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An-Nahar says Bessent 'affirmed' Iran's airlines stop on 23 September; Tehran's Shargh says he 'claimed' it

The US Treasury secretary says every Iranian airline will stop flying worldwide on Wednesday because no one will dare refuel or ticket their planes. Two Lebanese outlets carry that close to fact. One Tehran paper calls it a claim. No report we hold has an answer from Iran's airlines, Iran's government or China.

بيسنت: الصين منخرطة بشكل كبير في حملة العقوبات على إيران
بيسنت: الصين منخرطة بشكل كبير في حملة العقوبات على إيران as published by LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) · seen at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Levant & Iran Iran United States China

What was said. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that all Iranian airlines will stop operating from 23 September, An-Nahar reports, citing an interview with CNBC. The lever is secondary sanctions. An airport that refuels an Iranian plane, gives it landing services or sells its tickets will be "excluded from the dollar-based financial system", An-Nahar quotes him.

How it was carried. Five reports from three outlets carry one statement, with three different verbs.

Outlet Verb for Bessent How the shutdown reads
An-Nahar (Beirut) "affirmed" (أكد) as settled
LBCI (Beirut), 3 reports "announced" (أعلن), or no verb in the headline a future fact in his voice
Shargh (Tehran) "claimed" (مدعی شد) as his claim

Shargh's own headline is flatter than its text: activity "will stop in two days".

China. Bessent spoke after talks on Sunday with Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng. He said Chinese officials are "heavily engaged" in the US pressure campaign, An-Nahar and LBCI report. An-Nahar adds that he described "positive discussions" on compliance with central bank governor Pan Gongsheng.

What is not settled - Whether any Iranian airline actually stops. It is a forecast by one US official. - What Iran's airlines or government say. No report we hold quotes them. - What Beijing says. China's role comes only from Bessent. - Which airports will comply. None is named.

What this is about. The United States is trying to ground Iran's airlines abroad by threatening anyone who serves them, and says China is helping.

How it got here. In 2015 Iran agreed with six world powers to limit its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief. In May 2018 the first Trump administration left that deal and reimposed US sanctions. From 2019 Iran expanded its uranium enrichment. Washington has sanctioned Iranian carriers for years: Mahan Air has been on the US list since 2011 over its links to the Revolutionary Guard, and Iran Air was listed again in 2018. In June 2025 Israel, and then the United States, struck Iranian nuclear sites. In late September 2025 UN sanctions on Iran returned after Britain, France and Germany invoked the deal's 'snapback' clause.

How the pressure works. US sanctions bind Americans directly. "Secondary" sanctions reach foreigners: a bank, fuel supplier or airport abroad that deals with a listed party risks losing access to the US dollar system. Much of world trade is settled in dollars, so the threat travels far.

The actors. - Scott Bessent, US Treasury secretary since January 2025. His department runs US sanctions. - Iran's airlines, state-owned and private, which depend on foreign airports for fuel and landing services on every route abroad. - China, Iran's largest oil customer, and a country Washington is negotiating with on trade. He Lifeng leads China's side in those talks. - Airports and service firms in other countries, who carry the risk of penalties.

What is at stake. If airports comply, Iranians lose direct flights abroad. If they do not, Washington's threat is tested in public. China's part matters because Chinese banks and buyers are among Iran's main outlets to the world economy.

Where it stands. One official has set a date two days away. In the reports we hold, no airline, airport or government outside Washington has been heard.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Bessent says all Iranian airlines stop flying abroad from 23 September
  • The lever: airports and firms that refuel, land or ticket Iranian planes risk losing dollar access
  • Bessent says Chinese officials are 'heavily engaged'; no Chinese account in the reports we hold
  • One Tehran paper calls it a claim; two Beirut outlets carry it close to fact
One statement, three verbsSide by side
OutletWhat it wroteVerbAttributed as a claim?
An-Naharأكد وزير الخزانة الأميركي سكوت بيسنتaffirmedNo
LBCIأعلن وزير الخزانة الأميركي سكوت بيسنتannouncedNo
LBCI (headline)ستتوقف جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية عن العمل في أنحاء العالم في 23 أيلولnoneNo
Sharghوزیر خزانه داری آمریکا مدعی شدclaimedYes
How each report introduces the same forecast by the US Treasury secretary. This counts wording. It does not rate any outlet.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بيسنت: شركات الطيران الإيرانية ستتوقف عن العمل في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 بيسنت: الصين منخرطة بشكل كبير في حملة العقوبات على إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent بيسنت بشأن إيران: ستتوقف جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية عن العمل في أنحاء العالم في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر خزانه‌داری آمریکا: از دو روز دیگر فعالیت شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ایران در سراسر جهان متوقف می‌شود 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 →
From Sunday's talks to Wednesday's deadlineTimeline
  1. 2026-09-20— no time published Scott Bessent, He Lifeng US and Chinese officials end talks on Sunday eveningAn-Nahar
  2. 2026-09-2112:19 An-Nahar publication time An-Nahar Bessent 'affirmed' all Iranian airlines stop from 23 Septembercites CNBC
  3. 2026-09-2112:37 LBCI publication time LBCI Headline: all Iranian airlines will stop worldwide on 23 September
  4. 2026-09-2112:38 LBCI publication time LBCI Headline: Chinese authorities 'very engaged'
  5. 2026-09-2113:18 Shargh publication time Shargh Bessent 'claimed' Iranian airlines will stopTehran
  6. 2026-09-23— no time published Scott Bessent The date he gives for all Iranian airlines to stop operatingno Iranian response in the reports
Times are publication times in UTC, as the outlets give them.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بيسنت: شركات الطيران الإيرانية ستتوقف عن العمل في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 بيسنت بشأن إيران: ستتوقف جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية عن العمل في أنحاء العالم في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent بيسنت بشأن إيران: ناقشنا المسألة مع الصين والسلطات الصينية "منخرطة للغاية" في العملية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر خزانه‌داری آمریکا: از دو روز دیگر فعالیت شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ایران در سراسر جهان متوقف می‌شود 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Affirmed, announced, claimed

Five reports carry the same statement from the US Treasury Secretary. Arabic-language reports use 'affirmed' or 'announced', or state the forecast flat. The Persian-language report is the only one that says he 'claimed' it.

4 reports stating the shutdown as fact or near-fact 1 reports using 'claimed' 5 reports held on the event

The airlines and Beijing are not heard

No report quotes an Iranian airline, an Iranian official or a Chinese official. China's cooperation is asserted by Washington alone. What the airlines say they will do on 23 September is unknown from these reports.

0 reports quoting an Iranian official or airline 0 reports quoting a Chinese official
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بيسنت: شركات الطيران الإيرانية ستتوقف عن العمل في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 بيسنت بشأن إيران: ستتوقف جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية عن العمل في أنحاء العالم في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent بيسنت: الصين منخرطة بشكل كبير في حملة العقوبات على إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent بيسنت بشأن إيران: ناقشنا المسألة مع الصين والسلطات الصينية "منخرطة للغاية" في العملية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر خزانه‌داری آمریکا: از دو روز دیگر فعالیت شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ایران در سراسر جهان متوقف می‌شود 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said all Iranian airlines will stop operating worldwide from 23 September.
An-Nahar, LBCI and Iran's Shargh all report the statement, which An-Nahar sources to a CNBC interview. Shargh reports it as a claim Bessent made.
Checked against 4 sources:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بيسنت: شركات الطيران الإيرانية ستتوقف عن العمل في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 بيسنت بشأن إيران: ستتوقف جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية عن العمل في أنحاء العالم في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent بيسنت: الصين منخرطة بشكل كبير في حملة العقوبات على إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر خزانه‌داری آمریکا: از دو روز دیگر فعالیت شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ایران در سراسر جهان متوقف می‌شود 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 Every Iranian airline will in fact stop flying on 23 September because of the threat of secondary sanctions.
The claim is a forecast by one US official, carried by An-Nahar, LBCI and Shargh. No report we hold carries a response from Iranian airlines, Iran's government or the airports concerned.
Checked against 3 sources:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بيسنت: شركات الطيران الإيرانية ستتوقف عن العمل في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 بيسنت بشأن إيران: ستتوقف جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية عن العمل في أنحاء العالم في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر خزانه‌داری آمریکا: از دو روز دیگر فعالیت شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ایران در سراسر جهان متوقف می‌شود 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 Chinese officials are heavily engaged in the US economic pressure campaign on Iran.
The claim is Bessent's own, carried by An-Nahar and LBCI. No report we hold carries a Chinese statement confirming or denying it.
Checked against 3 sources:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بيسنت: شركات الطيران الإيرانية ستتوقف عن العمل في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 بيسنت: الصين منخرطة بشكل كبير في حملة العقوبات على إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent بيسنت بشأن إيران: ناقشنا المسألة مع الصين والسلطات الصينية "منخرطة للغاية" في العملية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 →

Who wrote it

5 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر خزانه‌داری آمریکا: از دو روز دیگر فعالیت شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ایران در سراسر جهان متوقف می‌شود 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 report from inside Iran, and the only one to say Bessent 'claimed' it. It dates the stoppage to Wednesday 1 Mehr, 'in two days'.
جهان ۳۰ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۶:۴۸ وزیر خزانه‌داری آمریکا: از دو روز دیگر فعالیت شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ایران در سراسر جهان متوقف می‌شود اسکات بسنت، وزیر خزانه داری آمریکا مدعی شد که تمام شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ایرانی از ۲۳ سپتامبر (چهارشنبه اول مهر) فعالیت خود را در سراسر جهان متوقف خواهند کرد. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، به گزارش شبکه الجزیره، اسکات بسنت، وزیر خزانه داری آمریکا مدعی شد که تمام شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ایرانی از ۲۳ سپتامبر (چهارشنبه اول مهر) فعالیت خود را در سراسر جهان متوقف خواهند کرد. او در ادامه گفت: نمی‌توانم بگویم درگیری با ایران چقدر طول خواهد کشید. منبع: تسنیم برای اطلاع از آخرین اخبار و تحل
Verb of attribution: 'Claimed' puts distance between the report and the minister's statement. It is the only report that does. — “مدعی شد”
Verb: Uses 'claimed', which casts doubt on the same forecast — “وزیر خزانه داری آمریکا مدعی شد”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1129573
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent بيسنت: الصين منخرطة بشكل كبير في حملة العقوبات على إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → — independent
Uses 'announced'. Its headline leads on China's role in the sanctions campaign.
أعلن وزير الخزانة الأميركي سكوت بيسنت أن جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية ستتوقف عن العمل اعتبارا من 23...
Verb of attribution: 'Announced' treats the forecast as a formal measure. — “أعلن وزير الخزانة الأميركي سكوت بيسنت”
Verb: Uses 'announced', a neutral verb, for the same forecast — “أعلن وزير الخزانة الأميركي سكوت بيسنت أن جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية ستتوقف”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/world/958888/title/ar?src=rss&utm_source=T…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent بيسنت بشأن إيران: ناقشنا المسألة مع الصين والسلطات الصينية "منخرطة للغاية" في العملية Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → — independent
Its headline quotes Bessent saying Chinese authorities are 'very engaged' in the process.
Voice by proxy: China's role is described only by the American minister. No Chinese official is quoted. — “السلطات الصينية "منخرطة للغاية"”
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent بيسنت بشأن إيران: ستتوقف جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية عن العمل في أنحاء العالم في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → 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 → — independent
Its headline states the worldwide stoppage on 23 September flat, with only the minister's name before it.
Stated flat: The headline states a worldwide shutdown as a future fact in the minister's voice, without a verb of attribution. — “ستتوقف جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية عن العمل في أنحاء العالم في 23 أيلول”
Headline: The headline states the worldwide stoppage flat, in the future tense, and credits it only with the minister's name — “ستتوقف جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية عن العمل في أنحاء العالم”
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An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent بيسنت: شركات الطيران الإيرانية ستتوقف عن العمل في 23 أيلول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 → — independent
The only report that sets out the mechanism: no fuel, no landing services and no tickets, or exclusion from the dollar system. It names the source, a CNBC interview after Sunday's talks with He Lifeng, and uses
أكد وزير الخزانة الأميركي سكوت بيسنت اليوم الاثنين أن جميع شركات الطيران الإيرانية ستتوقف عن العمل اعتباراً من 23 أيلول- سبتمبر بفعل التهديد بفرض عقوبات ثانوية على مقدمي الخدمات الجوية، مشيراً إلى أن المسؤولين الصينيين منخرطون بشكل كبير في حملة الضغوط الاقتصادية الأميركية على إيران.وذكر لشبكة سي.إن.بي.سي بعد اختتام محادثات مساء أمس الأحد مع نائب رئيس الوزراء الصيني خه لي فنغ، أنه عندما تهبط طائرة إيرانية في أي مطار، لا يمكنكم تزويدها بالوقود، ولا تقديم خدمات الهبوط لها، ولا بيع تذاكر لها، وإلا فسيتم استبعادكم من النظام المالي القائم على الدولار.وأشاربيسنت إلى أن الولايات المتحدة تجري مناقشات إ
Verb of attribution: 'Affirmed' presents Bessent's forecast as settled. — “أكد وزير الخزانة الأميركي سكوت بيسنت”
Mechanism quoted: The report explains the pressure: third countries are threatened, and no Iranian carrier is sanctioned directly. — “وإلا فسيتم استبعادكم من النظام المالي القائم على الدولار”
Verb: Uses 'confirmed', which presents the minister's forecast as settled fact — “أكد وزير الخزانة الأميركي سكوت بيسنت”
Voice: China's role is described only by the US minister. No Chinese official is quoted — “مشيراً إلى أن المسؤولين الصينيين منخرطون بشكل كبير”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/united-states/349714/بيسنت-بشأن-إ…
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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 → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → 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 → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → 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 →
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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
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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 → North Press Agency
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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 → 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
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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 →
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