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Al-Monitor says Washington blocked Iran's nuclear chief from Vienna; The Media Line says Austria denied him the visa

Mohammad Eslami did not address the atomic agency's conference on Monday. Five of the ten reports we hold put that on the United States, three on Austria. One carries both accounts, and no Austrian, American or agency voice is quoted on the visa in any of them.

Iranian nuclear chief blocked from IAEA conference in Vienna following US pressure - report
Iranian nuclear chief blocked from IAEA conference in Vienna following US pressure - report as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
Levant & Iran Iran Austria United States

The chair was empty. Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, was due to address the atomic agency's General Conference in Vienna on Monday. He did not appear.

Who kept him out changes with the masthead.

Report Named as acting The act, in its words On whose account
Al-Monitor the United States opposing an exemption from "snapback" UN sanctions its own voice
Asharq Al-Awsat the United States "blocked on the way because of obstructions" Iranian state television
Al-Modon the United States "prevented" none named
The Jerusalem Post no actor named "has been barred from speaking" "following US pressure", in the headline
The Media Line Austria "denying" a visa Iran's condemnation
Shargh Austria "refusal to issue" a visa Russia's envoy, Mikhail Ulyanov
IRNA no actor named "a dangerous precedent for all countries" Iran's nuclear agency spokesman

One report carries both versions. Al-Monitor puts the American objection in its first line and Iran's claim that Austria granted a visa and then revoked it in its third. Nothing we hold reconciles the two.

Not settled. Every voice quoted on the visa is Iranian or Russian. We hold no American, Austrian or agency statement, so whether a visa was issued and withdrawn or never issued rests on one side's accounts. Asharq Al-Awsat alone describes a Saturday flight turned back, sourced to state television. And the Jerusalem Post writes a lower-level Iranian representative may speak later in the week — so whether Iran was excluded or downgraded is open too.

What this is about. Who kept Iran's top nuclear official from speaking at the yearly meeting of the UN's nuclear watchdog, and what that means for Iran's dealings with the watchdog.

How it got here - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was set up in 1957 and is based in Vienna. It inspects nuclear programmes to check that they are not being used to build weapons. Each year its member states meet at a General Conference. This year's conference, the 70th, opened on Monday and runs until Friday, Asharq Al-Awsat reports. Austria hosts the agency. - In 2015 Iran signed a deal with six world powers. Iran accepted limits on its uranium enrichment, and in return sanctions were lifted. The UN Security Council endorsed the deal in Resolution 2231. That resolution included a "snapback", which let a party to the deal bring back the old UN sanctions. - In 2018, under President Donald Trump, the United States left the deal and brought back its own sanctions. After that, Iran enriched more uranium and gave inspectors less access. - In June 2025 Israel struck Iranian nuclear sites, and then the United States did. After the strikes, Iran cut back its cooperation with the agency. - In August 2025 Britain, France and Germany triggered snapback. The UN sanctions came back at the end of that September. - This month our earlier coverage has reported a war on Iran and a fight over the Strait of Hormuz.

Who is involved - Iran. Mohammad Eslami heads its Atomic Energy Organization, and he was due to address the conference. - The United States. Reuters, carried by Al-Monitor, says Washington opposed exempting Eslami from the restored UN sanctions. Shargh reports that the US energy secretary told the conference Iran must give inspectors access. - Austria. As host, Austria issues visas to delegates. Iran says Austria granted Eslami a visa and then revoked it. - Russia. Russia signed the 2015 deal. Its envoy in Vienna told Shargh that Austria broke its obligations.

What is at stake. The first question is whether a host country can keep a member state's delegate out of the agency's own meeting. IRNA quotes Iran's nuclear spokesman calling this a dangerous precedent. The second is whether Iran and the inspectors are still talking at all.

Where it stands. Eslami did not speak. The Jerusalem Post reports that a lower-level Iranian official may speak later in the week. We hold no statement from the United States, Austria or the agency.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Who kept Iran's nuclear chief out of the atomic agency's conference: an American objection to a sanctions exemption, or an Austrian visa
  • Whether a visa was granted and then revoked, or never issued at all
  • Whether Iran was excluded outright or will be represented at a lower level later in the week
  • That no Austrian, American or agency account of the visa appears in anything we hold
One absence, two countries blamedSide by side
outletwhat it saidhedged?
Al-Monitor"The United States blocked Iran's nuclear chief ... by opposing an exemption from so-called 'snapback' U.N. sanctions" — and, lower, that Iran said Austria revoked a visa it had grantedNot on the American act, which is its own voice. Yes on the Austrian one, which it gives as Iran's account.
Asharq Al-AwsatBlocked "due to opposition from the United States"; he and his delegation "took a regular flight to Vienna on Saturday, but were blocked on the way"Yes — "Iranian state television said", and the whole account rests on it.
Al-Modon"The United States prevented the head of Iran's atomic energy organisation" from attendingNo — stated flat, no source named.
The Jerusalem Post"one of Tehran's most senior nuclear officials has been barred from speaking at the opening"; a lower-level Iranian representative may speak later in the weekYes — no actor in the sentence, "US pressure" and "- report" in the headline.
The Media Line"Iran condemned Austria on Monday for denying" the visa; Iran summons an Austrian diplomatYes — the act is Austria's, and it is Iran that condemns it.
SharghRussia's envoy Mikhail Ulyanov on "Austria's refusal to issue an entry visa for Mohammad Eslami": "we cannot remain indifferent"Yes — attributed throughout to Russia's envoy. No Austrian reply.
IRNASpokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi calls barring Eslami "a dangerous precedent for all countries" and says the agency and its members must stand against American pressureYes — quoted to him, and the report never says who barred him.
Seven reports, seven ways of saying who acted. The two notices we hold from the agency itself carry no text we can read.
Sources Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iran protests as US prevents its nuclear chief attending IAEA meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Nuclear Chief Blocked by US from Vienna Meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · واشنطن تمنع مسؤولاً إيرانياً من حضور اجتماع للطاقة الذرية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranian nuclear chief blocked from IAEA conference in Vienna following US pressure - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Iran Summons Austrian Diplomat Over Nuclear Chief’s IAEA Visa Denial Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent اولیانوف: اتریش با ممانعت از ورود اسلامی تعهداتش را نقض کرد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled کمالوندی: ممانعت از حضور «اسلامی» در کنفرانس عمومی آژانس رویه‌ای خطرناک برای همه کشورهاست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Monday in Vienna, hour by hourTimeline
  1. 2026-09-12— no time published Iranian state television, via Asharq Al-Awsat Eslami and his delegation take a regular flight towards Vienna and are "blocked on the way"; he returns to Tehran —the only report we hold that describes a journey
  2. 2026-09-14— no time published the atomic agency The 70th General Conference opens in Vienna; Eslami, who was due to address it, is not there —Al-Monitor reports the opening; we hold nothing from the agency with readable text
  3. 2026-09-1408:44 published time The Jerusalem Post He "has been barred from speaking" at the opening; a lower-level Iranian representative may address the conference later in the week —no actor in the sentence
  4. 2026-09-1409:35 published time Asharq Al-Awsat Blocked "due to opposition from the United States", Iranian state television said —sourced to one party's broadcaster
  5. 2026-09-1411:52 published time Shargh The US energy secretary tells the conference Iran must give the agency the access it needs —the only American voice we hold, and not on the visa
  6. 2026-09-1412:00 published time Russia's envoy Mikhail Ulyanov, in Shargh Austria's refusal to issue Eslami an entry visa breaks its commitments —no Austrian reply in anything we hold
  7. 2026-09-1412:46 published time Al-Monitor The United States blocked him by opposing an exemption from "snapback" sanctions; at the opening, Iran said Austria revoked a visa it had granted —the only report carrying both versions
  8. 2026-09-1412:51 published time The Media Line Iran summons an Austrian diplomat over the visa denial —Austria is the actor; Washington does not appear
  9. 2026-09-1413:01 published time Al-Modon "The United States prevented" the head of Iran's atomic energy organisation from attending —no source named
  10. 2026-09-1413:18 published time Behrouz Kamalvandi, Iran's nuclear agency spokesman, in IRNA Barring Eslami is "a dangerous precedent for all countries" —does not say who barred him
Times are the reports' own publication times, in UTC. Saturday's flight has no published time and one source only.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Nuclear Chief Blocked by US from Vienna Meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranian nuclear chief blocked from IAEA conference in Vienna following US pressure - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر انرژی آمریکا: ایران باید دسترسی‌های لازم را برای آژانس فراهم کند Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent اولیانوف: اتریش با ممانعت از ورود اسلامی تعهداتش را نقض کرد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iran protests as US prevents its nuclear chief attending IAEA meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Iran Summons Austrian Diplomat Over Nuclear Chief’s IAEA Visa Denial Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · واشنطن تمنع مسؤولاً إيرانياً من حضور اجتماع للطاقة الذرية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled کمالوندی: ممانعت از حضور «اسلامی» در کنفرانس عمومی آژانس رویه‌ای خطرناک برای همه کشورهاست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Two actors for one blocked flight

Five reports name the United States as having kept Iran's nuclear chief out of Vienna; three name Austria's refusal of a visa. Only one report carries both accounts, and it attributes the Austrian version to Iran. The two versions are not reconciled anywhere we can read.

5 reports naming the United States as the blocker 3 reports naming Austria's visa refusal 1 reports carrying both accounts 2 reports we hold with no readable text

Whose voice is in the room

Two reports quote an Iranian official directly and one quotes a third state's envoy calling the refusal a breach of Austria's obligations. One carries the US energy secretary's position, alongside its own description of Washington's strikes on Iranian nuclear sites as illegal. Nobody from the agency hosting the conference, and no Austrian official, is quoted in anything we hold.

2 reports quoting an Iranian official directly 1 reports quoting a third state's envoy 1 reports carrying a US official's position 0 reports quoting the agency or an Austrian official
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iran protests as US prevents its nuclear chief attending IAEA meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Nuclear Chief Blocked by US from Vienna Meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranian nuclear chief blocked from IAEA conference in Vienna following US pressure - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Iran Summons Austrian Diplomat Over Nuclear Chief’s IAEA Visa Denial Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · واشنطن تمنع مسؤولاً إيرانياً من حضور اجتماع للطاقة الذرية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled کمالوندی: ممانعت از حضور «اسلامی» در کنفرانس عمومی آژانس رویه‌ای خطرناک برای همه کشورهاست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent اولیانوف: اتریش با ممانعت از ورود اسلامی تعهداتش را نقض کرد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر انرژی آمریکا: ایران باید دسترسی‌های لازم را برای آژانس فراهم کند Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → International Atomic Energy Agency
Spectrum not set estimate · not a score
International Atomic Energy Agency INT · official record · intergovernmental body The Week Ahead: IAEA Hosts 70th General Conference Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at International Atomic Energy Agency → What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → International Atomic Energy Agency
Spectrum not set estimate · not a score
International Atomic Energy Agency INT · official record · intergovernmental body IAEA General Conference Elects Argentine Ambassador as Conference President Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at International Atomic Energy Agency → What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified The United States kept Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami out of the IAEA General Conference by opposing an exemption from the reimposed UN sanctions.
Only Al-Monitor's Reuters copy gives the mechanism — US opposition to a snapback sanctions exemption; Asharq Al-Awsat and Al-Modon say Washington obstructed him but trace that to Iranian state television, and the Jerusalem Post says only "US pressure". No US or IAEA statement is in the reports we hold.
Checked against 4 sources:
Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iran protests as US prevents its nuclear chief attending IAEA meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Nuclear Chief Blocked by US from Vienna Meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · واشنطن تمنع مسؤولاً إيرانياً من حضور اجتماع للطاقة الذرية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranian nuclear chief blocked from IAEA conference in Vienna following US pressure - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed Austria issued Eslami a visa and then revoked it.
Al-Monitor reports Iran told the conference opening that Austria revoked a visa it had granted, while The Media Line describes a visa denial and Shargh quotes Russia's envoy Mikhail Ulyanov saying Austria refused to issue one. All three rest on Iranian or Russian statements, and we hold no Austrian account.
Checked against 3 sources:
Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iran protests as US prevents its nuclear chief attending IAEA meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Media Line
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The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Iran Summons Austrian Diplomat Over Nuclear Chief’s IAEA Visa Denial Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent اولیانوف: اتریش با ممانعت از ورود اسلامی تعهداتش را نقض کرد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Eslami flew towards Vienna on Saturday, was stopped en route and returned to Tehran.
Asharq Al-Awsat is the only report we hold that describes the journey, and it attributes every detail to Iranian state television. No other report we hold mentions the flight.
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A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Nuclear Chief Blocked by US from Vienna Meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

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ا المدن - عرب وعالم Al-Modon
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Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter.×1
Army wording attributed The report attributes the description of the soldiers' deaths as an 'operational incident' to the army.×1
Asserted not attributed pressure on Abu Dhabi presented as revealed, not claimed×1
Asserted, not attributed the US block is stated as fact with no source named×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 misleading7 disputed18 unverified15 true
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International Atomic Energy Agency
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International Atomic Energy Agency INT · official record · intergovernmental body IAEA General Conference Elects Argentine Ambassador as Conference President Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at International Atomic Energy Agency → What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → — intergovernmental body
The agency's own notice that the conference elected an Argentine ambassador as its president; we hold it with no text we can read either, so nothing we have from the host addresses the absence.
Read it at International Atomic Energy Agency → http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/iaea-general-conference-elects-arge…
International Atomic Energy Agency
Spectrum not set estimate · not a score
International Atomic Energy Agency INT · official record · intergovernmental body The Week Ahead: IAEA Hosts 70th General Conference Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at International Atomic Energy Agency → What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → — intergovernmental body
The agency's own notice of the week ahead at its 70th General Conference; we hold it with no text we can read.
Read it at International Atomic Energy Agency → http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/the-week-ahead-iaea-hosts-70th-gene…
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled کمالوندی: ممانعت از حضور «اسلامی» در کنفرانس عمومی آژانس رویه‌ای خطرناک برای همه کشورهاست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-controlled
Quotes the Iranian nuclear agency's spokesman, Behrouz Kamalvandi, calling the exclusion "a dangerous precedent for all countries" and asking the agency and its members to stand against American pressure — without
لندن – ایرنا – بهروز کمالوندی سخنگوی سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران، ممانعت از حضور محمد اسلامی در کنفرانس عمومی آژانس بین‌المللی انرژی اتمی را رویه‌ای خطرناک برای همه کشورها دانست و تأکید کرد که آژانس و کشورهای عضو باید در برابر زورگویی و فشار سیاسی آمریکا ایستادگی کنند.
Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → https://www.irna.ir/news/86263998/%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%…
A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · واشنطن تمنع مسؤولاً إيرانياً من حضور اجتماع للطاقة الذرية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
States the American block flat, in its own voice, with no source named: "The United States prevented the head of Iran's atomic energy organisation."
حجم الخط مشاركة عبر منعت الولايات المتحدة رئيس منظمة الطاقة الذرية الإيرانية محمد إسلامي، من حضور اجتماع الوكالة الدولية للطاقة الذرية في العاصمة النمساوية فيينا، فيما اتّهمت الخارجية الإيرانية واشنطن بممارسة ضغوط على فيينا لاتخاذ الخطوة. وكان إسلامي يعتزم حضور المؤتمر العام السنوي للدول الأعضاء في وكالة الطاقة الذرية، اليوم الاثنين، لكن إيران قالت خلال الجلسة الافتتاحية إن النمسا ألغت تأشيرة السفير الإيراني بعدما كانت قد منحتها له في وقت سابق. إسلامي: المنظمة مسيّسة وقال السفير الإيراني لدى الوكالة الدولية للطاقة الذرية أمام المؤتمر: "إلغاء التأشيرة والتبرير القانوني المزعوم لذلك يشكلان دليلا
Asserted, not attributed: the US block is stated as fact with no source named — “منعت الولايات المتحدة رئيس منظمة الطاقة الذرية الإيرانية”
Read it at Al-Modon → https://www.almodon.com/arabworld/2026/09/14/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D…
The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Iran Summons Austrian Diplomat Over Nuclear Chief’s IAEA Visa Denial Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report of a diplomatic consequence — Iran summoning an Austrian diplomat — and the only one whose headline and first line make Austria, not Washington, the actor.
The post Iran Summons Austrian Diplomat Over Nuclear Chief’s IAEA Visa Denial appeared first on The Media Line.
Which actor the headline picks: Austria is the actor and the block is a visa denial; Washington does not appear — “Iran Summons Austrian Diplomat Over Nuclear Chief’s IAEA Visa Denial”
Who is named as acting: Austria, not Washington, is the actor in headline and first line — “Iran condemned Austria on Monday for denying a”
Read it at The Media Line → https://themedialine.org/headlines/iran-summons-austrian-diplomat-over-…
Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iran protests as US prevents its nuclear chief attending IAEA meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report we hold that gives a mechanism — American opposition to an exemption from the reimposed UN sanctions — and the only one that also carries Iran's claim that Austria granted a visa and then revoked it.
Iran protests as US prevents its nuclear chief attending IAEA meeting By Francois Murphy Sep 14, 2026 Add AL-MONITOR on Google IAEA holds General assembly in Vienna — Lisa Leutner By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The United States blocked Iran's nuclear chief from attending this week's U.N. atomic watchdog meeting in Vienna by opposing an exemption from so-called "snapback" U.N. sanctions, prompting protests from Tehran on Monday. Iranian nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami had been due to attend and address this week's International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference, an annual m
Who is named as acting: the United States named as the actor, stated flat in the lede; Austria's role carried lower and attributed to Iran — “The United States blocked Iran's nuclear chief from attending this week's U.N. atomic watchdog meeting in Vienna”
Who is named as acting: United States named as the actor, in the report's own voice, with the mechanism specified — “The United States blocked Iran's nuclear chief from attending this week's U.N. atomic watchdog meeting in Vienna by opposing an exemption from so-called "snapback" U.N. sanctions, prompting protests from Tehran on Monday.”
Read it at Al-Monitor → https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/iran-protests-us-prevents-…
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent اولیانوف: اتریش با ممانعت از ورود اسلامی تعهداتش را نقض کرد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only third state to speak: Russia's envoy in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, says Austria's refusal to issue the visa breaks its commitments.
نماینده دائمی روسیه در سازمان‌های بین‌المللی مستقر در وین، اتریش امروز (دوشنبه) در واکنش به اقدام وین در عدم صدور ویزا برای رئیس آژانس انرژی اتمی ایران گفت: «نمی‌توانیم نسبت به وضعیت تاسف‌بار پیش‌آمده در خصوص خودداری اتریش از صدور روادید ورود برای محمد اسلامی رئیس سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران، بی‌تفاوت بمانیم؛ کسی که قرار بود برای شرکت در هفتادمین نشست کنفرانس عمومی آژانس به وین سفر کند.»
Whose voice is quoted: the verdict on Austria comes from Russia's envoy; no Austrian voice appears — “نمی‌توانیم نسبت به وضعیت تاسف‌بار پیش‌آمده در خصوص خودداری اتریش از صدور روادید ورود برای محمد اسلامی رئیس سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران، بی‌تفاوت بمانیم”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1127964
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر انرژی آمریکا: ایران باید دسترسی‌های لازم را برای آژانس فراهم کند Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only American voice we hold from the conference — the energy secretary, on inspections rather than on the empty chair — and the reporter calls Washington's strikes on Iranian nuclear sites illegal aggression in
وزیر انرژی آمریکا در کنفرانس عمومی آژانس بین‌المللی انرژی اتمی، بدون اشاره به نقش تجاوز نظامی و غیرقانونی واشنگتن به تأسیسات هسته‌ای ایران در اختلال همکاری‌های پادمانی، ادعاهای ضدایرانی را تکرار کرد و مدعی شد که ایران باید با آژانس همکاری کامل داشته باشد و دسترسی‌های لازم را برای انجام وظایف این نهاد فراهم سازد.
The report's own voice: the reporter characterises the US case as anti-Iranian claims and calls US strikes on nuclear sites illegal aggression, without attribution — “بدون اشاره به نقش تجاوز نظامی و غیرقانونی واشنگتن به تأسیسات هسته‌ای ایران در اختلال همکاری‌های پادمانی، ادعاهای ضدایرانی را تکرار کرد”
Asserted, not attributed: the report characterises US strikes on Iranian sites as aggression and illegal in its own voice — “بدون اشاره به نقش تجاوز نظامی و غیرقانونی واشنگتن به تأسیسات هسته‌ای ایران در اختلال همکاری‌های پادمانی، ادعاهای ضدایرانی را تکرار کرد”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1127966
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Nuclear Chief Blocked by US from Vienna Meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only account of a journey: a regular flight to Vienna on Saturday, blocked on the way, a return to Tehran. Every detail credited to Iranian state television, and it says so.
Iran's nuclear chief was blocked from attending an annual conference on Monday at the headquarters of the UN's nuclear agency in Vienna due to opposition from the United States, Iranian state television said. "Mohammad Eslami and his delegation took a regular flight to Vienna on Saturday, but were blocked on the way because of obstructions by the United States," the state broadcaster reported, saying he had returned to the capital Tehran. He was due to attend the annual general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog, which runs until Friday in Au
Sourcing: the whole account rests on one party's state broadcaster, and says so — “Iran's nuclear chief was blocked from attending an annual conference on Monday at the headquarters of the UN's nuclear agency in Vienna due to opposition from the United States, Iranian state television said.”
Sourcing: the whole account rests on one party's state broadcaster, and says so — “Iran's nuclear chief was blocked from attending an annual conference on Monday at the headquarters of the UN's nuclear agency in Vienna due to opposition from the United States, Iranian state television said.”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5318052
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranian nuclear chief blocked from IAEA conference in Vienna following US pressure - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that says a lower-level Iranian representative may still address the conference later in the week; its own sentence names no actor and puts the cause in the headline as "US pressure".
A lower-level Iranian representative may still address the conference later in the week, but one of Tehran's most senior nuclear officials has been barred from speaking at the opening of the event.
No actor named: passive construction leaves out who barred him; the headline puts the cause down to pressure — “one of Tehran's most senior nuclear officials has been barred from speaking at the opening of the event”
No actor named: passive construction leaves out who barred him — “one of Tehran's most senior nuclear officials has been barred from speaking at the opening of the event.”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-908489
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Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
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K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Centre estimate · not a score
Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
Centre estimate · not a score
The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
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Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
Centre estimate · not a score
Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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