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'No plans to negotiate', says Iranian state media; separate talks with mediators by Tuesday, says an official

Six reports on 28 September give two accounts of US–Iran contacts. Iran's ISNA agency says Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet mediators in New York with no American present. Asharq Al-Awsat's headline says Iran has no plans to negotiate at all. No mediator speaks on the record.

Negotiators pushing Iran for nuclear program concessions in exchange for US peace talks - report
Negotiators pushing Iran for nuclear program concessions in exchange for US peace talks - report as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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Both accounts agree on one thing. Iran's ISNA agency, carried by An-Nahar and LBCI, says Araghchi meets mediators in New York on Monday. It says no US representative will attend. An official told Reuters that mediators will hold separate talks with each side on Monday or Tuesday. An-Nahar and the Jerusalem Post carry that account.

Where they differ.

Report Talks? Source
Asharq Al-Awsat "No plans to negotiate with US" Iranian state media, headline only
An-Nahar, LBCI Araghchi discusses "the latest proposals" with mediators, no American present ISNA
Jerusalem Post Separate talks, Monday or Tuesday One unnamed official

What is on the table also differs.

  • The Jerusalem Post and An-Nahar, citing the official: an amended version of Iran's seven-day proposal.
  • An-Nahar, citing media reports: a seven-day halt to all hostilities in the Middle East, Lebanon included.
  • A second Jerusalem Post report, citing the Wall Street Journal: negotiators want nuclear concessions in exchange for US talks.

Who is named. Trump is the only named speaker on the proposal. An-Nahar alone says he rejected it on Saturday as unacceptable. No other report we hold confirms that.

Not settled.

  • Whether "no plans to negotiate" means no direct talks or no talks at all. We hold only Asharq Al-Awsat's headline, not its text.
  • Whether a US team meets the mediators, and when.
  • What the amended proposal says. No report carries its text.

What this is about. Whether the United States and Iran will talk through go-betweens about ending the fighting between them.

How it got here. The two countries have had no diplomatic relations since the 1979 revolution and the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran. Their central dispute is Iran's nuclear programme. A 2015 deal, the JCPOA, limited that programme in exchange for lifting sanctions. The US left the deal in 2018 and reimposed sanctions. Hostility deepened after the Gaza war that followed the attacks of 7 October 2023. Israel and Iran exchanged direct strikes in 2024. In June 2025 Israel attacked Iran, and the US struck Iranian nuclear sites. This year the conflict became open fighting between the US and Iran. The reports describe the Strait of Hormuz as closed and a US blockade around it. They say commercial ships have moved under US military escort since early May. One report says Iran came close to a nuclear compromise earlier this year, in talks with Vice-President JD Vance.

The actors. Abbas Araghchi is Iran's foreign minister. Donald Trump is US president. Qatar hosts a large US air base and keeps open channels to Tehran, and it has long carried messages between the two. The Revolutionary Guard is Iran's elite military force, separate from the regular army. It claims control of the strait. US Central Command runs American forces in the region and says the strait remains open.

What is at stake. Hormuz is the narrow sea lane between Iran and Oman that links the Gulf's oil producers to the open ocean. Whether it reopens depends on these talks. So may the fighting in Lebanon, which one proposal would include.

Where it stands. Iran put forward a seven-day proposal on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Araghchi and Qatari mediators remain in the US. Any talks are indirect.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Whether Iran is negotiating with the US at all, or only through mediators
  • What the amended seven-day proposal covers: Lebanon, or nuclear concessions
  • Whether Trump's rejection on Saturday ended the proposal or only one version of it
  • Who controls the Strait of Hormuz: the Revolutionary Guard or US Central Command
One day, two accounts: how the reports arrived on 28 SeptemberTimeline
  1. 2026-09-26— no time published Donald Trump, per An-Nahar Rejects Iran's seven-day ceasefire proposal as unacceptableOnly An-Nahar carries this
  2. 2026-09-2808:15 Asharq Al-Awsat publication time Asharq Al-Awsat Iran has no plans to negotiate with the US, says state mediaHeadline only
  3. 2026-09-2808:20 Jerusalem Post publication time The Jerusalem Post Negotiators pressing Iran for nuclear concessions in exchange for US talksCiting the Wall Street Journal
  4. 2026-09-2812:13 An-Nahar publication time An-Nahar Mediators to hold separate talks with Washington and Tehran; no American at Araghchi's meetingCiting ISNA, and an official via Reuters
  5. 2026-09-2813:54 LBCI publication time LBCI Araghchi to meet mediators today in New YorkCiting an agency
  6. 2026-09-2813:57 LBCI publication time LBCI Araghchi to discuss the latest proposals with the mediatorsCiting ISNA
  7. 2026-09-2815:24 Jerusalem Post publication time The Jerusalem Post US and Iran expected to hold separate talks with mediators on Monday, TuesdayCiting one unnamed official
Times are publication times, UTC.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Has No Plans to Negotiate with US, Says State Media 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 Negotiators pushing Iran for nuclear program concessions in exchange for US peace talks - 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent وسطاء سيجرون محادثات منفصلة مع واشنطن وطهران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة: وزير الخارجية الإيراني عراقجي سيلتقي وسطاء اليوم في نيويورك 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 إيسنا الإيرانية: من المقرر أن يبحث عراقجي مع وسطاء المفاوضات مع أميركا أحدث المقترحات الموجودة 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 US, Iran expected to hold separate talks with mediators on Monday, Tuesday, official 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 →
What each claim about the talks rests onSide by side
OutletWhat it saidSource named?
Asharq Al-AwsatIran has no plans to negotiate with the USIranian state media, no outlet named
An-NaharNo US representative at Araghchi's meeting with mediatorsISNA, named
LBCIAraghchi to discuss the latest proposals with mediatorsISNA, named
The Jerusalem PostSeparate talks Monday or Tuesday on an amended proposalOne official, unnamed
The Jerusalem PostIran was close to a nuclear compromise earlier this yearA Middle East official, unnamed, via the Wall Street Journal
No report quotes a mediator by name.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Has No Plans to Negotiate with US, Says State Media 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent وسطاء سيجرون محادثات منفصلة مع واشنطن وطهران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة إيسنا الإيرانية: من المقرر أن يبحث عراقجي مع وسطاء المفاوضات مع أميركا أحدث المقترحات الموجودة 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 US, Iran expected to hold separate talks with mediators on Monday, Tuesday, official 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 Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Negotiators pushing Iran for nuclear program concessions in exchange for US peace talks - 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

Talks or no talks rests on unnamed people

Two reports base the talks on unnamed officials. One cites Iranian state media for the opposite. No named US or Iranian official is quoted on whether the talks will happen.

6 reports on the event 2 reports relying on an unnamed official 1 reports citing state media saying no talks 0 reports quoting a named official on the talks
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 US, Iran expected to hold separate talks with mediators on Monday, Tuesday, official 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 Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Negotiators pushing Iran for nuclear program concessions in exchange for US peace talks - 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 وكالة إيسنا الإيرانية: من المقرر أن يبحث عراقجي مع وسطاء المفاوضات مع أميركا أحدث المقترحات الموجودة 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: وزير الخارجية الإيراني عراقجي سيلتقي وسطاء اليوم في نيويورك 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent وسطاء سيجرون محادثات منفصلة مع واشنطن وطهران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Has No Plans to Negotiate with US, Says State Media 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 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is due to meet mediators in New York, with no US representative present.
An-Nahar and LBCI carry Iran's ISNA agency saying Araghchi will meet the mediators and that no American will attend. Separately, an official told Reuters (via the Jerusalem Post and An-Nahar) that the mediators would hold separate talks with each side while Araghchi and Qatari mediators stay in the US.
Checked against 4 sources:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent وسطاء سيجرون محادثات منفصلة مع واشنطن وطهران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة: وزير الخارجية الإيراني عراقجي سيلتقي وسطاء اليوم في نيويورك 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 إيسنا الإيرانية: من المقرر أن يبحث عراقجي مع وسطاء المفاوضات مع أميركا أحدث المقترحات الموجودة 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 US, Iran expected to hold separate talks with mediators on Monday, Tuesday, official 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 →
disputed Iran has no plans to negotiate with the United States.
Asharq Al-Awsat's headline gives this as the account of Iranian state media, but we hold only the headline. On the same day, ISNA (carried by An-Nahar and LBCI) said Araghchi would discuss the latest proposals for talks with America through mediators, so the two accounts differ on direct talks versus indirect ones.
Checked against 3 sources:
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Has No Plans to Negotiate with US, Says State Media 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent وسطاء سيجرون محادثات منفصلة مع واشنطن وطهران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة إيسنا الإيرانية: من المقرر أن يبحث عراقجي مع وسطاء المفاوضات مع أميركا أحدث المقترحات الموجودة 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 President Trump rejected Iran's proposal for a seven-day ceasefire on Saturday, calling it unacceptable.
Only An-Nahar carries the rejection and Trump's words. No other report we hold confirms it or contradicts it.
Checked against 1 source:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent وسطاء سيجرون محادثات منفصلة مع واشنطن وطهران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

T Tzvi Jasper The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Anonymous source The account of Iranian concessions rests on an unnamed regional official, passed on second-hand through another newspaper.×1
Assertion vs attribution Mamdani's charge is attributed to him as his belief×1
Attributed or asserted the Iranian conditions are attributed inside the sentence to the named spokesman, not stated flat×1
Conditions left unnamed The deal is tied to conditions that the report never lists×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
3 disputed8 unverified5 true
From 122 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 expected to hold separate talks with mediators on Monday, Tuesday, official 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
The only report that describes the proposal: a 'seven-day proposal' Iran presented at the UN General Assembly, now amended, which will be the focus of the talks.
The talks are expected to focus on an amended version of a seven-day proposal Iran presented on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the official said.
Status of the proposal: treated as live: an amended Iranian proposal is on the table — “an amended version of a seven-day proposal Iran presented”
Proposal status: Treats Iran's proposal as still on the table, in an amended form. The source is one unnamed official. — “The talks are expected to focus on an amended version of a seven-day proposal Iran presented on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the official said.”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-909983
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة إيسنا الإيرانية: من المقرر أن يبحث عراقجي مع وسطاء المفاوضات مع أميركا أحدث المقترحات الموجودة 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
LBCI, citing ISNA: Araghchi will discuss with the mediators the latest proposals for talks with America.
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/960162/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة: وزير الخارجية الإيراني عراقجي سيلتقي وسطاء اليوم في نيويورك 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
LBCI, citing an agency: Araghchi meets mediators in New York today.
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/960161/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent وسطاء سيجرون محادثات منفصلة مع واشنطن وطهران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Only An-Nahar carries Trump's rejection of the seven-day proposal, a media report that the proposal covers Lebanon, and CENTCOM calling the Revolutionary Guard's claim to control Hormuz false.
أفاد مسؤول مطلع لوكالة رويترز بأنه من المتوقع أن يعقد وسطاء محادثات منفصلة مع الولايات المتحدة وإيران اليوم الاثنين أو غداً، مع بقاء وزير الخارجية الإيراني عباس عراقجي ووسطاء قطريين في الولايات المتحدة.وأشار المسؤول إلى أنه من المتوقع أن تركز المحادثات على نسخة معدلة من مقترح السبعة أيام الذي قدمته إيران على هامش اجتماعات الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة.وكان الرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترامب قد رفض السبت المقترح الإيراني لوقف إطلاق النار لمدة سبعة أيام، قائلاً إنَّ طهران تتكبد خسائر كبيرة جراء إغلاق مضيق هرمز، ومعلناً أن الولايات المتحدة تسيطر عليه بشكل كامل.وقال إنَّ إيران تريد عقد اتفاق، لكنه وصف ال
Whose voice: Carries Trump's own boast in full. The Iranian proposal he rejected is described only through 'media reports'. — “أكبر حصار في التاريخ العسكري”
Symmetric attribution: Both the Revolutionary Guard's claim of control over Hormuz and US Central Command's rebuttal are attributed by name. — “ووصفت سنتكوم ذلك بأنه ادعاءٌ باطل”
Detail others omit: The only report that says no US representative will attend Araghchi's meeting with the mediators. — “موضحةً بأنه لن يحضر لقاء عراقجي مع وسطاء المفاوضات أيّ ممثل عن الجانب الأميركي”
Quote length imbalance: Trump's rejection is carried in his own boastful words. Iran's proposal is summarised only. — “أكبر حصار في التاريخ العسكري وجداراً من الفولاذ حول مضيق هرمز”
Both military claims carried: The report carries the Revolutionary Guard's claim to control Hormuz and CENTCOM's rebuttal. Each is attributed. — “ووصفت سنتكوم ذلك بأنه ادعاءٌ باطل”
Format detail: Adds, citing ISNA, that no US representative will attend Araghchi's meeting with the mediators. — “لن يحضر لقاء عراقجي مع وسطاء المفاوضات أيّ ممثل عن الجانب الأميركي”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/united-states/352162/مصدر-مطلع-لر…
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Negotiators pushing Iran for nuclear program concessions in exchange for US peace talks - 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 Jerusalem Post, citing the Wall Street Journal: negotiators are pressing Iran for nuclear concessions. An unnamed Middle East official says Iran was close to a compromise earlier this year in talks with JD Vance.
One high-level Middle East government official involved in the talks told the WSJ that Iran had been close to compromising on its nuclear program earlier this year during negotiations with JD Vance.
Source type: An unnamed regional official, relayed through another newspaper, says Iran was 'close to compromising'. No Iranian response is carried. — “One high-level Middle East government official involved in the talks told the WSJ that Iran had been close to compromising on its nuclear program”
Anonymous source: The account of Iranian concessions rests on an unnamed regional official, passed on second-hand through another newspaper. — “One high-level Middle East government official involved in the talks told the WSJ”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-909922
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Has No Plans to Negotiate with US, Says State Media 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 → —
Asharq Al-Awsat's headline, citing Iranian state media: Iran has no plans to negotiate with the US. We hold only the headline.
State media in Iran on Monday reported that Iran's delegation to the UN General Assembly had no talks planned with the United States, after US President Donald Trump said he expected more negotiations. "Iran's delegation in New York has no plans for negotiations with the United States," said the official IRNA news agency, citing an unnamed source close to the group. Trump told media outlet Axios on Sunday that he expected talks to resume soon, a day after he rejected a proposal by Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, said AFP. "Iran's views and positions were conveyed clear
Source type: The headline contradicts the talks reports, and attributes the claim to Iranian state media. — “Iran Has No Plans to Negotiate with US, Says State Media”
Attributed to state media: The opposite claim, 'no plans to negotiate', is attributed to Iranian state media in the headline. — “Iran Has No Plans to Negotiate with US, Says State Media”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5323386
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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 → 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 →
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 → 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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