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Pezeshkian tells Fox the Supreme Leader is well; An-Nahar's unnamed sources describe a disfigured face and a broken leg

Iran's president says the US must choose whether to end the war, and that Mojtaba Khamenei is healthy. Only one report we hold covers the leader's health. Iran's own outlets lead on the war and do not mention him.

US 'Must Choose' Whether to End War: Iran President to Fox News
US 'Must Choose' Whether to End War: Iran President to Fox News as published by Asharq Al-Awsat · seen at Asharq Al-Awsat
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The claim. Iran's president, Masoud Pezeshkian, told Fox News that the Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is in good health, An-Nahar reports. He said the two sat together for seven hours "about a month or more" ago. He put the leader's absence from public view down to "security reasons".

The counter-account. The same An-Nahar report cites "informed sources" it does not name. They say the leader's face was disfigured and his left leg fractured in the strikes of 28 February. An-Nahar says he has not appeared in public since March. Only written messages from him have been released.

Who carries what.

Outlet Leads with The leader's health
An-Nahar (Lebanon) Seven hours with Khamenei President's word; unnamed sources on injuries
Asharq Al-Awsat US "must choose" to end the war Not in the headline we hold
IRNA (state agency) Iran "did not start the war" Not in the text we hold
Shargh (Tehran daily) A school bombed with 168 students Not in the text we hold
Tehran Times The speech as a "political battlefield" Not in the text we hold

Whose war. In An-Nahar's account, Pezeshkian told Fox the war was imposed "with Israel's incitement". IRNA's version reads only "they imposed the war on us", with no actor named.

Not settled. The leader's condition rests on one named source, the president, and on sources nobody names. No report we hold shows him. No report quotes a US official in reply.

This story is about how Iran's leadership says the war with the United States and Israel could end, and about who is actually running Iran.

How it got here. Iran has been an Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution. The Supreme Leader holds final authority: he commands the armed forces and has the last word on foreign policy and the nuclear programme. The elected president runs the government beneath him. Ali Khamenei held the office from 1989.

Iran's nuclear programme has set it against the United States and Israel for two decades. A 2015 deal capped the programme in exchange for lifting sanctions. The United States left that deal in 2018, in Donald Trump's first term. Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, and the Gaza war followed. Israel and Iran then struck each other directly in 2024. In June 2025 Israel bombed Iran and the United States struck Iranian nuclear sites.

An-Nahar reports that Israel and the United States launched air strikes on Tehran on 28 February 2026, killing Ali Khamenei. His son Mojtaba was named Supreme Leader in March. A ceasefire was later signed and then collapsed. Pezeshkian says the other side broke it within two weeks.

The actors. Pezeshkian was elected president in 2024. He speaks for the government, but without the Supreme Leader's authority. Trump, now in his second term, has acknowledged talks with Iran, An-Nahar reports. Israel is the other party to the war. The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow sea lane out of the Gulf, and much of the world's oil passes through it. Pezeshkian says Iran had not closed it.

What is at stake. Whether the war ends in a deal or goes on. And whether Iran's highest office is held by a man its public cannot see.

Where it stands. Pezeshkian addressed the UN General Assembly on 23 September. Fox News aired his interview on 24 September. No report we hold says the talks have produced terms.

What is being argued about

  • Whether Mojtaba Khamenei is well enough to lead, and why he has not been seen
  • Pezeshkian's line that the US must choose whether to end the war
  • Who Iran's own outlets say started the war, and whether they name them
  • How Iranian outlets framed the UN speech
Six reports, and what each leads withSide by side
OutletWhat it leads withMentions the new Supreme Leader?
An-NaharSeven hours with Khamenei; he is "in good health"Yes: the president's word, and unnamed sources
Asharq Al-AwsatUS "must choose" whether to end the warNot in the headline we hold
IRNAIran "did not start the war"Not in the text we hold
SharghHormuz was open; a school bombed with 168 studentsOnly the late leader, as killed
IRNA (Kermanshah)Cleric calls the speech "historic"No
Tehran TimesSpeech as a "political battlefield"No
We hold only the opening lines of the IRNA and Shargh reports, and only Asharq Al-Awsat's headline.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent 7 ساعات بين بزشكيان وخامنئي... سرّ غياب المرشد الإيراني عن العلن 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 · US 'Must Choose' Whether to End War: Iran President to Fox News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled رئیس‌جمهور: فشار برای وادار کردن ایران به تسلیم، بی‌نتیجه است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent پزشکیان: ایران آغازگر جنگ نبوده و نخواهد بود/ در برابر حمله با قدرت دفاع می‌کنیم 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 → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled رئیس جمهور با اظهارات خود در سازمان ملل یک حرکت تاریخی را در تاریخ انقلاب اسلامی رقم زد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled Lebanon’s silenced voice Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Tehran Times → 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 →
From the strikes to the Fox interviewTimeline
  1. 2026-02-28— no time published Israel and the United States Air strikes on Tehran kill Ali Khamenei and injure his son, An-Nahar reportsInjuries on unnamed sources
  2. 2026-03— no time published Iran Mojtaba Khamenei named Supreme Leader; not seen in public since, An-Nahar says
  3. 2026-09-23— no time published Pezeshkian Addresses the 81st UN General AssemblyTehran Times
  4. 2026-09-24— no time published Pezeshkian Tells Fox News the US must choose whether to end the war, and that the leader is well 7 hours with the leaderAn-Nahar
  5. 2026-09-2508:03 Asharq Al-Awsat publication time (UTC) Asharq Al-Awsat US "must choose" headline
  6. 2026-09-2513:11 An-Nahar publication time (UTC) An-Nahar Seven hours with Khamenei; unnamed sources on his injuries
  7. 2026-09-2513:23 Shargh publication time (UTC) Shargh A school bombed with 168 students, Pezeshkian says 168 students
Dates before September come from An-Nahar alone.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent 7 ساعات بين بزشكيان وخامنئي... سرّ غياب المرشد الإيراني عن العلن 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 · US 'Must Choose' Whether to End War: Iran President to Fox News 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 پزشکیان: ایران آغازگر جنگ نبوده و نخواهد بود/ در برابر حمله با قدرت دفاع می‌کنیم 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 → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled Lebanon’s silenced voice Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Tehran Times → 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

The leader's health rests on one man's word

One report covers the new Supreme Leader's health. It gives the president's word that he is well, and unnamed sources for his injuries. Nobody named outside the government speaks to either.

1 reports on the Supreme Leader's health 0 named sources on his injuries

Only one side speaks

Three reports carry only Iranian officials or clerics speaking about the speech. One piece praises it in its own voice. No report quotes a US official.

3 reports with only Iranian official voices 1 reports praising the speech in their own voice 0 reports quoting a US official
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 · US 'Must Choose' Whether to End War: Iran President to Fox News 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 7 ساعات بين بزشكيان وخامنئي... سرّ غياب المرشد الإيراني عن العلن 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 → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled رئیس‌جمهور: فشار برای وادار کردن ایران به تسلیم، بی‌نتیجه است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent پزشکیان: ایران آغازگر جنگ نبوده و نخواهد بود/ در برابر حمله با قدرت دفاع می‌کنیم 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 → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled رئیس جمهور با اظهارات خود در سازمان ملل یک حرکت تاریخی را در تاریخ انقلاب اسلامی رقم زد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled Lebanon’s silenced voice Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Tehran Times → 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true Pezeshkian told Fox News it is up to the United States to choose whether to end the war.
Asharq Al-Awsat's headline and An-Nahar's text both carry this line from the broadcast interview. An-Nahar quotes it in full: 'America is the one that must choose whether it wants to end this.'
Checked against 2 sources:
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · US 'Must Choose' Whether to End War: Iran President to Fox News 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 7 ساعات بين بزشكيان وخامنئي... سرّ غياب المرشد الإيراني عن العلن 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 →
unverified Pezeshkian says Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is in good health and met him for seven hours about a month ago.
Only An-Nahar reports this part of the Fox News interview. Nothing we hold independently establishes the Supreme Leader's condition.
Checked against 1 source:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent 7 ساعات بين بزشكيان وخامنئي... سرّ غياب المرشد الإيراني عن العلن 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 →
unverified Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared in public since he was appointed in March.
An-Nahar states it and says the authorities have released only written messages from him. Pezeshkian, as quoted in the same report, attributes the absence to security reasons, and no other report we hold addresses it.
Checked against 1 source:
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent 7 ساعات بين بزشكيان وخامنئي... سرّ غياب المرشد الإيراني عن العلن 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

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

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled Lebanon’s silenced voice Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Tehran Times → 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 → — state-controlled
Casts the speech, in the paper's own voice, as a "political battlefield" against Washington's and Israel's account.
By Sondoss Al Asaad Lebanon’s silenced voice International September 25, 2026 - 17:13 Diplomacy in Lebanon is growing quieter in the face of relentless Israeli aggression BEIRUT—On September 23, President Masoud Pezeshkian seized the 81st session of the UN General Assembly not as a ceremonial platform, but as a political battlefield, directly confronting the narrative presented by Washington and Israel. Whatever one’s political position toward Iran, the significance of the scene was unmistakable: Tehran understood that international diplomacy is also a battle over narrative, visibility and pol
Reporter voice praise: The piece praises the speech in its own voice, with no attribution — “seized the 81st session of the UN General Assembly not as a ceremonial platform, but as a political battlefield”
Praise in the report's own voice: The report describes the speech as a confrontation of a rival narrative, in its own voice. — “seized the 81st session of the UN General Assembly not as a ceremonial platform, but as a political battlefield”
Read it at Tehran Times → https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530397/Lebanon-s-silenced-voice
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent پزشکیان: ایران آغازگر جنگ نبوده و نخواهد بود/ در برابر حمله با قدرت دفاع می‌کنیم 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
Pezeshkian says Iran had not closed the Strait of Hormuz, and that a school was bombed with 168 students inside.
سیاست ۳ مهر ۱۴۰۵ ۱۶:۵۳ پزشکیان: ایران آغازگر جنگ نبوده و نخواهد بود/ در برابر حمله با قدرت دفاع می‌کنیم رئیس جمهوری گفت: ما تنگه هرمز را نبسته بودیم؛ تنگه هرمز باز بود. بدون هیچ دلیل قانونی به ما حمله کردند، رهبر ما، فرماندهان و دانشمندان ما را شهید کردند و مدرسه بچه‌های ما را با ۱۶۸ دانش‌آموز بمباران کردند. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، رئیس جمهور در گفت وگو با شبکه تلویزیونی فاکس نیوز اعلام کرد: ما جنگ را انتخاب نکردیم؛ جنگ را بر ما تحمیل کردند. ما به دنبال جنگ نیستیم، اما هر وقت به ما حمله می‌کنند، مجبوریم از خودمان دفاع کنیم. آغازگر جنگ نبودیم و آغازگر جنگ نخواهیم بود، ولی اگر بخواهند با ما
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1130418
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled رئیس جمهور با اظهارات خود در سازمان ملل یک حرکت تاریخی را در تاریخ انقلاب اسلامی رقم زد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-controlled
Kermanshah's Friday prayer leader calls the UN speech "historic" in the history of the Islamic Revolution.
کرمانشاه- ایرنا- نماینده ولی فقیه در استان و امام جمعه کرمانشاه با اشاره به سخنرانی رییس جمهور در مجمع عمومی سازمان ملل گفت: رییس جمهور محترم در مجمع عمومی سازمان ملل یک حرکت تاریخی را در تاریخ انقلاب اسلامی رقم زد.
Praise only: The only voice is a cleric calling the speech historic — “یک حرکت تاریخی را در تاریخ انقلاب اسلامی رقم زد”
Praise carried: A state agency carries a cleric's view that the speech was historic, with no other view beside it. — “یک حرکت تاریخی را در تاریخ انقلاب اسلامی رقم زد”
Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → https://www.irna.ir/news/86274188/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%85…
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled رئیس‌جمهور: فشار برای وادار کردن ایران به تسلیم، بی‌نتیجه است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-controlled
Iran "did not start the war and will not"; pressure to force surrender "will not succeed". It names no attacker.
تهران- ایرنا- رئیس جمهور با تأکید بر اینکه ایران آغازگر جنگ نبوده و نخواهد بود، گفت: ما جنگ را انتخاب نکردیم؛ جنگ را بر ما تحمیل کردند. به دنبال جنگ نیستیم، اما هر وقت به ما حمله کنند، از خودمان دفاع می‌کنیم و اگر بخواهند با ما بجنگند، با قدرت پاسخ خواهیم داد. فشار برای وادار کردن ما به تسلیم، خارج از چارچوب قوانین بین‌المللی، به نتیجه نخواهد رسید.
No actor named: 'They imposed the war on us'. The president does not name who — “جنگ را بر ما تحمیل کردند”
No actor named: The president says war was 'imposed on us' but does not say by whom. — “جنگ را بر ما تحمیل کردند”
Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → https://www.irna.ir/news/86274198/%D9%BE%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%…
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent 7 ساعات بين بزشكيان وخامنئي... سرّ غياب المرشد الإيراني عن العلن 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
The only report on the leader's health: the seven-hour meeting, the president's reasons for his absence, and unnamed sources on his injuries.
كرر الرئيس الإيراني مسعود بزشكيان التأكيد أن المرشد الإيراني مجتبى خامنئي الذي أصيب أثناء الحرب الأميركية الإسرائيلية على إيران، بصحة جيدة ويتابع شؤون البلاد.جلسة الـ7 ساعاتكما أوضح بزشكيان في مقابلة مع شبكة فوكس نيوز بثت مساء أمس الخميس، أنه التقى نجل المرشد الراحل علي خامنئي وخلفه قبل نحو شهر أو أكثر، وجلسا معاً لمدة 7 ساعات.كذلك أكد أن المرشد وإن كان لا يتابع التفاصيل الإدارية التنفيذية اليومية، لكنه يعطي التوجيهات في إدارة الشؤون السياسية للبلاد.أما عند سؤاله عن سبب غيابه عن الأنظار والظهور علناً لمخاطبة الإيرانيين أو حتى قادة الدول الغربية، فأوضح الرئيس الإيراني أن الأمر يعود لأسباب أمني
War framed flat: The report calls it 'the American-Israeli war on Iran' in its own voice — “الذي أصيب أثناء الحرب الأميركية الإسرائيلية على إيران”
Unnamed sources: The Supreme Leader's injuries rest on unnamed 'informed sources' — “ما أدى إلى تشوه في ملامح وجهه، وكسور في ساقه اليسرى، وفق ما أكدت مصادر مطلعة سابقاً”
Loaded verb: The late Supreme Leader was 'assassinated', a word the report uses in its own voice — “خلفاً لوالده الذي اغتيل بغارات على العاصمة طهران”
Injuries from unnamed sources: The Supreme Leader's injuries are reported on the word of 'informed sources', who are not named. — “وفق ما أكدت مصادر مطلعة سابقاً”
No actor named: The report says the late Supreme Leader was 'assassinated' in strikes. That clause does not say who carried them out. — “خلفاً لوالده الذي اغتيل بغارات على العاصمة طهران”
War named in the report's own voice: The report calls it 'the American-Israeli war on Iran' in its own voice. — “الحرب الأميركية الإسرائيلية على إيران”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/iran/351229/7-ساعات-بين-بزشكيان-و…
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · US 'Must Choose' Whether to End War: Iran President to Fox News Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Headline only: the US "must choose" whether to end the war, from the Fox News interview.
It is for the United States to choose whether to end its war in Iran as Tehran does not wish to continue fighting, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Fox News in an interview aired Thursday. Pezeshkian took a defiant stand at the UN Wednesday, for which he travelled to New York, telling the world that Iran would not "bend at the knee" to Washington -- even as US President Donald Trump acknowledged ongoing US-Iran talks. "When we can resolve issues through dialogue, we shouldn't resort to killing one another. But with the instigations conducted by Israel, they have imposed this war on us,
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5322418
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Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → 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.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Centre estimate · not a score
Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
Centre estimate · not a score
The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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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