulf of Oman9th CENTCOM Hellfire disablement0 casualtiesCARRY
Jun 10-11 (carry)Iranian air defense / comms / surveillance — multi-city incl. TEHRAN, Bandar AbbasIran (territorial)Multiple citiesCENTCOM Day-2 waveIran-released "little information"CARRY
Jun 10-11 (carry)M/T SETTEBELLOPalau-flagged~20nm NE Sohar, Gulf of Oman8th CENTCOM disablement24 Indian crew → 21 rescued + 3 KIACARRY
Jun 11 (carry)US targets multi-siteUS basesKuwait + Bahrain + JordanIRGC drone/missile salvoIRGC claims 18 targets, 4 destroyed incl F-35 hangar — DISPUTEDCARRY
Jun 9-10 (carry)Iranian air defenses, radar, C2 (~20 targets)Iran (territorial)Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, Jask, SirikUS Day-1 waveMulti-siteCARRY
Jun 9 (carry)US Army AH-64 ApacheUSOver Strait/off OmanIranian drone collisionAircraft lost; pilots safeCARRY
Jun 10 (carry)Tayr Debba + Deir Qanoun en-Nahr + Tyre + south LebanonLebanon (territorial)South LebanonIsraeli strikes16 killed; UN to probe IHL violationsCARRY
Jun 10 (carry)Cargo vessel near Bab al-MandebTBDYemen coastSmall-boat attack — 6 armed individualsNo casualties; Houthi "complete ban"CARRY
Jun 8 (carry)M/T MARIVEXPalau15NM NE MasirahUS precision; 7th disablementDisabled; no injuriesCARRY
Jun 7-8 (carry)Iran-Israel direct strike exchange (Beirut suburbs Jun 7; Ramat David Israel; Tehran/Isfahan/Tabriz/Mahshahr Iran)Israel/Iran territorialMulti-stateIran-Israel direct-leg LAST RESETCasualties multi-siteCARRY
Jun 6 (carry)Sirik + Qeshm coastal radar; OWA drones; IRGC tanker strikeIran/mixedStraitUS + IRGC kineticTanker halted; 3 turned backCARRY
Jun 5 (carry)Mina Al Fahal SBMOmanNear MuscatSuspected droneResumed <48hCARRY
Jun 3 (carry)Kuwait airport + Ali Al-Salem + Fifth FleetKuwait/BahrainGulfIRGC drones+BMs1 killed (Indian), 63 injuredCARRY
Mar 17-18 (carry)South Pars / Ras Laffan / AsaluyehIran/QatarPersian GulfIsraeli + Iranian strikesMajor LNG/gas damage; 17% Qatar capacity offline 3-5 yrsCARRY
C148 attack-event summary: ZERO NEW — third consecutive quiescent maritime cycle + first quiescent Lebanon-leg cycle post-bidirectional Tyre+Hezbollah pair. Cumulative quiet ~30h+ from C146-onset.

4. Oil Prices

BenchmarkJun 14 c1 read (markets closed weekend)C147 c3 (Jun 12 settle)Pre-warPeak (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 avgCARRY
Brent-WTI spread~$2.5~$2.5~$3CARRY
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 premiumTIER-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 thresholdCARRY
Price drivers this windowMonday 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 WPSRWeek ending Jun 5 print: 441.7M crude commercial (~2% below 5-yr); -7.2M draw; refinery util 95.3%; next print Jun 17SameCARRY
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 sourcingCarries🟡 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 surchargesMSC all-Cape $1.2k/TEU; Maersk Hormuz suspended; Hapag-Lloyd suspendedSameCARRY
Jun 14 c1 note: Lock 1 carries the 8-week-low weekend close into a Monday Jun 15 open priced for Sunday-failure. The C147 SPLIT-TIER binary resolves toward the Iran-tier (Sunday signing fails to actualize) — Monday open must reprice the Trump-tier credibility premium down. The Polymarket bifurcation (permanent peace deal Jun 30 "low-20%" vs ceasefire extension Jun 30 81%) suggests market base-case is "deal date slips + ceasefire extends + Brent in $86-92 chop." The Saudi-actual-vs-quota tier-conflict from C147 resolves toward the ~7.76 figure (OPEC March report tier; "far above actual production" framing in Al Jazeera confirms ~2.5 mb/d structural underdelivery vs 10.291 quota). The war-risk-premium tier-conflict surfaces: Caixin Global / Lloyd's List source data cite $0.8-2M per VLCC voyage premium amount, vs the broader $10-14M cited at Lloyd's List narrative tier — the $0.8-2M figure is likely correct premium-per-voyage and the $10-14M figure may represent annualized or full-cycle exposure (resolution needed in next cycle). War risk premium DOES NOT reprice on the third consecutive quiescent vessel-kinetic window — Willis Towers Watson "incident-free data accumulation must precede repricing" framing holds; the multi-day anchor extends ~30h+ but remains well below the multi-week threshold required.

5. Strategic Petroleum Reserves

IEA coordinated release status (C147 carryover):

ReleaseAnnouncedBarrelsPhysical Delivery StatusΔ
IEA coordinatedMar 11400M~280M+ consumed; through ~July envelopeCARRY
US SPRMar+172M committed; ~58M drawn; 357.1M floor (Jun 3 anchor); 17.5M from SPR since March DOE/EIA partialJun 17 WPSR next direct-verifyCARRY
JapanMar/Apr80M; ~150 DOS; ¥300B/monthCARRY
South KoreaMar/Apr22.46M + SPR swap programCARRY
IndiaMar/Apr21.4M ISPRL; 78-day crude; Phase-II 5.33→11.83 MMTCARRY
ChinaNot releasing; ~108 DOS; bilateral-exception transits under IRGC-permission frameworkCARRY
Country reserves:
CountryReserve DaysEmergency ActionsΔ
India78 crude; ~6-9.5 SPR; LPG to priority; kerosene rationingSonowal repatriation operational; MEA "Highest Alert"; Trump India-specificity (C146) carries; 20 Jalveer Indian crew safeCARRY
Japan~150 (254 incl. SPR equiv.)¥300B/monthCARRY
China~108Discounted Iranian/Russian; imports 10-yr lowCARRY
Philippines45-day DOE baseline; PAL+Cebu fuel visibility ends Jun 30 — 16 days; rationing watch July; Senate panel pushes early rationingEO 110 holds; ₱20B Malampaya; 4-day gov't weekCARRY (16 days)
PakistanSchools closed; remote-work + activity-limiting measures (cohort)CARRY
US357.1M SPR anchor (Jun 3); ~58M drawn; 17.5M since March DOE/EIA partialJun 17 WPSR next direct-verifyCARRY
SPR runway math (C148): unchanged from C147 — 357.1M floor / ~58M drawn / ~36 weeks max-pace pending Jun 17 WPSR direct-verify. With Sunday signing-event empirically failing, the IEA envelope extension pressure resumes — physical supply gap is structural (GAP ~13.5-14.5 mb/d), and only a credible signing-event actualization with IRGC closure retraction concurrent would release pressure. The "coming days" Iran FM hedge keeps the framework alive, but timing-slippage extends SPR drawdown clock at current pace. If Iran-tier formally suspends Mon-Tue, SPR pressure accelerates and the 36-week runway thesis hardens. If Trump walks back into ultimatum framing, the runway risk extends further.

6. Bypass Infrastructure

RouteCapacity (mb/d)Utilization (mb/d)Spare (mb/d)StatusΔ
Saudi E-W Petroline7.0 (3-5 Yanbu export cap)~7 (at ceiling)~0At ceilingCARRY
UAE ADCOP1.5 (1.8 surge)~1.1 (71%)~0.4OperationalCARRY
Iraq south (Basra/Hormuz)~3.0 pre-warJune MTD ~7M bbl matches Apr+May combined (~30K bpd through-Hormuz rate; C147 carry)— ramp continues under IRGC-permission🟢 RECOVERY CARRIESCARRY
Iraq Kirkuk-Ceyhan0.77 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 roomContract expires Jul 27 — 43 days🟢 K-C BASRA INTEGRATION CONFIRMED
Iraq-Syria pipeline0.05ActiveFirst SOMO-Syrian throughputCARRY
Basra-Haditha (construction)2.5 designLong-horizonCARRY
Oman Mina Al Fahal0.8-0.9ResumedPDO normalizationCARRY
Egypt SUMED2.4~50%~1.0+OperationalCARRY
Cape reroutingUnlimited (cost)Elevated — MSC all-Cape $1.2k/TEU; Maersk + Hapag-Lloyd suspendedOperationalCARRY
GAP metric (C148): 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

ParameterCurrentΔ
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 coverageNO 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 marketWar 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 framingCARRY (TIER-CLARIFIED)
DFC reinsurance$20B program / $40B revolving; Iran-bound formalCARRY
BIMCOWarning extends to US-business-connected vesselsCARRY
Crew refusalSettebello 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 cancellationsSystemic non-China/India; Red Sea operators delayingCARRY
Carrier posture (container proxy)MSC all-Cape + $1.2k/TEU; Maersk Hormuz suspended; Hapag-Lloyd suspendedCARRY — no carrier re-entry signal
P&I re-entry watch (C148): Strongest structural de-escalation indicator REMAINS UNFIRED Day 69. No new tanker kinetic in C148 ~24h window — 3rd CONSECUTIVE quiescent maritime-kinetic window from C141-onset series. Cumulative quiescent duration now ~30h+ from C146-onset of quiet — still far below underwriter-repricing threshold (multi-week sustained quiet required) but the multi-day anchor extends from a known timestamp. The Sunday signing-event failure means the conditional repricing pathway (ceasefire actualization → P&I re-quote) remains gated. If Iran-tier formally suspends Mon-Tue, the anchor resets. If "coming days" hedge holds + no escalation, the anchor continues toward first incident-free week thesis materialization.

8. Shadow Fleet

Narrative + enforcement log (C148):


9. Country Response Matrix

CountryPostureKey ActionsRisk LevelΔ
USTrump-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 carriesTrump-tier credibility decay; CENTCOM-tier consolidationHIGH (carry; Trump credibility re-priced)🔴 TRUMP-TIER EMPIRICAL FALSIFICATION
IranFM 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 modalityIran-tier dual denial; intra-Iran political stress; substance survivesEXTREME (carry; IRGC-tier deepens denial; street protests)🔴 IRGC-TIER + FM-TIER DUAL DENIAL + STREET PROTESTS
IsraelNetanyahu 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 windowLebanon-leg 24h quiescent post-bidirectional; sanctions wedge carriesEXTREME (Lebanon-leg quiescent post-bidirectional; sanctions wedge active)🟡 LEBANON QUIESCENT 24H
PakistanPM 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 limitsMediator-tier framework survives but procedural-momentum lostHIGH (mediator-tier survives substantively)🟡 MEDIATOR-FRAMEWORK SURVIVES
QatarQatari 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 continuesMediation + force majeure decision imminentHIGH🔴 LNG DECISION OVERDUE/IMMINENT
JordanTARGETED tier; IRGC F-35 hangar Azraq claim DISPUTEDFirst-targeted Day-1 wave carryoverEXTREMECARRY
BahrainRe-targeted tier; Sheikh Isa AB in IRGC tally; BDF stance carries; freedom-of-navigation co-sponsorAir defenses engaged carryoverEXTREMECARRY
KuwaitRe-targeted tier; Ali Al Salem + Ahmed Al Jaber in IRGC tally; $2B Anduril counter-drone dealProtest + procurementEXTREMECARRY
IndiaTrump "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 carriesIndia-frame consolidatedEXTREME — exposure clustersCARRY
Saudi ArabiaFirst 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 TrumpHIGH🟡 ACTUAL ~7.76 mb/d (tier-conflict resolves)
UAEFormal condemnation C140; ADCOP operational; freedom-of-navigation co-sponsor"Approved in concept and great detail" per TrumpHIGHCARRY
OmanMina Al Fahal resumed; Royal Navy of Oman + Indian Embassy coordinating crew evacuationsMediation channel residualEXTREME — neutral-adjacentCARRY
IraqK-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 combinedRecovery confirmedHIGH🟢 K-C BASRA INTEGRATION CONFIRMED
China~108 DOS; imports 10-yr low; bilateral exception under IRGC-permission frameworkStrategic absorptionLOWCARRY
Japan / S. Korea~150 DOS / SPR swapCarryoverHIGHCARRY
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 kineticBidirectional fire cycle 24h quiescentEXTREME🟡 24H QUIESCENT POST-BIDIRECTIONAL
PhilippinesPAL+Cebu visibility Jun 30 — 16 days; rationing watch July; Senate panel pushes early rationingEnergy emergency holdsEXTREMECARRY (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 cohortHIGHCARRY
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) carriesVessel-kinetic active tier; quiescent in C148 window (3rd consec)EXTREME🟡 QUIESCENT (3rd consec)
RussiaOPEC+ Jul share part of +188K; OPEC+ cumulative +600K bpd Apr-JunLOWCARRY
UNUNSC 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 footprintDiplomatic surface compounds; IHL probe scope expandedCARRY

10. Policy Actions (cycle-specific additions)

DateActorActionΔ
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)PolymarketPermanent 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 officialUS "NOT 100% confident" agreement they reached will be signed — validated by Sunday outcome🟢 VALIDATED
Jun 12 (C147 carry)HezbollahDrone strikes military zone in northern Israel — no injuriesCARRY
Jun 13 (C147 carry)Lebanese Health Ministry (via ms.now)Tyre strike toll: 5 killed + 8 wounded — DISCLOSEDCARRY
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 agreementCARRY
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" carriesCARRY
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 watchMon-Tue Jun 15-16 signing-event actualization in ANY formTrump-tier empirically falsified at Sunday; Iran-tier "coming days" hedge holds; mediator-tier substance survives🔴 NEW CENTRAL WATCH — Mon-Tue WINDOW
PendingIran-side formalization of suspension vs continuationDoes IRGC-tier denial harden into formal Iran-side suspension OR does Iran confirm signing post-Sunday in "coming days"CENTRAL WATCH
PendingTrump rhetoric directionWalk-back of "scheduled tomorrow" OR formal text repudiation OR hardening into ultimatumCENTRAL WATCH
PendingTehran + Mashhad protest patternDoes street-level opposition compound multi-day; does it spread to other citiesCENTRAL WATCH
PendingIran (IRGC)Formal closure declaration retraction — would be structural co-signal of any signing-eventCENTRAL WATCH
PendingQatar (QatarEnergy)LNG force majeure mid-June extension/restoration decision (now overdue/0-2 days)DUE — OVERDUE
PendingIsraelStatement on Sunday-failure; whether Tyre/Hezbollah pattern resumesWATCH
PendingEIAWPSR Jun 17 print — SPR-specific direct-verifyNEXT WEEK
PendingUNSCUN-probe-initiated on Israeli IHL violations — Tyre Jun 13 toll (5 KIA) expands scopeWATCH
PendingBrent Monday Jun 15 openSunday-failure repricing scenarios liveNEXT 24H

11. Key Metrics Dashboard

MetricValueTrendSignalC148 Δ
Conflict day count107Sunday-binary fails + IRGC-tier denial + Tehran/Mashhad protestsCARRY
Iran civilian dead (cumulative)1,701+ HRANA STALE / 3,468 Foundation of Martyrs May 5STALEcarryoverSTALE
Iran displaced (cumulative)~3.2M IDPscarryoverCARRY
US KIA/wounded13 / 381+ (no new in window)tri-state retaliation closedCARRY
Strait transits/day~2 PortWatch baseline + IRGC-permission aggregate; CENTCOM "international trade corridor remains open"; CENTCOM 141 redirected blockade-metric ratifies Hegseth-tierdual-doctrine framing + CENTCOM 141 confirmed🟡 CENTCOM 141 OFFICIAL
Brent crude ($/bbl)$87.33 settle Jun 12; weekend close; Monday Jun 15 open faces Sunday-failure repricingSunday-failure pricing locked into Mon openCARRY
WTI crude ($/bbl)$84.88 settle Jun 12; weekend closeSunday-failure pricing locked into Mon openCARRY
VLCC day rates~$100K TD22/TD15 (May benchmark; "cautious stabilization")non-Hormuz oversupply; stickyCARRY
War risk premium ($/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 283rd 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 28C148 maritime + Lebanon-leg ZERO — 3rd consec quiescent maritime; 1st quiescent Lebanon post-bidirectional🟡 ALL-LEG QUIESCENT C148
Seafarers killed/missing11+ 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 fatalitiesCARRYCARRY
IEA release (barrels committed)400M; ~280M+ consumedthrough ~July envelopeCARRY
US SPR release (barrels)172M committed; ~58M drawn; 357.1M floor (Jun 3); 17.5M from SPR since March DOE/EIA partialnext direct-verify Jun 17 WPSRCARRY
Japan SPR release80M; ~150 DOSCARRY
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 upliftstructural 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 horizonconditional 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 recoverystructural; K-C Basra integration confirms marginal recoveryCARRY
Supply gapGAP: ~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 shortfallstructural; OPEC+ cumulative +600K bpd Apr-Jun does not close gap; Saudi-actual underdelivery confirmed🟡 SAUDI GAP CONFIRMED
India reserve days78 crude; ~6-9.5 SPR; LPG to priority; kerosene rationingTrump India-frame consolidated; Jalveer 20 safeCARRY
China reserve days~108insulated; bilateral exception under IRGC-permission frameworkCARRY
Ships trapped in Gulf1,550+ cumulative; ~265 anchored/stopped current; 60 VLCC MEG; 22,500 mariners; CENTCOM 141 redirected officialunprecedented + CENTCOM 141 ratified🟡 CENTCOM 141
Mine threat levelCRITICAL (JMIC)formalCARRY
IRGC postureFormal 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 levelfloor holds deeper; doctrine + signing-denial couple🔴 DOCTRINE + SIGNING-DENIAL COUPLE
P&I insurance statusDay 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 statusForce majeure mid-June; decision now overdue or imminent (0-2 days); Ras Laffan 17-19% capacity offline 3-5 yrsimminent/overdue🔴 OVERDUE/IMMINENT
Dual chokepoint statusHormuz formal-closed + C148 quiescent + Bab al-Mandeb post-Jun 13-strike quiescent; transit down >50% Jun 10-16both 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-bidirectionalMIXEDSunday-binary resolves negative for Trump-tier; substance survives; intra-Iran stress surfaces🔴 SUNDAY-FAILURE + IRGC/FM DUAL DENIAL + PROTESTS
Diplomatic channelsPakistan 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 tracksubstance survives; procedural-momentum lost; intra-elite stress surfacesmediator-tier survives substantively; date+venue+modality all slip; Lebanon-leg 24h quiescent🔴 PROCEDURAL FAILURE; SUBSTANCE SURVIVES
SE Asia crisis statusPhilippines Jun 30 fuel-visibility deadline — 16 days; cohort holdsdeadline tightensCARRY
Intra-Iran political stressNEW C148: Tehran + Mashhad street protests against Araghchi/Ghalibaf; hardliner framing "depriving Tehran of Hormuz leverage"NEWfirst confirmed street-level opposition🔴 NEW C148

12. Convergence Assessment

(a) What Changed This Cycle (C147 c3 → C148 c1)

  1. 🔴 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.
  1. 🔴 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.
  1. 🔴 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."
  1. 🟡 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.
  1. 🔴 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.
  1. 🟢 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.
  1. 🟡 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.
  1. 🟡 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.
  1. 🟢 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.
  1. 🟡 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.
  1. 🟡 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.
  1. 🟢 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)

(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.

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