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CENTCOM says Iran exported no oil; An-Nahar calls it a claim, LBCI runs its figures as the admiral's own words

The US commander in the Gulf says more than 2,000 merchant ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz under escort and that Iran has not exported one barrel of oil. We hold no second source for any of it. The three reports that carry the figures handle them differently, and Seoul says its president's 'no troops' was not a refusal.

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No photograph was published with any report we hold on this story. The mark is An-Nahar’s.
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One source for every figure. Adm. Brad Cooper, who heads US Central Command (CENTCOM), told reporters on Saturday that the main lanes through Hormuz are clear of mines. He said more than 2,000 merchant ships had crossed under 'coordinated protection', and that Iran 'has not exported a single barrel' because of the US blockade. An-Nahar carried his remarks, and LBCI ran two of them as headlines. Neither outlet sets any figure against a second source.

Three reports, three ways of handling the figures.

Report What it carries How
An-Nahar ships, mines, cargo volume, Iran's exports 'announced', 'added', then 'claimed' for Iran's exports only
LBCI 2,000+ ships; 1bn+ barrels in two months headlines in the commander's first person
Shargh Egypt–US call on Hormuz 'American aggression against Iran', credited to Al-Ahram

Two words for one campaign. An-Nahar quotes the admiral calling it a 'blockade'. In Shargh's account it is 'aggression'. Shargh credits that account to Egypt's Al-Ahram, so we cannot tell whose word it is.

Seoul. On Friday President Lee Jae-myung said South Korea would send troops to no war. According to An-Nahar, citing Yonhap, an unnamed presidential official said on Saturday that this 'does not mean a rejection' of Trump's request.

Not settled: whether Iran is exporting anything. No Iranian official and no independent tanker count appears in any report we hold. We also do not know what Seoul will actually send.

What this is about: the United States says it has reopened the Strait of Hormuz to shipping while stopping Iran from selling its oil. Other governments are being asked to help.

How it got here. The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow sea lane between Iran and Oman. It is the only way out of the Gulf, and oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE and Iran all pass through it. The US and Iran have been adversaries since the 1979 revolution. In 2015 Iran agreed limits on its nuclear programme with world powers, in exchange for relief from sanctions. In 2018 the first Trump administration pulled out of that deal and reimposed sanctions aimed at cutting Iran's oil sales. The region grew more tense after the war in Gaza that followed the 7 October 2023 attacks. In June 2025 Israel and Iran fought an open war, and the US bombed Iranian nuclear sites. According to An-Nahar, CENTCOM announced in April 2026 that it had begun clearing mines from the strait. The reports we hold describe a US naval blockade of Iran. They do not say how the current fighting began, and we do not state it.

The actors. CENTCOM is the US military command for the Middle East. Iran borders the strait and depends on oil sales. South Korea buys much of its oil from the Gulf, and its navy's Cheonghae unit already patrols the region against piracy. Egypt's income depends on shipping through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Its foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, spoke by phone with Massad Boulos, Trump's senior adviser on Arab and African affairs.

What is at stake. If the strait stays open and Iran's exports stay at zero, Washington squeezes Tehran's main income without closing the world's oil route. If either half fails, oil prices and the war both move. Allies who join take a side.

Where it stands. According to An-Nahar, CENTCOM said in July that it had helped about 900 ships and 450 million barrels through since early May. It now says more than 2,000 ships. Iran's side of the account is missing from every report we hold.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Whether Iran has exported any oil, a claim resting on one US commander
  • How far each outlet distances itself from CENTCOM's figures
  • 'Blockade' or 'aggression': two words for the same campaign
  • Whether South Korea turned down Trump's request for help at Hormuz
Same commander, three kinds of distanceSide by side
OutletWhat it saidHedged?
An-NaharCooper 'announced' the lanes are mine-free and 'added' that 2,000+ ships crossed; Cooper 'claimed' Iran exported not one barrelOnly on Iran's exports
LBCI'We facilitated the safe passage of more than two thousand commercial ships'No, first person in the headline
LBCI'We supported getting more than a billion barrels of oil out of the Gulf' in two monthsNo, first person in the headline
SharghEgypt and Trump's adviser discussed 'developments of the American aggression against Iran'Credited to Al-Ahram's account
We hold only the headlines of LBCI's two reports, not their full text.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent "سنتكوم": آلاف السفن تعبر هرمز... والممرات الرئيسية خالية من الألغام 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 قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: قدمنا الدعم لإخراج أكثر من مليار برميل نفط من الخليج خلال الشهرين الماضيين 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 قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: سهلنا تأمين عبور أكثر من ألفي سفينة تجارية من مضيق هرمز عبر حماية منسقة 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 خارجه مصر و مشاور ترامپ درباره ایران و تنگه هرمز رایزنی کردند 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 →
What the reports do with CENTCOM's numbersChart
A count of what the reports contain. It does not rate any outlet.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent "سنتكوم": آلاف السفن تعبر هرمز... والممرات الرئيسية خالية من الألغام 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 قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: قدمنا الدعم لإخراج أكثر من مليار برميل نفط من الخليج خلال الشهرين الماضيين 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 قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: سهلنا تأمين عبور أكثر من ألفي سفينة تجارية من مضيق هرمز عبر حماية منسقة 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 خارجه مصر و مشاور ترامپ درباره ایران و تنگه هرمز رایزنی کردند 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent كوريا الجنوبية: موقف الرئيس لا يعني رفض طلب ترامب بشأن هرمز 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 →
From mine-clearing to 'not a single barrel'Timeline
  1. 2026-04— no time published CENTCOM Announces preliminary mine-clearing in the strait, as reported by An-Nahar
  2. 2026-07— no time published CENTCOM Says its forces helped ships and crude through since early May, as reported by An-Nahar ~900 ships; 450m barrels
  3. 2026-09-18— no time published President Lee Jae-myung Says South Korea will not send troops to take part in any war, as reported by An-Nahar
  4. 2026-09-1911:40 UTC An-Nahar publication time An-Nahar Seoul's office says Lee's words do not mean rejecting Trump's requestciting Yonhap
  5. 2026-09-1912:09 UTC Shargh publication time Shargh Egypt's foreign minister and Trump's adviser discuss Hormuzciting Al-Ahram, via ISNA
  6. 2026-09-1913:02 UTC An-Nahar publication time Adm. Brad Cooper Says lanes are mine-free, 2,000+ ships crossed, and Iran exported nothing 2,000+ ships; 0 barrelsAn-Nahar: 'claimed'
  7. 2026-09-1913:04 UTC LBCI publication time LBCI Two headlines in the commander's own voice 2,000+ ships; 1bn+ barrels
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent "سنتكوم": آلاف السفن تعبر هرمز... والممرات الرئيسية خالية من الألغام 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 قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: قدمنا الدعم لإخراج أكثر من مليار برميل نفط من الخليج خلال الشهرين الماضيين 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 قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: سهلنا تأمين عبور أكثر من ألفي سفينة تجارية من مضيق هرمز عبر حماية منسقة 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 خارجه مصر و مشاور ترامپ درباره ایران و تنگه هرمز رایزنی کردند 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent كوريا الجنوبية: موقف الرئيس لا يعني رفض طلب ترامب بشأن هرمز 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

One commander's numbers, no reply

Three reports carry the CENTCOM commander's figures on ships, barrels and Iranian exports, and only one hedges any of them. No report quotes an Iranian official on the claim that Iran exported nothing. The only Iranian-press report here calls the US action 'aggression' in its own paraphrase.

3 reports carrying CENTCOM's figures 1 of those, reports that hedge a figure 0 reports quoting an Iranian 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 "سنتكوم": آلاف السفن تعبر هرمز... والممرات الرئيسية خالية من الألغام 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 قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: قدمنا الدعم لإخراج أكثر من مليار برميل نفط من الخليج خلال الشهرين الماضيين 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 قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: سهلنا تأمين عبور أكثر من ألفي سفينة تجارية من مضيق هرمز عبر حماية منسقة 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 خارجه مصر و مشاور ترامپ درباره ایران و تنگه هرمز رایزنی کردند 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent كوريا الجنوبية: موقف الرئيس لا يعني رفض طلب ترامب بشأن هرمز 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 →

Claims and verdicts

unverified More than 2,000 commercial ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz under coordinated US-led protection.
An-Nahar and LBCI both quote the same statement by CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper, so this is one account. No report we hold gives an independent count.
Checked against 2 sources:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent "سنتكوم": آلاف السفن تعبر هرمز... والممرات الرئيسية خالية من الألغام 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 قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: سهلنا تأمين عبور أكثر من ألفي سفينة تجارية من مضيق هرمز عبر حماية منسقة 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 →
unverified Iran has not exported a single barrel of oil because of the US blockade.
Only An-Nahar carries this, as a claim by Adm. Cooper, and it introduces it with 'claimed'. No Iranian or independent report we hold addresses Iran's exports.
Checked against 1 source:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent "سنتكوم": آلاف السفن تعبر هرمز... والممرات الرئيسية خالية من الألغام 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 →
unverified The main transit lanes in the Strait of Hormuz are clear of mines.
This comes only from Adm. Cooper, as reported by An-Nahar. No other report we hold on the strait confirms or disputes it.
Checked against 1 source:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent "سنتكوم": آلاف السفن تعبر هرمز... والممرات الرئيسية خالية من الألغام 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 →

Who wrote it

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

Coverage, outlet by outlet

LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: قدمنا الدعم لإخراج أكثر من مليار برميل نفط من الخليج خلال الشهرين الماضيين 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
A headline in the commander's own voice: more than a billion barrels moved out of the Gulf in two months. It is a figure no other report we hold carries.
Figure repeated, unchecked: a headline repeats the commander's first-person figure with nothing set against it — “قدمنا الدعم لإخراج أكثر من مليار برميل نفط من الخليج خلال الشهرين الماضيين”
First person claim in the headline: A figure of over a billion barrels, in the command's own words. — “قدمنا الدعم لإخراج أكثر من مليار برميل نفط من الخليج”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/958622/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية: سهلنا تأمين عبور أكثر من ألفي سفينة تجارية من مضيق هرمز عبر حماية منسقة 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
A headline in the commander's own voice: more than 2,000 merchant ships helped through under coordinated protection.
First person claim in the headline: The headline is the command's own voice, with no second source. — “سهلنا تأمين عبور أكثر من ألفي سفينة تجارية”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/958621/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent "سنتكوم": آلاف السفن تعبر هرمز... والممرات الرئيسية خالية من الألغام 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 fullest account. It carries the mine-clearance claim, the claim that cargo volume is the highest in six months, and CENTCOM's July figures. It writes 'claimed' only for the claim that Iran exported nothing.
أعلن قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية (سنتكوم) الأدميرال براد كوبر، اليوم السبت، أنّ ممرات العبور الرئيسية في مضيق هرمز خالية من الألغام، مؤكداً أنّ الولايات المتحدة تعمل مع شركائها لزيادة حركة الملاحة وتأمين عبور السفن في الممر المائي الاستراتيجي.وأضاف كوبر أن آلاف السفن تعبر مضيق هرمز، مشيراً إلى أنّ أكثر من 2000 سفينة تجارية تمكنت من العبور عبر المضيق من خلال توفير حماية منسقة.وقال: إنّ القوات الأميركية تعمل بالتعاون مع شركائها لتأمين الملاحة في المضيق، مضيفاً أنّ حجم نقل النفط والبضائع عبر هرمز خلال الأسبوعين الماضيين هو الأعلى مقارنة بالأشهر الستة الماضية.وزعم كوبر أنّ إيران لم تصدّر برميل
Hedge applied to one claim only: the report writes 'claimed' only for the export claim, and 'announced' and 'added' for the rest — “وزعم كوبر أنّ إيران لم تصدّر برميلاً واحداً من النفط بفضل الحصار الأميركي المحكم”
Stated flat: the mine-clearance claim is carried as an announcement, with no independent check — “أعلن قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية (سنتكوم) الأدميرال براد كوبر، اليوم السبت، أنّ ممرات العبور الرئيسية في مضيق هرمز خالية من الألغام”
One claim hedged: The only one of the admiral's claims framed as a claim is the one about Iran. — “وزعم كوبر أنّ إيران لم تصدّر برميلاً واحداً من النفط”
Military claims relayed flat: His other figures are passed on with neutral verbs: announced, said, added. — “أعلن قائد القيادة المركزية الأميركية (سنتكوم) الأدميرال براد كوبر”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/united-states/349152/سنتكوم-لاف-ا…
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر خارجه مصر و مشاور ترامپ درباره ایران و تنگه هرمز رایزنی کردند 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 Iranian report here. It covers the Egypt–US call on Hormuz, calls the US campaign 'aggression against Iran', and credits the account to Al-Ahram.
جهان ۲۸ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۵:۳۹ وزیر خارجه مصر و مشاور ترامپ درباره ایران و تنگه هرمز رایزنی کردند وزیر خارجه مصر با مشاور ارشد رئیس‌جمهور آمریکا درباره تحولات منطقه‌ای صحبت کرد. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، بدر عبدالعاطی، وزیر خارجه مصر در گفتگوی تلفنی با مسعد بولس، مشاور ارشد دونالد ترامپ، رئیس‌جمهور آمریکا در امور عربی و آفریقا درباره تحولات منطقه‌ای و بین‌المللی صحبت کرد. طبق گزارش الاهرام، دو طرف درباره تحولات تجاوز آمریکا علیه ایران صحبت و بر اهمیت تضمین آزادی کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز تأکید کردند. دو طرف همچنین درباره تلاش‌های کنونی برای توقف تنش در سودان صحبت کردند. بدر عبدالعاطی بر اهمیت حساب با
Loaded term, unattributed: 'American aggression against Iran' is written in the report's own paraphrase — “تحولات تجاوز آمریکا علیه ایران”
'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. — “تحولات تجاوز آمریکا علیه ایران”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1129025
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent كوريا الجنوبية: موقف الرئيس لا يعني رفض طلب ترامب بشأن هرمز 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
Citing Yonhap, it reports Seoul's presidential office saying Lee's 'no troops to any war' is not a refusal of Trump's Hormuz request.
أوضحت الرئاسة الكورية الجنوبية، اليوم السبت، أنّ تصريحات الرئيس لي جاي ميونغ بشأن عدم إرسال قوات للمشاركة في أي حرب لا تعني رفض طلب الرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترامب من سيول إرسال قوات إلى مضيق هرمز، وفق وكالة يونهاب الكورية الجنوبية.ونقلت يونهاب عن مسؤول رئاسي أنّ لي لم يرفض خلال مؤتمره الصحافي، أمس الجمعة، طلب ترامب التعاون العسكري في القضايا المرتبطة بالشرق الأوسط.وقال المسؤول: إنّ الحكومة الكورية الجنوبية تدرس سبل المساهمة عملياً، بالتنسيق الوثيق مع المجتمع الدولي، بما في ذلك الولايات المتحدة، بهدف حماية مواطنيها وصون مصالحها الوطنية.وأضاف أنّ سيول ستواصل بحث خيارات ملموسة في إطار مبدئها المعلن
Third party's voice: Seoul's refusal is quoted and then softened by an unnamed official — “لن ترسل قوات للمشاركة أو التدخل في أي حرب”
Ally's hedge carried: Seoul's walk-back is reported in its own words. — “لا تعني رفض طلب الرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترامب”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/asia/349129/كوريا-الجنوبية-موقف-ا…
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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
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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
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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 →
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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