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The Tabularium · Call 2026-07-19-01Miss

Iran will not conduct a second direct missile or drone strike on Jordanian territory within two weeks of the July 18 Muwaffaq Salti Air Base attack.

National SecurityAfrica / Middle EastJordanIranUnited States
Issued No. 19 · 19 Jul 26  ·  Due 1 Aug 26  ·  Opening call 72% — likely

The wording, the opening probability, and the counter-signal below were fixed when this call was published. Updates revise the reading — never the record: the verdict is graded against the opening call.

The trajectory

The call stands at its probability until revised; each dot is a recorded reading.0%50%100%19 Jul 26 — 72% (No. 19): Opening call31 Jul 26 — 15% (No. 31): Iran fired five missiles at Jordan on July 30, all intercepted -- the exact second direct strike attempt this call bet against, though no casualties resulted.due 1 Aug 26Miss15%19 Jul 26

The record since

  • 31 Jul 26 No. 31 · revised to 15%
    Iran fired five missiles at Jordan on July 30, all intercepted -- the exact second direct strike attempt this call bet against, though no casualties resulted.

What would overturn it

A second reported Iranian strike inside Jordan, or explicit new Iranian threats naming Jordan, would overturn this; continued Iranian focus on Gulf targets (Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar) without repeating on Jordan would confirm it.

The verdict

Miss  Resolved 3 Aug 26.

Iran fired a second wave of missiles at Jordan on July 30 (five intercepted by Jordanian air defenses, no casualties), squarely within the two-week window — a second reported Iranian strike inside Jordan, overturning the call.

Treating a single high-profile strike as a ceiling rather than an opening move undercounts how a multi-front war spreads fire once a new host has been struck once; a first strike on a new country lowers, not raises, the bar for a repeat.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/29/iran-war-us-hormuz-strait-july-29-2026/2ae527d4-8b0c-11f1-8912-d71e69d679d7_story.html

As logged at issue

Jordan: after Tehran's first direct strike on Jordanian territory since the war began, a second Iranian strike inside Jordan within two weeks is unlikely — the heaviest fire has stayed concentrated on Gulf hosts, and Amman isn't central to Iran's core grievances. A repeat strike on Jordan, or explicit new Iranian threats naming it, would say this call was wrong.

Cite this call

The Cursus Publicus, Call 2026-07-19-01 — recorded 19 Jul 26. https://archive.cursuspublic.us/calls/2026-07-19-01.html