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Asharq Al-Awsat says Iraq is enforcing US sanctions on Najaf flights; Iran's Mokhber calls it siding with America

Flights between Iran and Najaf stopped on Friday. One headline gives a reason with no source. An Iranian official gives another. No report we hold quotes an Iraqi official.

Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Friday
Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Friday as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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What happened. Flights between Iran and Iraq's Najaf airport stopped on Friday morning, Iran's civil aviation organisation said in Shargh. It told airlines to stop showing and selling tickets on the route "until further notice".

Four reports, three accounts of who acted and why.

Report Who stopped the flights Why
Asharq Al-Awsat (headline only) Najaf "Enforcing US Sanctions", no source given
The Jerusalem Post Iraq, "all flights" none in its headline
Shargh, Iran's aviation body no actor named: flights "stopped" none given
Shargh, Mokhber Iraq, by implication "alignment with America in implementing hostile policies"

Tehran's warning. Mohammad Mokhber, an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader, said that alignment "will remain etched in the memory of the Iranian nation", Shargh and The Jerusalem Post report. "Flight in the region is either free for all, or for no one," he said, in The Jerusalem Post's translation.

Who is missing. Two reports quote an Iranian official. None quotes an Iraqi official. We hold only Asharq Al-Awsat's headline, not its text.

What is not settled. - Why Iraq acted. The sanctions reason rests on one headline that cites no one. - The scope: all flights, says The Jerusalem Post. Iranian airlines, says Asharq Al-Awsat. - How long the halt lasts, and what Mokhber's "for no one" would mean in practice. No report says.

What this is about. Iraq has stopped flights between Iran and the Shia holy city of Najaf, and Iran reads that as Baghdad taking Washington's side.

How it got here. Najaf holds the shrine of Imam Ali, the first Shia imam, and it draws Iranian pilgrims in large numbers. The US-led invasion of 2003 removed Saddam Hussein, and since then Iraq has been governed by Shia-led coalitions, several of them close to Tehran. The United States has kept troops and strong financial leverage in the country. Iraq buys Iranian gas and electricity, and it has needed US waivers to pay for them.

In 2018 the United States left the 2015 nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions on Iran. Several Iranian airlines are under US sanctions. In June 2025 Israel struck Iran's nuclear sites, and then the United States did. Through all of it, Baghdad has tried to keep on terms with both its neighbour and its main security partner.

The actors. - Iraq's government controls Najaf airport and decides who lands there. - Iran's pilgrims and airlines use the route. - The United States sets the sanctions and presses other countries to enforce them. - Mohammad Mokhber was Iran's first vice-president, and acting president after Ebrahim Raisi died in May 2024. The reports describe him as an aide to the Supreme Leader.

What is at stake. For pilgrims, a direct route to a shrine. For Baghdad, whether it can stay on terms with both Tehran and Washington. For Iran, an air link to its closest Arab neighbour. Mokhber's words point to airspace as a lever. No report says what Iran would do.

Where it stands. Iran's aviation body has halted ticket sales until further notice. No report we hold carries Iraq's own explanation.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Who halted the Najaf flights, and whether any report names Iraq as the one that acted
  • Whether US sanctions were the reason, a claim carried by one headline with no source
  • Mokhber's warning that flight in the region 'is either free for all, or for no one'
  • No Iraqi official's account in any report
Who stopped the flights, and why: four reportsSide by side
OutletWhat it saidReason givenSource for the reason
Asharq Al-AwsatIraq's Najaf Suspends Iranian AirlinesEnforcing US sanctionsnone cited
The Jerusalem PostIraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Fridaynone in the headlinequotes Mokhber, an Iranian official
Shargh (aviation body)Following the halt of Najaf flights this morning, ticket sales stopped until further noticenoneIran's civil aviation organisation
Shargh (Mokhber)Alignment with America in implementing hostile policies will remain in the Iranian nation's memoryalignment with AmericaMokhber, an Iranian official
We hold only Asharq Al-Awsat's headline. The Shargh reports are translated from Persian.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iraq’s Najaf Suspends Iranian Airlines, Enforcing US Sanctions 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 Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Friday 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 ‌توقف فروش بلیت پروازهای عراق تا اطلاع ثانوی 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 مخبر: پرواز در منطقه یا برای همه آزاد است یا برای هیچ‌کس 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 →
Friday 25 September: how the halt was reportedTimeline
  1. 2026-09-2510:01 Asharq Al-Awsat publication time Asharq Al-Awsat Headline: Najaf suspends Iranian airlines, 'Enforcing US Sanctions'No source given for the motive
  2. 2026-09-2511:24 Shargh publication time Mohammad Mokhber, in Shargh Calls it alignment with America in implementing hostile policiesHeadline: flight in the region is either free for all or for no one
  3. 2026-09-2512:16 The Jerusalem Post publication time The Jerusalem Post Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf from FridayQuotes Mokhber; no Iraqi voice
  4. 2026-09-2513:37 Shargh publication time Iran's civil aviation organisation, in Shargh Tells airlines to stop showing and selling tickets on the route until further noticeSays the flights 'stopped'; names no one
Publication times as the outlets give them, in UTC.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iraq’s Najaf Suspends Iranian Airlines, Enforcing US Sanctions 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent مخبر: پرواز در منطقه یا برای همه آزاد است یا برای هیچ‌کس 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 Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Friday 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 ‌توقف فروش بلیت پروازهای عراق تا اطلاع ثانوی 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

Iraq's decision, without Iraq's voice

Two reports quote an Iranian official on why the flights stopped. None quotes an Iraqi official. One headline states the sanctions reason as fact and cites no one.

2 reports quoting an Iranian official 0 reports quoting an Iraqi official 1 reports stating a reason with no source
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Friday 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 → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iraq’s Najaf Suspends Iranian Airlines, Enforcing US Sanctions 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent ‌توقف فروش بلیت پروازهای عراق تا اطلاع ثانوی 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 مخبر: پرواز در منطقه یا برای همه آزاد است یا برای هیچ‌کس 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 Flights between Iran and Iraq's Najaf airport were suspended from Friday.
The Jerusalem Post and Asharq Al-Awsat report the suspension, and Shargh separately quotes Iran's civil aviation organisation saying Najaf flights stopped that morning and ticket sales were halted until further notice. The Jerusalem Post says all flights; Asharq Al-Awsat's headline says Iranian airlines, so the scope differs between reports.
Checked against 3 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Friday 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 → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iraq’s Najaf Suspends Iranian Airlines, Enforcing US Sanctions 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent ‌توقف فروش بلیت پروازهای عراق تا اطلاع ثانوی 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 Iraq suspended the flights to enforce US sanctions.
Only Asharq Al-Awsat's headline states this motive, and we hold only its headline. No report we hold quotes an Iraqi official giving a reason, while the Iranian side, in Shargh and The Jerusalem Post, calls it alignment with America.
Checked against 3 sources:
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iraq’s Najaf Suspends Iranian Airlines, Enforcing US Sanctions 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 Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Friday 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 مخبر: پرواز در منطقه یا برای همه آزاد است یا برای هیچ‌کس 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 →
true Mohammad Mokhber, an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader, said alignment with America 'will remain etched in the memory of the Iranian nation'.
Shargh and The Jerusalem Post both carry the quote attributed to Mokhber. The Jerusalem Post adds his line that flight in the region 'is either free for all, or for no one', which matches Shargh's headline.
Checked against 2 sources:
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent مخبر: پرواز در منطقه یا برای همه آزاد است یا برای هیچ‌کس 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 Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Friday 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 →

Who wrote it

4 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 ‌توقف فروش بلیت پروازهای عراق تا اطلاع ثانوی 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
Iran's civil aviation organisation says flights stopped that morning and ticket sales are halted until further notice. It does not say who stopped them.
اقتصادی ۳ مهر ۱۴۰۵ ۱۷:۰۷ ‌توقف فروش بلیت پروازهای عراق تا اطلاع ثانوی ساازمان هواپیمایی کشوری اعلام کرد: در پی توقف پروازهای نجف اشرف از صبح امروز، این سازمان به شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ابلاغ کرده است نمایش و فروش بلیت این مسیر برای امروز و روزهای آینده تا اطلاع ثانوی متوقف شود. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، سازمان هواپیمایی کشوری از توقف نمایش و فروش بلیت پروازهای مسیر عراق، به‌ویژه نجف اشرف، تا اطلاع ثانوی خبر داد و بر بازگشت کامل وجه بلیت‌های پروازهای تعلیق‌شده بدون کسر جریمه تاکید کرد. به گزارش سازمان هواپیمایی کشوری، در پی توقف پروازهای نجف اشرف از صبح امروز، این سازمان به شرکت‌های هواپیمایی ابل
No actor named: The flights 'stopped'. Iraq is not named as the one that stopped them — “در پی توقف پروازهای نجف اشرف از صبح امروز”
No actor named: Iran's aviation body describes the flights as having 'stopped' without saying who stopped them. — “در پی توقف پروازهای نجف اشرف از صبح امروز”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1130420
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Friday 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
Says Iraq suspended all flights to and from Iran through Najaf from Friday. Carries Mokhber's line that flight in the region 'is either free for all, or for no one'.
Iraq's Najaf International Airport has suspended all flights to and from Iran starting on Friday, the state news agency reported.
One side quoted: The only voice quoted is an Iranian official, who calls the move alignment with America — “"Alignment with America in implementing hostile policies will remain etched in the memory of the Iranian nation," he added.”
No reason given: The headline gives the suspension and its start date, with no reason — “Iraq suspends all flights to and from Iran through Najaf airport starting on Friday”
Whose account leads: The excerpt opens on an Iranian official's charge that Iraq is aligned with America. No Iraqi explanation appears. — “"Alignment with America in implementing hostile policies will remain etched in the memory of the Iranian nation," he added.”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/international/article-909695
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent مخبر: پرواز در منطقه یا برای همه آزاد است یا برای هیچ‌کس 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
Carries Mokhber's charge of 'alignment with America in implementing hostile policies'. It introduces him as an aide to the 'esteemed Leader of the Revolution'.
سیاست ۳ مهر ۱۴۰۵ ۱۴:۵۴ مخبر: پرواز در منطقه یا برای همه آزاد است یا برای هیچ‌کس دستیار رهبر معظم انقلاب گفت: همسویی با امریکا در اجرای سیاست‌های خصمانه در خاطر ملت ایران ماندگار خواهد بود. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، به‌دنبال اقدامات برخی دولت‌های منطقه، مغایر با حسن همجواری که در روزهای اخیر به اختلال در پروازهای مسافربری کشورمان منجر شد، محمد مخبر، مشاور و دستیار رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی در صفحه شخصی خود در فضای مجازی نوشت: "همسویی با امریکا در اجرای سیاست‌های خصمانه در خاطر ملت ایران ماندگار خواهد بود، هر چند راهبرد ما در این مورد مشخص است: پرواز در منطقه یا برای همه آزاد است، یا برای هیچ‌کس
Motive framed by one side: The Supreme Leader's aide calls it alignment with US 'hostile policies'. The report carries no reply — “همسویی با امریکا در اجرای سیاست‌های خصمانه در خاطر ملت ایران ماندگار خواهد بود.”
Honorific in attribution: The speaker is introduced by his link to the 'esteemed Leader of the Revolution', an honorific written in the report's own voice. — “دستیار رهبر معظم انقلاب گفت”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1130402
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iraq’s Najaf Suspends Iranian Airlines, Enforcing US Sanctions 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 report to state a reason as fact: its headline says Najaf is 'Enforcing US Sanctions'. We hold the headline only.
Iraq's Najaf airport suspended all Iranian flights on Friday, enforcing US sanctions, the airport director told AFP. Airport director Hussein Muhanna told AFP that "all flights were halted between Iran and Najaf airport following a directive from the prime minister's office to the governor" of Najaf. The airport in the holy city of Najaf, south of Baghdad, is a major hub for Iranian flights. Iranian airlines were suspended at 02:00 am (2300 GMT Thursday), the airport director said. Several sources, including a senior government official, told AFP earlier this week that Iraq will enforce the US
Motive stated flat: The headline states the reason, US sanctions, as fact and gives no source — “Iraq’s Najaf Suspends Iranian Airlines, Enforcing US Sanctions”
Motive stated flat: The headline states as fact that the suspension enforces US sanctions. It gives no source for that motive. — “Iraq’s Najaf Suspends Iranian Airlines, Enforcing US Sanctions”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5322462
Checked, didn’t cover
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 → 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 → 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 → 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 →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
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
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
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 → 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 →
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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