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One rejected Iranian offer, three names: a Hormuz plan to Asharq Al-Awsat, a ceasefire proposal to the Jerusalem Post, a trade reopening in Trump's words

Trump says Iran's proposal "is not acceptable". None of the six reports we hold sets out its terms. They cannot agree on what it was.

Iran Proposes Hormuz Plan, Trump Reportedly Refuses
Iran Proposes Hormuz Plan, Trump Reportedly Refuses as published by Asharq Al-Awsat · seen at Asharq Al-Awsat
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The rejection is not in doubt. LBCI carries Trump in his own words: "I reject the Iranian proposal" and "the proposal is not acceptable". Hours earlier, Asharq Al-Awsat and The Jerusalem Post had both reported it, and both attributed it to "reports".

What he rejected is in doubt. Each outlet names the offer differently:

Outlet What it calls the offer How it reports the rejection
Asharq Al-Awsat "a plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz", citing Tehran "reports indicated"
The Jerusalem Post "Iranian ceasefire proposal" "- report" in the headline
LBCI (3 headlines) a deal under which Iran would "reopen trade immediately" Trump quoted directly
Shargh does not mention the rejection —

Two signals point the other way. The Jerusalem Post's headline says Trump "expects war to continue after midterm elections". Its first line quotes an unnamed US official describing "positive, constructive discussions with Iran through mediators". In Tehran, Shargh's currency report cites unnamed economic experts. They treat a "return to the Islamabad memorandum" as still possible.

Trump's reason. Iran wants the deal "because it is suffering heavy losses", LBCI quotes him. No report we hold checks that claim.

What is not settled - The proposal's terms. Not one report we hold publishes them. - Whether Trump expects the war to outlast the midterms. Only one headline says so, and it cites an unnamed report. - Tehran's response to the rejection. We hold no Iranian government statement on it.

What this is about. The United States and Iran are at war. Iran made an offer to end or ease it this week, and President Donald Trump has turned it down.

How it got here. Washington and Tehran have been adversaries since the 1979 revolution. The core dispute for two decades has been Iran's nuclear programme. The 2015 nuclear deal capped Iran's enrichment in return for sanctions relief. Trump withdrew the United States from it in 2018 and reimposed sanctions, and Iran then expanded its enrichment. After the Gaza war that followed the attacks of 7 October 2023, Israel and Iran moved from a shadow conflict to direct strikes. In June 2025 Israel struck Iran and the United States bombed Iranian nuclear sites. The present US–Iran war has run for nearly seven months and is at a stalemate, Asharq Al-Awsat reports.

The strait. The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow channel between Iran and Oman. Gulf oil and gas pass through it to the world. Asharq Al-Awsat calls it "key to the world's oil supply" and "central to the conflict". Its closure is why the war matters far beyond the two countries.

The actors. Trump decides Washington's terms. Steve Witkoff is his envoy. Abbas Araghchi is Iran's foreign minister. The two met on Tuesday at the UN General Assembly in New York, Asharq Al-Awsat reports. Mediators carry messages between the two sides, a US official told The Jerusalem Post. None of the reports says who the mediators are.

What is at stake. If a deal reopens the strait and trade, the war could wind down. Without one, the stalemate continues. Iran's currency, the rial, rises and falls with each piece of news about the talks, Shargh's market report shows.

Where it stands. Trump has rejected this offer. A US official says the talks through mediators go on, including on nuclear issues. Shargh refers to an "Islamabad memorandum" as a possible way back. None of the reports we hold explains what that memorandum contains.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • What Iran actually offered: a Hormuz reopening, a ceasefire or a trade deal
  • Whether talks through mediators continue after the rejection
  • Trump's claim that Iran is suffering heavy losses
  • How the news moves the dollar rate in Tehran
What each outlet says Trump rejectedSide by side
OutletWhat the offer wasHow the rejection is reportedHedged?
Asharq Al-Awsat"a plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz" (per Tehran)"reports indicated" Trump rejected itYes
The Jerusalem Post"Iranian ceasefire proposal"headline ends "- report"Yes
LBCIa deal to "reopen trade immediately"Trump: "I reject the Iranian proposal"No — Trump quoted
Sharghtalks and a possible "return to the Islamabad memorandum"not mentioned—
None of the reports we hold publishes the proposal's terms.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Proposes Hormuz Plan, Trump Reportedly Refuses 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 Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire proposal, expects war to continue after midterm elections - 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 ترامب: أرفض اتفاقا تريد إيران بموجبه إعادة فتح التجارة فورا لأنها تتكبد خسائر كبيرة 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 ترامب: أرفض المقترح الإيراني Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent پیش‌ بینی قیمت دلار یکشنبه ۵ مهر ۱۴۰۵ / احتمال حرکت قیمت دلار به سمت ۲۳۳ تا ۲۳۵ هزار تومان 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 →
How 26 September's reports arrivedTimeline
  1. 2026-09-22— no time published Araghchi and Witkoff Iran's foreign minister and Trump's envoy meet in New York during the UN General AssemblyAsharq Al-Awsat
  2. 2026-09-2603:40 UTC The Jerusalem Post publication time The Jerusalem Post Trump rejects a "ceasefire proposal" and expects war after the midterms, citing a reportUS official: "positive, constructive discussions"
  3. 2026-09-2604:46 UTC Asharq Al-Awsat publication time Asharq Al-Awsat Iran offers a Hormuz plan; "reports indicated" Trump refused
  4. 2026-09-2613:11 UTC Shargh publication time Shargh Dollar forecast depends on a possible return to the Islamabad memorandum 230,000–235,000 tomanno mention of the rejection
  5. 2026-09-2613:50 UTC LBCI publication time Trump, via LBCI "I reject the Iranian proposal"
  6. 2026-09-2613:54 UTC LBCI publication time Trump, via LBCI Iran wants to reopen trade immediately "because it is suffering heavy losses"; the proposal "is not acceptable"
Times are publication times. Trump's own words reached us about ten hours after the first reports of the rejection.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire proposal, expects war to continue after midterm elections - 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 → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Proposes Hormuz Plan, Trump Reportedly Refuses 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 پیش‌ بینی قیمت دلار یکشنبه ۵ مهر ۱۴۰۵ / احتمال حرکت قیمت دلار به سمت ۲۳۳ تا ۲۳۵ هزار تومان 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: أرفض المقترح الإيراني 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 ترامب: أرفض اتفاقا تريد إيران بموجبه إعادة فتح التجارة فورا لأنها تتكبد خسائر كبيرة 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 ترامب: إيران تريد اتفاقا وأنا أحب عقد الاتفاقات أيضا لكن الاقتراح غير مقبول Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One proposal, three descriptions

One report calls it a plan to reopen Hormuz. Another calls it a ceasefire proposal, and Trump's own words call it an immediate reopening of trade. None of the reports we hold publishes the proposal's terms.

1 reports calling it a Hormuz plan 1 reports calling it a ceasefire proposal 1 reports carrying Trump's 'reopen trade' wording 0 reports publishing the proposal's terms
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Proposes Hormuz Plan, Trump Reportedly Refuses 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 Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire proposal, expects war to continue after midterm elections - 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 ترامب: إيران تريد اتفاقا وأنا أحب عقد الاتفاقات أيضا لكن الاقتراح غير مقبول 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 ترامب: أرفض اتفاقا تريد إيران بموجبه إعادة فتح التجارة فورا لأنها تتكبد خسائر كبيرة 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 ترامب: أرفض المقترح الإيراني Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent پیش‌ بینی قیمت دلار یکشنبه ۵ مهر ۱۴۰۵ / احتمال حرکت قیمت دلار به سمت ۲۳۳ تا ۲۳۵ هزار تومان 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true Donald Trump rejected Iran's latest proposal.
Three LBCI headlines quote Trump directly: 'I reject the Iranian proposal' and 'the proposal is not acceptable'. Asharq Al-Awsat and The Jerusalem Post had earlier reported the rejection, citing reports.
Checked against 4 sources:
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: أرفض المقترح الإيراني 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 ترامب: إيران تريد اتفاقا وأنا أحب عقد الاتفاقات أيضا لكن الاقتراح غير مقبول 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 → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Proposes Hormuz Plan, Trump Reportedly Refuses 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 Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire proposal, expects war to continue after midterm elections - 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 →
unverified The proposal Trump rejected was a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Only Asharq Al-Awsat describes it as a Hormuz plan, citing Tehran. The Jerusalem Post calls it a 'ceasefire proposal', and LBCI quotes Trump describing a deal under which Iran would reopen trade immediately; none of the reports sets out what the proposal actually said.
Checked against 3 sources:
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Proposes Hormuz Plan, Trump Reportedly Refuses 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 Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire proposal, expects war to continue after midterm elections - 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 ترامب: أرفض اتفاقا تريد إيران بموجبه إعادة فتح التجارة فورا لأنها تتكبد خسائر كبيرة 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 Trump expects the war with Iran to continue after the US midterm elections.
Only The Jerusalem Post's headline carries this, and it attributes it to 'a report'. Its own text quotes a US official describing 'positive, constructive discussions' with Iran, and no other report we hold mentions the midterms.
Checked against 1 source:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire proposal, expects war to continue after midterm elections - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

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

Coverage, outlet by outlet

LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: إيران تريد اتفاقا وأنا أحب عقد الاتفاقات أيضا لكن الاقتراح غير مقبول 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
Trump: Iran wants a deal and "I like making deals too", but the proposal is not acceptable.
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/959846/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 ترامب: أرفض اتفاقا تريد إيران بموجبه إعادة فتح التجارة فورا لأنها تتكبد خسائر كبيرة 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
Headline only: Trump says Iran wants trade reopened immediately because it is losing heavily.
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/959845/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 ترامب: أرفض المقترح الإيراني 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
The plainest version: "I reject the Iranian proposal."
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/959844/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent پیش‌ بینی قیمت دلار یکشنبه ۵ مهر ۱۴۰۵ / احتمال حرکت قیمت دلار به سمت ۲۳۳ تا ۲۳۵ هزار تومان Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only Iranian report we hold. It does not mention the rejection. Unnamed economic experts say news of a return to the Islamabad memorandum could push the dollar down to 230,000–231,000 toman.
اقتصادی ۴ مهر ۱۴۰۵ ۱۶:۴۱ پیش‌ بینی قیمت دلار یکشنبه ۵ مهر ۱۴۰۵ / احتمال حرکت قیمت دلار به سمت ۲۳۳ تا ۲۳۵ هزار تومان کارشناسان اقتصادی می‌گویند در صورتی که اخبار مربوط به بازگشت به تفاهم‌نامه اسلام‌آباد و ادامه رایزنی‌های ایران و آمریکا تقویت شود، فشار فروش می‌تواند افزایش یابد و قیمت دلار بار دیگر به سمت محدوده ۲۳۰ تا ۲۳۱ هزار تومان حرکت کند. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، قیمت دلار در معاملات روز شنبه با کاهش هزار تومانی نسبت به آخرین معامله هفته گذشته، در محدوده ۲۳۲ هزار تومان قرار گرفت. همزمان، اخبار تازه درباره ادامه مسیر دیپلماسی و تمایل ایران به بازگشت به تفاهم‌نامه اسلام‌آباد، در کنار ابها
Omission: frames the day through the currency market and leaves out the rejection — “اخبار مربوط به بازگشت به تفاهم‌نامه اسلام‌آباد و ادامه رایزنی‌های ایران و آمریکا”
Unnamed experts: Frames the talks through the dollar rate. The source is unnamed 'economic experts'. — “کارشناسان اقتصادی می‌گویند”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1130636
A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Proposes Hormuz Plan, Trump Reportedly Refuses 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 only report that calls the offer a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It credits that to Tehran and dates the Araghchi–Witkoff meeting to Tuesday.
Iran offered a plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz, Tehran said Friday, but within hours reports indicated that US President Donald Trump rejected the proposal. The waterway key to the world's oil supply is central to the conflict between the United States and Iran, which is at a stalemate after nearly seven months. But new mediation efforts at the UN's gathering of world leaders in New York this week offered some optimism of progress toward a deal. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met for talks on Tuesday with Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, and previously set out conditions for
Hedge: the rejection is hedged as 'reports indicated'; Iran's offer is credited to Tehran — “within hours reports indicated that US President Donald Trump rejected the proposal”
Hedged rejection: The rejection is hedged as 'reports indicated'. Iran's offer is attributed directly to Tehran. — “but within hours reports indicated that US President Donald Trump rejected the proposal”
What the proposal is: Calls it a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. — “Iran offered a plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5322723
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire proposal, expects war to continue after midterm elections - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that says Trump expects the war to go on past the US midterms, citing a report. Its body quotes a US official on "positive, constructive discussions".
A US official said on Friday that the United States is having positive, constructive discussions with Iran through mediators and continues to discuss nuclear issues.
Headline vs body: the headline says flatly that the proposal was rejected, but the body leads with an upbeat unnamed US official — “A US official said on Friday that the United States is having positive, constructive discussions with Iran through mediators”
Headline vs body: The headline says Trump rejected a 'ceasefire proposal' and expects war. The lede quotes a US official describing positive talks. — “A US official said on Friday that the United States is having positive, constructive discussions with Iran”
What the proposal is: Calls it a ceasefire proposal, citing an unnamed report. — “Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire proposal, expects war to continue after midterm elections - report”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-909753
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Haaretz
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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
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
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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
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Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
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North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
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Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
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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
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
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Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
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The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
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Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
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Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
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Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
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Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
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WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
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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
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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)
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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
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Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
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Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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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