Day 133 of the WarFriday, July 10, 2026
Day 133 — Washington Hands Iran a Saturday Deadline to Publicly Renounce the Hormuz Attacks or Face 'Harsh Consequences'; Six Refueling Tankers Support the Omani-Route Escorts as the Bush Carrier Flies Night Ops; Treasury Sanctions Khamenei Financier Ali Ansari; an Israeli Source Pins the Trump Assassination Plot on IRGC General Vahidi
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After the Funeral — a Kesko Truck, Two F-5s and a Cyber Army
- Per Visegrad24, Khamenei's coffin was transported in a Finnish refrigerated truck recently used to haul vegetables, fruit, pork and beef for the supermarket chain Kesko — while Babak Taghvaee notes the air cover over the funeral fell to a pair of F-5E Tiger IIs, with the F-14s, F-4Es and MiG-29s effectively extinct.source
- After exposing on CBS what she called the staged government spectacle of Khamenei's funeral procession, Masih Alinejad says over 50,000 comments from the Islamic Republic's cyber army flooded her Instagram, including renewed kidnapping and dismemberment threats.source
- In Madrid, Iranians held a symbolic funeral for Khamenei's coffin in front of the Islamic Republic's embassy on Thursday, wearing masks of Ghalibaf, Pezeshkian and Ejei, per Iran International.source
The Ultimatum — Washington Gives Iran Until Saturday to Renounce the Hormuz Attacks
Gulf & Naval- Senior U.S. officials said Friday that Washington is demanding Iran publicly state it will stop attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and that all lanes in the strait will be open to shipping with no tolls.source
- Per Barak Ravid, the U.S. has given Iran a deadline of Saturday to publicly renounce the attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and declare the strait open — with a second U.S. official warning of harsh consequences if Iran refuses.source
- Trump spent the week calling Iran's leaders 'scum,' 'sick people,' 'evil people,' 'dirty players,' 'liars,' 'crazy' and 'cuckoo' — while Open Source Intel distills his position as: talks with Iran will continue, but the ceasefire is over. Talks and bombs at the same time.source
The Fight for Hormuz Is Not Over — Tankers Aloft and Carriers on Station
Gulf & Naval- FlightRadar showed six aerial refueling tankers over the Persian Gulf, potentially supporting the ongoing operation to escort commercial ships through the Omani route in the Strait of Hormuz — 'the fight for the Hormuz is not over,' notes Open Source Intel.source
- CENTCOM published imagery of U.S. sailors conducting nighttime flight operations aboard the carrier USS George H.W. Bush in regional waters, and of a Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion delivering supplies to a Navy ship in the Arabian Sea.source
The Vahidi Plot and the Treasury's Squeeze
- Babak Taghvaee, citing an Israeli government source, reports the alleged assassination plot targeting Trump is orchestrated by IRGC General Ahmad Vahidi, with a branch of the IRGC Quds Force ordered by Vahidi to carry it out.source
- Following Iran's renewed attacks on Strait of Hormuz shipping, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Ali Ansari — a Dubai-based Iranian national described as a financier of the Supreme Leader — and three major exchange houses moving billions annually for sanctioned Iranian banks.source
- Iranian forces recovered an unexploded WDU-42/B warhead from a U.S. AGM-158 JASSM/LRASM cruise missile — a penetrator designed to destroy hardened underground targets — offering Tehran a rare intelligence trophy from the strikes.source