Iran successfully targets shipping on 2026?

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Market context

Iranian naval forces have repeatedly engaged in hostile actions against commercial shipping, including seizing vessels and launching drone strikes to extract concessions from the international community[1]. This behaviour mirrors the 1980s Tanker War during the Iran-Iraq conflict, where anti-ship missiles targeted over half of all shipping attacks, yet oil tankers proved resilient to damage[2]. The current 4% crowd-implied probability reflects a historical pattern where Iran prefers harassment and hostage-taking over full kinetic strikes on commercial ships, though recent drone attempts in the Strait of Hormuz show escalating aggression[5].

For a power-user evaluating this market programmatically, the key catalysts are explicit Iranian state announcements confirming kinetic strikes or seizures, as proxy actions by Hezbollah or Houthis do not count[1]. Traders should monitor US and Israel military operation schedules, as recent joint strikes on 28 February triggered immediate Iranian retaliatory actions that could shift maritime risk dynamics[3]. Conditional orders should be tied to real-time feeds from the International Crisis Group, which tracks one-way attack drone launches against commercial transits[5], and to official IRGC naval force declarations, ensuring only actions originating from Iranian territory resolve the market.

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Methodology

We track Iran successfully targets shipping on 2026? on the five venues with material liquidity for prediction markets. Live odds come from the Polymarket Polygon order book — the only source that ships real-time data under an open licence. For Kalshi, Betfair and Manifold we list platform attributes (fee, KYC, settlement, payment) instead of fabricated odds, because their APIs use non-comparable contract definitions.

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On Kalshi (CFTC-regulated) resolution runs through their in-house clearing engine in USD. Betfair Exchange settles after match end in the account's local currency. Manifold pays no cash — only its in-platform "mana" currency.

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