Monday 14 September 2026

Satellite

Satellite view of a desert pumping station after a strike: the whole walled process area scorched black, and a large slick of spilled crude spreading across open ground beyond the northeast corner of the perimeter.

Vantor (watermark), via The Hormuz Letter

Satellite

Close satellite view of a burned oil pumping station: tanks, pump halls and pipework blackened and collapsed, soot spread over the surrounding hardstanding, undamaged white equipment still standing at the edges of the plant.

Vantor (watermark), via The Hormuz Letter

Satellite

Satellite view of the same desert pumping station intact: white tanks and pipework inside a walled compound, clean sand around it, a highway and pipeline corridor running past to the south.

Vantor (watermark), via The Hormuz Letter

Screenshot

Screenshot of a Truth Social post by Donald J. Trump reading: The failing Nation of Iran wants to make a deal, quickly and badly. I will determine whether or not the U.S.A. will choose to engage - The concept of which we are open to. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Donald Trump on Truth Social, via @RapidResponse47

Chart

TradingView 30-minute candle chart of E-mini Dow Jones futures on September 14, falling through the morning to about 52,290 and then spiking in one candle to 52,649, up 64 points or 0.12 percent on the day.

The Kobeissi Letter, chart from TradingView

Chart

TradingView chart of the US 10-year Treasury yield from 2021 to September 2026, climbing from under 1 percent to a 2023 peak just above 5 percent, easing to around 3.5 to 4.5 percent, then rising again to close at 5.004 percent.

The Kobeissi Letter (watermark), chart from TradingView