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Ghalibaf says Hormuz stays shut until June's terms are met; IRNA says a US reply to a seven-day plan is under review

On 4 October, Iranian officials described the Hormuz talks in three ways. One said the strait stays closed until Iran's conditions are met. One said a US reply to a seven-day reopening plan is being studied. A third said the talks are already over. Every account of the US position comes from Tehran.

Iran will not reopen Strait of Hormuz until its conditions from June are met, Ghalibaf says
Iran will not reopen Strait of Hormuz until its conditions from June are met, Ghalibaf says as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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Three Iranian lines on one day. Seven outlets reported the same talks in three different ways. None of the 10 reports quotes a US official.

Who speaks Outlet What they say
Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf The Jerusalem Post Hormuz stays closed until Iran's "conditions from June are met"; "the period of dragging out the (diplomatic) process... is over"
Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi IRNA, Shargh, LBCI The US reply to Iran's "7-day plan" came through intermediaries and is being studied
"Tehran" Haaretz Its latest proposal "could reopen the waterway within seven days"
A spokesman for parliament's security committee Shargh "In my view" Iran is "in the post-negotiation stage"

What leads. 4 of 7 outlets lead with the closure. 3 lead with the plan and the reply under review.

The agenda. Haaretz and Al Jazeera say Iran wants the talks to centre on Hormuz. Haaretz reports the US focus on the nuclear file as an Iranian accusation. Al Jazeera states it as fact: "the US continues to focus on nuclear talks".

Mediators. Shargh, citing Al Jazeera, says Qatar has put forward proposals to bring the two sides closer. No other report we hold mentions this.

Not settled - What the June conditions are. No report spells them out. - What the seven-day plan contains, and what the US reply said. Only Gharibabadi describes the reply. - Whether Washington sees the talks the way Tehran describes them. We hold no US account.

What this is about. Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz during its war with the United States. The two sides are now arguing over the terms for reopening it.

The strait. Hormuz is the narrow sea passage between Iran and Oman. It links the Persian Gulf to the open ocean. Tankers carrying oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE and Iran itself must pass through it. Closing it hits fuel prices and economies far beyond the region.

How it got here. The underlying dispute is Iran's nuclear programme. In 2015 Iran agreed to limits on uranium enrichment in exchange for relief from sanctions. The United States left that deal in 2018 and reimposed sanctions. Iran then expanded enrichment, and the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, lost much of its view of the programme. In June 2025 Israel struck Iranian nuclear sites, and the United States followed. The confrontation has since become open war between Iran and the United States, and Iran shut the strait. Talks are running alongside the war.

The actors. Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf is the speaker of Iran's parliament and a former Revolutionary Guard commander. Kazem Gharibabadi is a deputy foreign minister and one of Iran's negotiators. Qatar has often carried messages between Washington and Tehran. It hosts a large US air base and has long kept working ties with Iran.

What is at stake. Iran treats the strait as its main leverage and wants the talks to centre on it. By Iran's account, Washington wants them to centre on the nuclear programme. Whichever agenda wins decides what each side gives up first.

Where it stands. On 4 October, Iranian officials said a US reply to their proposal was under review. The same day, the speaker said the strait stays shut until Iran's conditions are met. The reports do not say what those conditions are, and we hold no US account of the talks.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Whether Hormuz reopens under a seven-day plan or only once Iran's June conditions are met
  • A US reply to Iran's plan, which Iran's deputy foreign minister says is being studied
  • Whether the talks should centre on the strait or on Iran's nuclear programme
  • A Qatari mediation reported by one outlet
One day, three Iranian lines on HormuzSide by side
OutletWho speaksWhat it saysAttributed?
The Jerusalem PostSpeaker GhalibafClosed until "conditions from June are met"Yes, quoted
Al Jazeera English"Tehran"Hormuz is Iran's main goal; "the US continues to focus on nuclear talks"Iran's aim, yes; the US focus is stated as fact
Haaretz"Tehran"Proposal "could reopen the waterway within seven days"Yes; both positions credited to Tehran
Asharq Al-AwsatIranWill not reopen until conditions are metYes
IRNADeputy FM GharibabadiUS reply to the "7-day plan" under reviewYes
SharghSecurity committee spokesman"Post-negotiation stage"Yes, as his own opinion
SharghCiting Al JazeeraQatar has offered proposalsYes, second-hand
No report we hold quotes a US official. The Asharq Al-Awsat, Haaretz, IRNA, LBCI and one Shargh report reached us as a headline or opening line only.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran will not reopen Strait of Hormuz until its conditions from June are met, Ghalibaf says 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 → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iran says Hormuz to remain closed until US meets conditions Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran says Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until U.S. meets their conditions Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → 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 → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran: Strait of Hormuz Will Not Reopen Until Conditions Are Met 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 → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled غریب‌آبادی: نظرات آمریکا درباره طرح ۷ روزه ایران در حال بررسی است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15024 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آخرین وضعیت مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا 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 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent قطر پیشنهادهایی برای نزدیک کردن دیدگاه‌های ایران و آمریکا مطرح کرده است 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 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
When the 4 October reports were published (UTC)Timeline
  1. 2026-10-0410:20 published time Haaretz Iran says Hormuz stays closed until the US meets its conditions; a proposal could reopen it in seven days 7 days
  2. 2026-10-0410:32 published time Asharq Al-Awsat Iran tells the US there is no military solution to the war
  3. 2026-10-0410:44 published time Asharq Al-Awsat Strait will not reopen until conditions are met
  4. 2026-10-0411:11 published time Al Jazeera English Hormuz to remain closed until the US meets conditions
  5. 2026-10-0413:22 published time Shargh Security committee spokesman: "post-negotiation stage"
  6. 2026-10-0413:33 published time Shargh Gharibabadi: US views under review
  7. 2026-10-0413:36 published time LBCI Gharibabadi: studying the US reply, ready for all scenarios
  8. 2026-10-0413:46 published time IRNA Gharibabadi: US reply to the seven-day plan received through intermediaries 7 days
  9. 2026-10-0413:49 published time Shargh Citing Al Jazeera: Qatar has offered proposals
  10. 2026-10-0414:14 published time The Jerusalem Post Ghalibaf: no reopening until the June conditions are met
Times are the outlets' own published times.
Sources Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran says Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until U.S. meets their conditions Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → 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 → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Tells US There is No Military Solution to Mideast War Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran: Strait of Hormuz Will Not Reopen Until Conditions Are Met 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 → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iran says Hormuz to remain closed until US meets conditions Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آخرین وضعیت مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا 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 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent غریب‌آبادی: نظرات آمریکا در حال بررسی است 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 10196 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 نائب وزير الخارجية الإيراني: ندرس الرد الأميركي على مقترحنا ونحافظ على استعدادنا لكل السيناريوهات 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 → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled غریب‌آبادی: نظرات آمریکا درباره طرح ۷ روزه ایران در حال بررسی است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15024 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent قطر پیشنهادهایی برای نزدیک کردن دیدگاه‌های ایران و آمریکا مطرح کرده است 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 10196 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 Iran will not reopen Strait of Hormuz until its conditions from June are met, Ghalibaf says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Closed until June's terms, or open in seven days

Four reports lead with the strait staying shut until the US meets Iran's conditions. Three lead with the seven-day plan and a US reply under review. None of the reports spells out what the June conditions are.

4 reports leading with the closure 3 reports leading with the seven-day plan 0 reports that list the June conditions

Washington only through Tehran

Every account of the US position comes through Iranian officials or a mediator. One report states the US nuclear focus as fact, and another reports the same point as an Iranian accusation.

0 reports quoting a US official 1 reports stating the US position flat
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 Iran will not reopen Strait of Hormuz until its conditions from June are met, Ghalibaf says 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 → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iran says Hormuz to remain closed until US meets conditions Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran: Strait of Hormuz Will Not Reopen Until Conditions Are Met 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 → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran says Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until U.S. meets their conditions Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → 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 → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled غریب‌آبادی: نظرات آمریکا درباره طرح ۷ روزه ایران در حال بررسی است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15024 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent غریب‌آبادی: نظرات آمریکا در حال بررسی است 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 10196 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 نائب وزير الخارجية الإيراني: ندرس الرد الأميركي على مقترحنا ونحافظ على استعدادنا لكل السيناريوهات 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 قطر پیشنهادهایی برای نزدیک کردن دیدگاه‌های ایران و آمریکا مطرح کرده است 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 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آخرین وضعیت مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا 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 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Tells US There is No Military Solution to Mideast War 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until the US meets its conditions.
The Jerusalem Post quotes Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf, and Al Jazeera, Haaretz and Asharq Al-Awsat report the same position. The claim is about what Iran said, not about whether the strait will reopen.
Checked against 4 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran will not reopen Strait of Hormuz until its conditions from June are met, Ghalibaf says 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 → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iran says Hormuz to remain closed until US meets conditions Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran says Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until U.S. meets their conditions Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → 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 → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran: Strait of Hormuz Will Not Reopen Until Conditions Are Met 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 →
unverified The US has answered Iran's seven-day plan through intermediaries, and Tehran is studying the reply.
IRNA, Shargh and LBCI all carry this from one source, Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi, so it is one account. We hold no US account of a reply.
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IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
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IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled غریب‌آبادی: نظرات آمریکا درباره طرح ۷ روزه ایران در حال بررسی است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15024 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent غریب‌آبادی: نظرات آمریکا در حال بررسی است 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 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent نائب وزير الخارجية الإيراني: ندرس الرد الأميركي على مقترحنا ونحافظ على استعدادنا لكل السيناريوهات 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 Qatar has put forward proposals to close the gap between Iran and the US.
Only Shargh carries this, citing Al Jazeera. No other report we hold confirms it or contradicts it.
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Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent قطر پیشنهادهایی برای نزدیک کردن دیدگاه‌های ایران و آمریکا مطرح کرده است 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 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

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The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran will not reopen Strait of Hormuz until its conditions from June are met, Ghalibaf says 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
Ghalibaf ties reopening the strait to Iran's June conditions and says the time of 'one-sided demands' from Washington is over.
He said Washington "must understand that the period of dragging out the (diplomatic) process and dictating one-sided demands is over."
Whose voice: Iran's speaker is quoted at length; no US reply is carried — “must understand that the period of dragging out the (diplomatic) process and dictating one-sided demands is over.”
Direct quote: Iranian speaker quoted at length, in direct speech, on US demands — “must understand that the period of dragging out the (diplomatic) process and dictating one-sided demands is over.”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-910532
Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent قطر پیشنهادهایی برای نزدیک کردن دیدگاه‌های ایران و آمریکا مطرح کرده است 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 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Relays Al Jazeera: the talks show growing diplomatic activity and a Qatari mediator has made proposals to bring the sides closer.
شبکه الجزیره گزارش داد که مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا با تحرک دیپلماتیک فزاینده‌ای همراه شده است و میانجی قطری مجموعه‌ای از پیشنهادها را برای نزدیک کردن دیدگاه‌های دو طرف مطرح کرده است.
Premise accepted: calls them negotiations under way, citing a broadcaster, on the same day another report says talks have not begun — “مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا با تحرک دیپلماتیک فزاینده‌ای همراه شده است”
Framing conflict: the same outlet that says talks have not begun also reports, citing Al Jazeera, that the talks are gathering pace — “شبکه الجزیره گزارش داد که مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا با تحرک دیپلماتیک فزاینده‌ای همراه شده است”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1132511
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
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IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled غریب‌آبادی: نظرات آمریکا درباره طرح ۷ روزه ایران در حال بررسی است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15024 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-controlled
Says the foreign minister set out the seven-day plan in New York, and that the US reply came through intermediaries.
تهران-ایرنا- معاون حقوقی و بین الملل وزارت خارجه با اشاره به اینکه نظرات آمریکا درباره طرح ۷ روزه جمهوری اسلامی ایران که وزیر امور خارجه در نیویورک تشریح کرد، از طریق واسطه‌ها دریافت شده، گفت: این پاسخ در داخل کشور در حال بررسی است.
What leads: leads with the seven-day plan and a US reply under review, not with the closure — “طرح ۷ روزه جمهوری اسلامی ایران”
Lead choice: leads with a US reply under review, received through mediators, not with the strait staying closed — “از طریق واسطه‌ها دریافت شده”
Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → https://www.irna.ir/news/86283060/%D8%BA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D8%A2%D8%A8…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent نائب وزير الخارجية الإيراني: ندرس الرد الأميركي على مقترحنا ونحافظ على استعدادنا لكل السيناريوهات 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
Carries Gharibabadi's account in Arabic for a Lebanese audience, including that Iran is ready for "all scenarios".
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/961144/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent غریب‌آبادی: نظرات آمریکا در حال بررسی است 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 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Deputy foreign minister Gharibabadi says US views are under review and Iran is preparing for other scenarios.
سیاست ۱۲ مهر ۱۴۰۵ ۱۷:۰۳ غریب‌آبادی: نظرات آمریکا در حال بررسی است معاون وزیر امور خارجه گفت: ایران همزمان آمادگی‌های لازم برای سناریوهای دیگر را نیز حفظ می‌کند. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، معاون وزیر امور خارجه با تشریح آخرین وضعیت مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا گفت: طرح هفت‌روزه‌ای که سید عباس عراقچی در نیویورک تشریح کرده بود، از طریق واسطه‌ها به طرف آمریکایی ارائه شد و آنها نیز نظرات خود را درباره این طرح اعلام کردند. به گزارش ایسنا، کاظم غریب‌آبادی در حاشیه مراسم ختم خواهر سید عباس عراقچی در جمع خبرنگاران، درباره آخرین وضعیت مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا اظهار کرد: پیشنهادی که آقای عراقچی در نیویورک تشریح
Contradiction across reports: one Iranian official says US views are still under review; another says Tehran has already replied — “نظرات آمریکا در حال بررسی است”
One side voice: Iranian deputy minister quoted on contingency plans; no US response sought — “ایران همزمان آمادگی‌های لازم برای سناریوهای دیگر را نیز حفظ می‌کند.”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1132527
Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آخرین وضعیت مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا 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 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Quotes a spokesman for parliament's national security committee: "in my view" Iran is in the "post-negotiation stage" on both the strait and the conditions.
سیاست ۱۲ مهر ۱۴۰۵ ۱۶:۵۲ آخرین وضعیت مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا سخنگوی کمیسیون امنیت ملی مجلس اعلام کرد: در حال حاضر به نظرم ما هم در بحث تنگه هرمز و هم در بحث شروط، در مرحله پسا مذاکرات هستیم. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، سخنگوی کمیسیون امنیت ملی و سیاست خارجی مجلس با اشاره به آخرین وضعیت مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا اظهار کرد: هیچ تغییری حاصل نشده است؛ به این معنا که ما معتقدیم آن هفت شرط باید محقق و منعقد شود تا بعد از آن درباره تنگه هرمز، مثلاً گشایشی ایجاد شود. حسن قشقاوی عصر روز یکشنبه در حاشیه مراسم ختم همشیره سیدعباس عراقچی وزیر امور خارجه در جمع خبرنگاران در این ارتباط ادامه داد: بنابراین، اتفاقی
Hedged: the claim that talks are over is hedged as one legislator's opinion — “به نظرم ما هم در بحث تنگه هرمز و هم در بحث شروط، در مرحله پسا مذاکرات هستیم”
Hedge: a lawmaker's claim that talks are 'post-negotiation' is hedged as his own opinion — “در حال حاضر به نظرم ما هم در بحث تنگه هرمز و هم در بحث شروط، در مرحله پسا مذاکرات هستیم”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1132521
Al Jazeera English
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Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iran says Hormuz to remain closed until US meets conditions Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-funded international
Says reopening Hormuz is Tehran's main goal, and states the US focus on nuclear talks without attributing it to anyone.
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Asymmetric attribution: Iran's aim is attributed with 'Tehran says', but the US focus on nuclear talks is stated flat — “while the US continues to focus on nuclear talks”
Asymmetric attribution: Iran's position is attributed ('Tehran says'); the US position is stated as fact — “Tehran says reopening Strait of Hormuz has been its main goal, while the US continues to focus on nuclear talks.”
Read it at Al Jazeera English → https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/4/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-to-…
A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran: Strait of Hormuz Will Not Reopen Until Conditions Are Met 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 Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met, Nournews reported Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as saying on Sunday, a few days after Tehran received Washington's reply to its diplomatic proposal. “The Americans, who say something different in the media, have recently put forward proposals through a mediator. ⁠But they must understand that ⁠the period of dragging out the process and dictating one-sided demands is over," Qalibaf was quoted as saying. "The position of the Islamic Republic of Iran is c
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5325703
A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Tells US There is No Military Solution to Mideast War 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 → —
Headline only: Iran told the US there is no military solution to the war.
Iran's top diplomat insisted on Sunday that there would be no military solution to the United States' war against Iran, with talks on ending the conflict apparently at an impasse. A campaign of heavy bombardment failed to bring a decisive close to the war launched by the US and Israel in late February, and Washington in recent weeks has dialed back military operations in favor of economic pressure. The main point of contention remains Iran's attempt to blockade the Strait of Hormuz where a UK maritime agency reported on Sunday another tanker struck by an unknown projectile. "If our enemies aga
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5325693
Haaretz
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Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran says Strait of Hormuz will stay closed until U.S. meets their conditions Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → 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 → — independent
The only English-language report to mention the seven-day reopening. It credits the charge about the US nuclear focus to Tehran.
oNavigationAccount Details Haaretz - back to home page SearchAccessibility Current section Tehran said its latest proposal could reopen the waterway within seven days, but accused Washington of focusing on the nuclear issue while Iran wants talks centered on Hormuz Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States meets seven conditions set out in an interim agreement reached in June, parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said Sunday.
Symmetric attribution: the same US focus is credited to Iran as an accusation — “accused Washington of focusing on the nuclear issue”
Symmetric attribution: attributes both the seven-day offer and the charge against Washington to Tehran — “accused Washington of focusing on the nuclear issue while Iran wants talks centered on Hormuz”
Read it at Haaretz → https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/2026-10-04/ty-article/ira…
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
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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 2683 articles we hold · quote attached 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 1168 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 → An-Nahar
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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 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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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-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
Centre estimate · not a score
Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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