The Strait of Hormuz is experiencing unprecedented IRGCN military pressure, with over 200 small craft massed near Larak Island, dark vessels being harassed or boarded, and commercial ships using cargo as armor against kinetic threats. Kharg Island's crude loading infrastructure has been offline for 12+ consecutive days across both terminals, causing tanker queues to dissolve and Iran to reroute logistics through small-craft networks, while a parallel enforcement crackdown on shadow fleet tankers (including the French/UK boarding of the Aframax TAGOR off Brest) is compounding disruptions across both the Gulf and European waters.