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Minab war.

Critical · 93/100Civil Waractive5,872 dispatches indexedlatest event Jun 28, 2026
20 sources·generated May 20, 2026·ICD 203?ICD 203 — Analytic TradecraftThe US Intelligence Community’s Intelligence Community Directive 203 standards: sourced claims, calibrated probability language, explicit confidence levels, alternative analysis. GeoMemo briefs follow this prompt.
Escalation
93
·Critical · /100
Events · 24h
31
-22 vs 7d avg
Fatalities · 7d
232
-152 vs prior 7d
Media divergence
·Divergence
Primary belligerent
Iran
Escalation trajectory · 90 days · composite of event frequency × severity × geographic spread
14,650
total events across belligerents · 91 daily data points
Annotated milestones
1 of 4
ASSASSINATION2026-03-302026-05-142026-06-28
Source · intelligence_events · all severity tiersHover any annotated dot for full milestone
Fatalities · 90 days · weekly
17,749
single-side data only
2026-03-302026-06-225,910
Source · casualties_daily aggregated by ISO week13 weeks
Market signal · Brent crude
USD/bbl · live data pending

Bottom Line

We assess with moderate confidence that the Iran conflict (escalation score 100/100) is entering a potential inflection point: US-Iran diplomatic engagement is advancing while the Strait of Hormuz is experiencing its first significant tanker transits in months, but the war's economic shockwaves — energy price surges, global inflation, and dollar strengthening — continue to intensify, suggesting the conflict's systemic damage will persist regardless of near-term diplomatic outcome

Top 10
High-severity events
Severity-ranked events touching this conflict's belligerents · last 30 days
SeverityDateEventCountries
10.0Jun 26Iran Leader AssassinatedIR
10.0Jun 26US-Israeli airstrikeIR
10.0Jun 26US airstrike on schoolIR
10.0Jun 25US-Israeli war on IranIR
10.0Jun 25Minab School AttackIR
10.0Jun 25US-Iran WarIR
10.0Jun 25Alleged War CrimeIR
10.0Jun 24US-Israeli strikes on IranIR
10.0Jun 24Joint Israel-U.S. attackIR
10.0Jun 22US/IL War on IRIR
Top 10 shownFull dataset available via API · contact for access
Top 10
Strategic transfers
Arms, tech, and equipment flows where seller or buyer is a belligerent
DateFlowEquipmentTypeStatus
Apr 17IRYEmissilecritical tech transferdelivered
Apr 17IRYEmissilecritical tech transferdelivered
Apr 17CNIRX-band radartech transferproposed
Apr 17IRUSuraniumcritical tech transferproposed
Apr 17RUIRmissilearms saleproposed
Apr 17CNIRmissilearms saleproposed
Apr 17CNIRdual-use technologiestech transferdelivered
Apr 17CNIRX-band radar systemsarms saleproposed
Apr 16CNIRmissilecritical tech transferproposed
Apr 16CNIRmissilecritical tech transferproposed
Top 10 shownFull dataset available via API · contact for access
Top 10
Critical resource flows
Oil, lithium, semiconductors, rare-earth, and other strategic commodities
MineralCountryStageReservesGlobal %
CopperIranprocessing
SulfurIranmining
Top 2 shown · global share % = country’s share of worldwide production at this stageFull dataset via API · contact
Threat board
Linked Bayesian threats
Probability-tracked threats tied to Iran · 2 active
conflict
Middle East regional war expansion
85% 1.4pp
7-day Bayesian update
nuclear
Iran nuclear escalation
80% 9.6pp
7-day Bayesian update
No dispatches indexed for this conflict in the last 30 days.
Methodology

This brief was drafted daily by Claude Opus/Haiku under an ICD 203 analytic-tradecraft prompt: bottom line up-front, calibrated probability language (“likely,” “highly likely”), explicit confidence levels, and alternative-analysis sections. Drawn from 20 dispatches across 18 publications, stored in our ingestion pipeline across strategic_events, intelligence_events, threat_assessments, and entity_relationships.

Event volume and casualty counts key off IR as the country anchor. Casualty figures above 100,000/day are filtered as extraction outliers pending manual review.

Sources· 20 dispatches· 18 publications
  1. 1.NairametricsNigerian crude holds near $120 amid progress in US-Iran diplomacy
  2. 2.Modern DiplomacyUnited Kingdom Inflation Slows but Iran War Threatens New Energy Price Surge
  3. 3.Modern DiplomacyDollar Hits Six Week High as War Fears and Interest Rate Hike Bets Grow
  4. 4.streamlinefeed.co.kePound Plunges Below $1.34 as UK Inflation Cools to 2.8 Percent
  5. 5.CryptoRankEuropean markets fall as investors assess inflation and geopolitical risks
  6. 6.The Globe and MailBond yields may finally be baking in an AI world
  7. 7.Business News NigeriaSouth Africa’s inflation climbs to 20-month high as Iran war drives fuel shock
  8. 8.MSNTrump-Xi summit: What to expect as US-China ties, trade, Taiwan and Iran on the agenda
  9. 9.newswav.comG7 finance ministers call for action on trade imbalances as Russia sanctions divide US from allies
  10. 10.The Sunday GuardianXi, Putin to Visit India Amid Global Crisis? BRICS Summit 2026 in New Delhi Gains Global Attention Over Iran War, US Tensions & Rising Geopolitical Divisions
  11. 11.MSNTrump returns from China but with a caveat
  12. 12.Business StandardTwo supertankers exit Strait of Hormuz with 6 million barrels of crude oil
  13. 13.Latest news from AzerbaijanSouth Korea-operated tanker passing through Strait of Hormuz
  14. 14.Kurdistan24Chinese Supertankers Carrying Iraqi Crude Exit Strait of Hormuz After Months of Delay
  15. 15.Gulf NewsBreakthrough in Hormuz? Asian oil tankers ‘moving again’
  16. 16.gCaptainSouth Korean, Chinese Supertankers Attempt Strait of Hormuz Exit
  17. 17.Korea JoongAng DailyAs Korean tanker transits Strait of Hormuz, questions arise over how
  18. 18.Discovery AlertStrait of Hormuz Oil Tankers and the Iran Deal Crisis
  19. 19.economy.acKorea and Japan Forge Energy Alliance Amid Iran War Shock, Expanding Toward Southeast Asia to Build Major Economic Bloc
  20. 20.Anadolu AjansıSouth Korean oil tanker passing via Hormuz in coordination with Iran: Foreign minister