Iran…Trump…Conflict…Late Evening…7/4/2026….The Strait of Hormuz…..

Same ole…..

Same OLD…..

Justling for postion on controlling the Strait to for Power and Money….

Some internal government movement in Iran after the Big Funeral of  former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran on July 3rd….

ISW….Iran Update Special Report, July 4, 2026

1. Iran continues to use threats and force to compel commercial vessels to transit through its illegal traffic separation scheme in the Strait of Hormuz. Alternative transit routes such as the route along Oman’s coast undermine Iran’s efforts to establish complete control over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran likely calculates that threats and continued attacks on vessels will deter countries and international organizations from facilitating such alternative transit routes.
2. Senior Iranian officials continue to portray the strait as Iran’s primary source of leverage against the United States. Long-term Iranian control over the strait would enable Iran to close the waterway at any time and for any reason in order to make its adversaries meet Iranian demands and deter its adversaries from taking action against Iran.
3. Senior Iranian regime officials appear to be trying to contain growing factional disputes over Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s position on the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU). Supreme Leader Representative to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Abdollah Haji Sadeghi told IRGC and Basij commanders and members in a letter on July 4 that Mojtaba’s recent message on the MoU is the regime’s final basis for action.
4. The Iranian regime appears to be reshuffling some senior military positions after the US-Israel-Iran war. Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS)-run media Defa Press reported that Rear Admiral Ali Ozmaei replaced Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri as the IRGC Navy commander.