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Iran says Tehran is convening eight coastal states on Hormuz; The Jerusalem Post's sources say Gulf ministers are meeting Iran

Iran's foreign ministry says it will gather the ministers of eight Gulf coastal states in Oman on Monday to agree safe shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz. The Jerusalem Post, citing two people it does not name, has Gulf ministers meeting Iran's. No Gulf government is quoted in any report we hold.

Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM in push to secure deal for Strait of Hormuz - report
Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM in push to secure deal for Strait of Hormuz - report as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
Levant & Iran Iran Oman Iraq

Who calls it. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, told IRNA that the foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq and the other states on the Gulf and the Sea of Oman will meet. LBCI, quoting him through an agency, says "Tehran intends to hold" the meeting. The Jerusalem Post, citing two people briefed on the matter, says "Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM".

When and where. All three outlets say Monday, in Oman. IRNA gives the date: 14 September. Only The Jerusalem Post names the city, Salalah.

IRNA LBCI The Jerusalem Post
Who acts Iran's spokesman announces "Tehran intends to hold" Gulf ministers meet Iran's
Who attends Iran, Iraq, others — 8 states Iraq and "other states in the region" Gulf ministers, Iran's minister
Where Oman Oman Salalah, Oman
On whose word Baghaei, named Baghaei, via an agency 2 people, not named

What it is for. IRNA says ministers will discuss "the results of Iran–Oman talks to set safe shipping routes" in the strait. The Jerusalem Post calls it a push "to secure deal".

What is not settled - Who attends. Only IRNA gives a number, and it names only Iran and Iraq. - Who invited whom. No report quotes Oman or any Gulf ministry. - What is on the table. No report publishes terms for the shipping lanes.

What this is about. Who sets the rules for ships using the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow sea lane between Iran and Oman, while a war involving Iran goes on.

How it got here. - The strait is the only sea route out of the Gulf. Eight states have coasts on the Gulf and the Sea of Oman: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Their oil and gas exports leave through it. Asharq Al-Awsat calls it "crucial to global oil supplies". - Shipping in the strait has come under attack before. In the Iran–Iraq war of 1980–88, both sides struck tankers, and the US Navy escorted Kuwaiti ships. - Iran and Israel have been enemies since Iran's revolution in 1979. A 2015 deal limited Iran's nuclear programme. The United States left that deal in 2018. - Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, and war in Gaza followed. Iran and Israel then struck each other directly in 2024. In June 2025, Israel attacked Iran and the United States bombed Iranian nuclear sites. - The fighting has now reached the sea. Earlier this month, our coverage carried Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, threatening Iran's energy sites. We also carried a report in Iran's Shargh newspaper of a US drone destroyed over the strait. No American confirmation reached us.

Who is in it, and why. - Iran holds the northern shore. It says it is working out safe routes with Oman. - Oman holds the southern tip. It has long passed messages between Iran and the United States. - The Arab Gulf states need the strait for their exports, and several host US forces. - The United States wants allies to help secure the strait. Asharq Al-Awsat reports that Donald Trump pressed South Korea, and that Seoul is weighing a "contribution".

What is at stake. If Iran agrees shipping routes with its neighbours, it gains a say over traffic through a waterway the world depends on. If there is no deal, ships in the strait stay exposed to the war.

Where it stands. On 11 September, Iran said the ministers would meet in Oman on Monday 14 September. In the reports we hold, no Gulf government confirmed the meeting, and no terms were published.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Who convenes the meeting: Tehran, or the Gulf states
  • How many states attend, and which
  • Safe shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz
  • Iran's talks with Oman
An unnamed-source report came six hours before Iran's announcementTimeline
  1. 2026-09-1106:34 published time of the report Asharq Al-Awsat South Korea's and Iran's foreign ministers discuss Hormuz by phone
  2. 2026-09-1107:34 published time of the report The Jerusalem Post Gulf ministers to meet Iran's foreign minister in Salalah on Monday 2 unnamed sources
  3. 2026-09-1113:34 published time of the report IRNA Baghaei: a meeting of 8 coastal states in Oman on Monday 8 states
  4. 2026-09-1113:35 published time of the report LBCI Tehran to hold a regional meeting with Iraq and other states in Oman
  5. 2026-09-14— no time published Foreign ministers The meeting, in Oman; Salalah according to The Jerusalem Post
Times are when each report was published, in UTC.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · South Korea, Iran FMs Discuss Hormuz in Call Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM in push to secure deal for Strait of Hormuz - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled بقائی: نشست ۸ کشور ساحلی خلیج‌فارس دوشنبه در عمان برگزار می‌شود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة عن متحدث باسم الخارجية الإيرانية: طهران تعتزم عقد اجتماع إقليمي مع العراق ودول أخرى بالمنطقة في عُمان يوم الاثنين لبحث مسارات آمنة للشحن التجاري في مضيق هرمز 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 إيران: سنعقد اجتماعا مع دول خليجية لبحث مسارات آمنة في مضيق هرمز 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Who is calling the meeting

One report has Gulf ministers meeting Iran, on the word of two unnamed people. Three reports have Tehran calling it, on the word of Iran's foreign ministry spokesman. Only one report gives how many states will attend, and only one names the city.

3 reports with Tehran as the convener 1 reports with the Gulf states as the actor 1 reports giving the number of states 1 reports naming the city
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 Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM in push to secure deal for Strait of Hormuz - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent إيران: سنعقد اجتماعا مع دول خليجية لبحث مسارات آمنة في مضيق هرمز 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 وكالة عن متحدث باسم الخارجية الإيرانية: طهران تعتزم عقد اجتماع إقليمي مع العراق ودول أخرى بالمنطقة في عُمان يوم الاثنين لبحث مسارات آمنة للشحن التجاري في مضيق هرمز 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 بقائی: نشست ۸ کشور ساحلی خلیج‌فارس دوشنبه در عمان برگزار می‌شود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · South Korea, Iran FMs Discuss Hormuz in Call 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 The regional foreign ministers' meeting on the Strait of Hormuz will be held in Oman on Monday.
The Jerusalem Post, citing two people briefed on the matter, puts it in Salalah on Monday. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, quoted by IRNA and LBCI, separately gives Monday in Oman, though only The Jerusalem Post names Salalah.
Checked against 3 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM in push to secure deal for Strait of Hormuz - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled بقائی: نشست ۸ کشور ساحلی خلیج‌فارس دوشنبه در عمان برگزار می‌شود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة عن متحدث باسم الخارجية الإيرانية: طهران تعتزم عقد اجتماع إقليمي مع العراق ودول أخرى بالمنطقة في عُمان يوم الاثنين لبحث مسارات آمنة للشحن التجاري في مضيق هرمز 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 Eight states on the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman will attend the meeting.
Only IRNA gives the number eight, and it comes from Iran's foreign ministry. LBCI describes 'Iraq and other states in the region' and The Jerusalem Post describes Gulf ministers meeting Iran's foreign minister, so no two reports agree on who is attending.
Checked against 4 sources:
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled بقائی: نشست ۸ کشور ساحلی خلیج‌فارس دوشنبه در عمان برگزار می‌شود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة عن متحدث باسم الخارجية الإيرانية: طهران تعتزم عقد اجتماع إقليمي مع العراق ودول أخرى بالمنطقة في عُمان يوم الاثنين لبحث مسارات آمنة للشحن التجاري في مضيق هرمز 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 إيران: سنعقد اجتماعا مع دول خليجية لبحث مسارات آمنة في مضيق هرمز 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM in push to secure deal for Strait of Hormuz - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true The meeting is meant to agree safe shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's foreign ministry gives this purpose, as quoted by IRNA and LBCI, and ties it to Iran's talks with Oman. The Jerusalem Post's separate briefed sources describe it as a push for a Hormuz deal.
Checked against 4 sources:
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled بقائی: نشست ۸ کشور ساحلی خلیج‌فارس دوشنبه در عمان برگزار می‌شود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent إيران: سنعقد اجتماعا مع دول خليجية لبحث مسارات آمنة في مضيق هرمز 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 وكالة عن متحدث باسم الخارجية الإيرانية: طهران تعتزم عقد اجتماع إقليمي مع العراق ودول أخرى بالمنطقة في عُمان يوم الاثنين لبحث مسارات آمنة للشحن التجاري في مضيق هرمز 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM in push to secure deal for Strait of Hormuz - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

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 إيران: سنعقد اجتماعا مع دول خليجية لبحث مسارات آمنة في مضيق هرمز 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
Calls the other side "Gulf states" rather than coastal states, with Tehran as the host.
أعلن المتحدث باسم وزارة الخارجية الإيرانية إسماعيل بقائي أن طهران تعتزم عقد اجتماع مع وزراء خارجية...
Framing: Tehran is the one holding the meeting, with Gulf states as its guests. — “طهران تعتزم عقد اجتماع مع وزراء خارجية”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/world/957121/title/ar?src=rss&utm_source=T…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة عن متحدث باسم الخارجية الإيرانية: طهران تعتزم عقد اجتماع إقليمي مع العراق ودول أخرى بالمنطقة في عُمان يوم الاثنين لبحث مسارات آمنة للشحن التجاري في مضيق هرمز 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
Names Iraq and "other states in the region", and says the lanes are for commercial shipping.
Actor framing: Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. — “طهران تعتزم عقد اجتماع إقليمي مع العراق ودول أخرى بالمنطقة”
Who is named: Names Iraq as a participant. The Gulf-ministers framing leaves Iraq out. — “طهران تعتزم عقد اجتماع إقليمي مع العراق ودول أخرى بالمنطقة في عُمان”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/957119/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled بقائی: نشست ۸ کشور ساحلی خلیج‌فارس دوشنبه در عمان برگزار می‌شود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-controlled
The only report that counts the states — eight on what it calls the Persian Gulf — and the only one tying the agenda to the results of Iran's talks with Oman.
تهران- ایرنا- سخنگوی وزارت امور خارجه خبر داد: «نشست کشورهای ساحلی خلیج فارس و دریای عمان با حضور ایران، عراق و دیگر کشورهای ساحلی خلیج فارس، روز دوشنبه در عمان برگزار خواهد شد و در آن علاوه بر دیگر مباحث منطقه‌ای، درباره نتایج مذاکرات ایران-عمان راجع به تعیین مسیرهای امن برای دریانوردی تجاری در تنگه هرمز نیز بحث و تبادل‌نظر خواهد شد.»
Measure chosen: The meeting is counted as eight coastal states, under the name 'Persian Gulf' — “نشست ۸ کشور ساحلی خلیج‌فارس”
Agenda framing: The agenda is set as the results of Iran's talks with Oman — “نتایج مذاکرات ایران و عمان برای تعیین مسیرهای امن کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز”
Measure chosen: The only report that counts the participants: eight coastal states of what it calls the Persian Gulf. — “نشست ۸ کشور ساحلی خلیج‌فارس”
Context chosen: Says the safe routes come out of talks between Iran and Oman. Other reports say only that a deal is being sought. — “نتایج مذاکرات ایران و عمان برای تعیین مسیرهای امن کشتیرانی در تنگه هرمز”
Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → https://www.irna.ir/news/86261064/%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C-%D9%86…
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM in push to secure deal for Strait of Hormuz - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report to name Salalah, and the only one with Gulf ministers as the ones acting. It rests on two people briefed on the matter, not named, and ran six hours before Iran's announcement.
Gulf foreign ministers plan to meet their Iranian counterpart in a push by Oman and Iran to secure buy-in for a temporary deal to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reported on Friday.The gathering is scheduled to be held on Monday in the Omani coastal city of Salalah, the report said, citing two people briefed on the matter.Reuters could not immediately verify the report.Later, Seoul's foreign ministry said that South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun had a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Friday and discussed the situation in the Mid
Actor framing: The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. — “Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM”
Anonymous source: The meeting rests on two unnamed people — “citing two people briefed on the matter”
Framing: Gulf ministers are the subject and Iran is the party they meet, 'to secure a deal'. — “Gulf foreign ministers to meet with Iranian FM in push to secure deal for Strait of Hormuz”
Sourcing: Relies on two people who are not named, while the other reports quote Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on the record. — “citing two people briefed on the matter”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-908367
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · South Korea, Iran FMs Discuss Hormuz in Call 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 foreign ministers of South Korea and Iran discussed Hormuz by phone the same morning. We hold its headline only.
The foreign ministers of South Korea and Iran discussed the Strait of Hormuz in a phone call on Friday, Seoul said, days after confirming it was weighing a "contribution" to the waterway's security. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly pressured ally South Korea to provide help for the war in the Middle East, saying Seoul rejected his request for assistance in securing the waterway that is crucial to global oil supplies. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun spoke by phone with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi at Tehran's request, "discussing the recent situation in the Middle East"
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5317038
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Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Centre estimate · not a score
Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
Centre estimate · not a score
The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → 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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