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Jerusalem Post report sees a US–Iran 'diplomatic stalemate'; Araghchi tells Iran's cabinet it holds a 'privileged position'

Qatar has passed Washington's reply on a seven-day plan to Iran. A report carried by the Jerusalem Post says the talks are stuck and fighting may resume after the US midterm elections. Iran's foreign minister says Iran now holds a 'privileged position'. What the plan says rests on one unnamed official.

Iran receives US feedback on seven-day trust-building plan, main issue is sequencing
Iran receives US feedback on seven-day trust-building plan, main issue is sequencing as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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What happened. Qatari mediators gave Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, Washington's response to a seven-day trust-building plan. An official briefed on the talks told Reuters this, as carried by Asharq Al-Awsat. Araghchi was to discuss it in Tehran on Wednesday.

What the plan is for. The same official says it aims to return to an enhanced version of a US–Iran memorandum signed in June. The main dispute, the official says, is sequencing: the order of the steps.

Two readings of the same week.

Outlet Says the talks are Whose words
The Jerusalem Post a 'diplomatic stalemate'; fighting 'may' resume after the midterms an unnamed report
Shargh (news) going well: Iran has 'a privileged position' Araghchi, to the cabinet
Shargh (analysis) a war of attrition, 'no end imaginable' the paper's own voice
Asharq Al-Awsat disputed over sequencing an unnamed official

Each capital, on the record. Trump says Iran is doing "very poorly", Asharq Al-Awsat reports. Araghchi says European, Arab and Asian states showed "intense eagerness" to meet Iran, Shargh reports via ISNA. No other report we hold checks either claim.

What is not settled. - The plan's terms. Both reports on sequencing rest on the same unnamed official. That is one account, not two. - Who wrote the 'stalemate' report. The Jerusalem Post text we hold does not say. - What Iran's cabinet decided. Shargh does not report a decision. - Qatar and the White House. We hold no statement from either on the plan.

What this is about. The United States and Iran are at war, and Qatar is carrying messages between them about a plan to stop it.

How it got here. The two countries have had no diplomatic relations since Iran's 1979 revolution and the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran. Since then the quarrel has centred on Iran's nuclear programme. In 2015 Iran agreed to limit that programme in exchange for sanctions relief. It signed the deal with the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China. Donald Trump took the US out of the deal in 2018, in his first term, and reimposed sanctions. Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023 and the war in Gaza followed. After that, Israel and Iran moved from a shadow conflict to direct strikes. In June 2025 Israel bombed Iran for twelve days and the US struck Iranian nuclear sites. The reports we hold describe an open US–Iran war this year and a US–Iran memorandum signed in June. They do not give the date the fighting began.

The actors. - The United States, under President Trump, wants limits on Iran's nuclear work and its reach in the region. It holds sanctions as leverage. - Iran is led by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with an elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Abbas Araghchi has been foreign minister since 2024 and leads the indirect talks. - Qatar hosts a large US air base and keeps working ties with Tehran. That is why both sides use it as a go-between. - Israel is Iran's main enemy in the region and a US ally. How the talks go shapes its own options.

What is at stake. A deal could end the fighting and ease sanctions. Without one, the war could go on or widen. Oil prices move with each signal: Asharq Al-Awsat reports that oil rose after Trump denied he would ease sanctions.

Where it stands. Iran has Washington's reply and is weighing it. The US midterm elections fall on 3 November 2026. A report carried by the Jerusalem Post says fighting may resume after them.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Stalled or moving? A report carried by the Jerusalem Post says stalled. Araghchi says Iran is in a strong position.
  • Sequencing, meaning the order of the steps. It is named as the main dispute by one unnamed official, carried by two outlets.
  • Each side's leader, on the record: Trump says Iran is doing 'very poorly'. Araghchi says the world shows Iran 'special respect'.
  • The Jerusalem Post headline predicts a return to fighting. It hedges with 'may' and credits a report it does not name.
Stuck or winning? Four reports, four readingsSide by side
OutletWhat it says about the talksWhose wordsHedged?
The Jerusalem Post'Diplomatic stalemate'; fighting may resume after the midtermsAn unnamed reportYes: 'may', credited to a report
Shargh (news)Iran has 'a privileged position'; states showed 'intense eagerness' to meetAraghchi, to the cabinetAttributed to Araghchi
Shargh (analysis)The war is attritional; 'no end imaginable'The paper itselfNo: stated flat
Asharq Al-AwsatMain dispute is sequencing; Trump says Iran doing 'very poorly'Unnamed official; TrumpAttributed
Asharq Al-Awsat and the Jerusalem Post's sequencing report rest on the same unnamed official, so they are one account of the plan.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent US, Iran may return to fighting after midterm elections, reached 'diplomatic stalemate' - 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent گزارش عراقچی از نیویورک به دولت؛ کشورهای اروپایی، عربی و آسیایی برای دیدار با ایران اشتیاق نشان دادند Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent جنگ ایران و آمریکا وارد وضعیت فرسایشی شده است/ هیچ پایانی برای جنگ قابل تصور نیست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Qatar Delivers US Response to Iran on Seven-Day Proposal 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 →
From Washington's reply to Tehran's cabinetTimeline
  1. 2026-09-28— no time published Qatari mediators Receive Washington's feedback on the seven-day plan, an unnamed official saysThe Jerusalem Post
  2. 2026-09-29— no time published Donald Trump Says Iran is doing 'very poorly' and he does not know if it will 'give up yet'Asharq Al-Awsat
  3. 2026-09-29— no time published; 'Tuesday night' Abbas Araghchi Meets Qatari mediators in Doha and receives the US responseAsharq Al-Awsat, citing Reuters
  4. 2026-09-3007:05 published Asharq Al-Awsat Oil gains after Trump denies he will ease sanctions
  5. 2026-09-30— no time published; 'Wednesday morning' Abbas Araghchi Tells the cabinet Iran has 'a privileged position'Shargh, via ISNA
  6. 2026-09-3012:20 published Shargh Analysis: the war has become one of attrition
  7. 2026-09-3013:11 published The Jerusalem Post Carries a report of a 'diplomatic stalemate'
Times are publication times in UTC, as the outlets give them.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran receives US feedback on seven-day trust-building plan, main issue is sequencing Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Qatar Delivers US Response to Iran on Seven-Day Proposal 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 · Oil Gains after Trump Denies He Is Willing to Ease Sanctions on Iran Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent گزارش عراقچی از نیویورک به دولت؛ کشورهای اروپایی، عربی و آسیایی برای دیدار با ایران اشتیاق نشان دادند Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent جنگ ایران و آمریکا وارد وضعیت فرسایشی شده است/ هیچ پایانی برای جنگ قابل تصور نیست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent US, Iran may return to fighting after midterm elections, reached 'diplomatic stalemate' - 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Each side's leader says the other is losing

The US president is quoted saying Iran is doing 'very poorly'. The Iranian foreign minister is quoted saying Iran holds a 'privileged position'. The substance, a dispute over sequencing, comes from officials no report names.

2 reports resting on an unnamed official 2 reports framing talks as stalled or the war as endless 1 reports carrying Iran's claim of a strong position
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 receives US feedback on seven-day trust-building plan, main issue is sequencing Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Qatar Delivers US Response to Iran on Seven-Day Proposal 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 US, Iran may return to fighting after midterm elections, reached 'diplomatic stalemate' - 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent گزارش عراقچی از نیویورک به دولت؛ کشورهای اروپایی، عربی و آسیایی برای دیدار با ایران اشتیاق نشان دادند Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent جنگ ایران و آمریکا وارد وضعیت فرسایشی شده است/ هیچ پایانی برای جنگ قابل تصور نیست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Oil Gains after Trump Denies He Is Willing to Ease Sanctions on Iran 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

unverified The main disagreement over the seven-day plan is the order in which steps are taken.
The Jerusalem Post and Asharq Al-Awsat both carry this from the same unnamed official briefed on the talks, as reported by Reuters. That makes it one account, not two.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran receives US feedback on seven-day trust-building plan, main issue is sequencing Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Qatar Delivers US Response to Iran on Seven-Day Proposal 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 →
disputed The US and Iran have reached a diplomatic stalemate.
The Jerusalem Post carries a report of a 'diplomatic stalemate', and an analysis in Shargh says the war has become one of attrition with no end in sight. Araghchi, as reported by Shargh, told the cabinet that Iran has reached a 'privileged position'.
Checked against 3 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent US, Iran may return to fighting after midterm elections, reached 'diplomatic stalemate' - 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent جنگ ایران و آمریکا وارد وضعیت فرسایشی شده است/ هیچ پایانی برای جنگ قابل تصور نیست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent گزارش عراقچی از نیویورک به دولت؛ کشورهای اروپایی، عربی و آسیایی برای دیدار با ایران اشتیاق نشان دادند Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified European, Arab and Asian states showed strong eagerness to meet Iran in New York.
This is Foreign Minister Araghchi's own account to the cabinet, carried only by Shargh through ISNA. No other report we hold describes those meetings.
Checked against 1 source:
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent گزارش عراقچی از نیویورک به دولت؛ کشورهای اروپایی، عربی و آسیایی برای دیدار با ایران اشتیاق نشان دادند Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

E Esther Davis The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Headline versus body the headline predicts renewed fighting from an unnamed 'report'×1
Hedged and attributed 'diplomatic stalemate' and a return to fighting are credited to an outside report and hedged with 'may'×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed
From 31 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 5 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent US, Iran may return to fighting after midterm elections, reached 'diplomatic stalemate' - 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
Carries a report that the two sides reached a 'diplomatic stalemate' and may return to fighting after the US midterms. A US delegation in New York included Jared Kushner.
The US and Iran could return to fighting after US midterms, having made little progress towards a diplomatic end to the conflict, Axios reported on Wednesday.Qatari mediators attempted to foster a diplomatic breakthrough this week; however, neither side was willing to compromise, three sources familiar with the matter told Axios. The sources explained that Qatari officials are growing increasingly frustrated with both the US and Iran, and their unwillingness to budge during negotiations.A diplomatic stalemate increases the likelihood of a return to fighting, with some US officials telling Axio
Headline versus body: the headline predicts renewed fighting from an unnamed 'report' — “US, Iran may return to fighting after midterm elections, reached 'diplomatic stalemate' - report”
Hedged and attributed: 'diplomatic stalemate' and a return to fighting are credited to an outside report and hedged with 'may' — “reached 'diplomatic stalemate' - report”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-910153
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent جنگ ایران و آمریکا وارد وضعیت فرسایشی شده است/ هیچ پایانی برای جنگ قابل تصور نیست Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Analysis: the war has become attritional and self-sustaining, 'contrary to repeated claims' from Washington officials that it would end soon.
بر خلاف ادعاهای مکرر مقامات واشنگتن مبنی بر پایان قریب‌الوقوع درگیری و ارزیابی‌های رایج درباره دستیابی به یک توافق دیپلماتیک سریع، جنگ میان ایران و ایالات متحده وارد یک وضعیت فرسایشی و خودپایدار شده است؛ کارزاری که در آن هیچ‌یک از دو طرف توان دستیابی به اهداف غایی خود را ندارند، اما از منابع کافی برای ادامه جنگ برخوردارند و توقف تنش را پرهزینه‌تر از تداوم نبرد ارزیابی می‌کنند.
Stated versus attributed: calls the war self-sustaining and states it flat — “جنگ میان ایران و ایالات متحده وارد یک وضعیت فرسایشی و خودپایدار شده است”
Word choice about one side: calls Washington's statements 'claims' and states that the war has become attritional in its own voice — “بر خلاف ادعاهای مکرر مقامات واشنگتن”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1131616
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent گزارش عراقچی از نیویورک به دولت؛ کشورهای اروپایی، عربی و آسیایی برای دیدار با ایران اشتیاق نشان دادند Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Araghchi's own report to Iran's cabinet, via ISNA: Iran has 'a privileged position', and European, Arab and Asian states showed 'intense eagerness' to meet.
سیاست ۸ مهر ۱۴۰۵ ۱۵:۱۵ گزارش عراقچی از نیویورک به دولت؛ کشورهای اروپایی، عربی و آسیایی برای دیدار با ایران اشتیاق نشان دادند جلسه هیئت دولت صبح چهارشنبه هشتم مهرماه به ریاست مسعود پزشکیان برگزار شد و درابتدای این نشست، عباس عراقچی، وزیر امور خارجه، گزارشی از دیدارها، ملاقات‌ها و جلسات خود در نیویورک در حاشیه اجلاس سازمان ملل با مقامات کشورهای مختلف و همچنین مذاکرات غیرمستقیم با آمریکایی‌ها ارائه کرد. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، جلسه هیئت دولت صبح چهارشنبه هشتم مهرماه به ریاست مسعود پزشکیان برگزار شد و درابتدای این نشست، عباس عراقچی، وزیر امور خارجه، گزارشی از دیدارها، ملاقات‌ها و جلسات خود در
Whose voice: the Iranian foreign minister's upbeat claim, with no other side — “ایران در شرایط جدید به موقعیت ممتازی دست یافته است”
One side's claim on the record: Iran's foreign minister says, on the record, that Iran is in a privileged position — “ایران در شرایط جدید به موقعیت ممتازی دست یافته است”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1131611
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran receives US feedback on seven-day trust-building plan, main issue is sequencing 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
Adds that the mediators received Washington's feedback on Monday. They met Araghchi's team on its way back from the United States.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi received US feedback via Qatari mediators in Doha on Tuesday on a seven-day plan aimed at building trust between Washington and Tehran, with sequencing the main sticking point, an official, who was not Iranian butwas briefed on the talks, told Reuters.Araghchi is expected to discuss the US response in Tehran on Wednesday, the official said.Iran last week presented a seven-day proposal under which Araghchi said the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened and normal maritime passage restored if the necessary conditions were met. US President Donald Trump subseq
Sourcing: the account rests on one unnamed official — “The Qatari mediators conveyed the feedback they had received from Washington on Monday, meeting Araghchi and his team on their way back from the United States, the official said.”
Unnamed source: the plan's details rest on one unnamed official — “meeting Araghchi and his team on their way back from the United States, the official said.”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-910161
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Qatar Delivers US Response to Iran on Seven-Day Proposal 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 fullest account: Araghchi met Qatari mediators in Doha on Tuesday night. The plan aims to return to an enhanced June memorandum, and sequencing is the main dispute. Trump says Iran is doing 'very poorly'.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Qatari mediators in Doha on Tuesday night and received US feedback ‌on ‌a proposed ‌seven-day ⁠trust-building plan, which he ⁠will discuss in Tehran on Wednesday, an official briefed ⁠on the talks ‌told ‌Reuters. The main ‌disagreement is ‌over the sequencing of the plan, which aims ‌to build trust and return ⁠to ⁠an enhanced version of a US-Iran memorandum of understanding signed in June, the official said. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not know if Iran is going to "give up yet" but cast the country as doing "very poorly" in its war
Whose voice: the US president is quoted casting Iran as losing — “President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not know if Iran is going to "give up yet" but cast the country as doing "very poorly" in its war”
Other side's claim on the record: quotes the US president saying Iran is losing, beside an unnamed official's account of the plan — “cast the country as doing "very poorly" in its war”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5324226
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Oil Gains after Trump Denies He Is Willing to Ease Sanctions on Iran 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 → —
Oil rose after Trump denied he is willing to ease sanctions on Iran. We hold the headline only.
Oil prices rose on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump denied he would be willing to ease sanctions on Iran while Qatar pushed for peace talks, after falling in the previous session on a recovery in crude supply from the Middle East. The Brent futures November contract, which is expiring on Wednesday, rose 71 cents, or 0.69%, to $103.30 a barrel by 0408 GMT. The more active December contract rose 35 cents to $96.51. US West Texas Intermediate crude gained 43 cents, or 0.48%, to $89.81. Brent is ‌headed for a ‌monthly gain of around 14%, its biggest climb since July, ‌while ⁠WTI is on ⁠tr
Measure chosen: frames the talks through oil prices and a presidential denial — “Trump Denies He Is Willing to Ease Sanctions on Iran”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5324198
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Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → 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 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
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K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Centre estimate · not a score
Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
Centre estimate · not a score
The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → 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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