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Same Reuters report, two ledes: Al-Monitor's 'US blockade' against the Jerusalem Post's Iranian 'stranglehold' on Hormuz

Iran has been at war with the United States for seven months, and Iranians are struggling to pay for food, medicine and rent. Three reports agree on the hardship. They split on who is doing the squeezing.

Iranians stagger under soaring costs of seven months of war
Iranians stagger under soaring costs of seven months of war as published by Al-Monitor · seen at Al-Monitor
Levant & Iran Iran United States

The hardship is not in dispute. All three reports we hold say ordinary Iranians are struggling. Al-Monitor runs a Reuters report on people "unable to afford basic necessities or rent". Al Jazeera English reports shortages of food and medicine.

Who is squeezing them is in dispute. Al-Monitor and the Jerusalem Post run the same Reuters report under almost the same headline. The passage each one puts first blames a different party.

Outlet Who is named as acting Their words
Al-Monitor (Reuters) the United States "a US blockade cuts the state's financial lifeline - oil exports"
Jerusalem Post (Reuters) Iran "it tightens its own stranglehold on Gulf energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz"
Al Jazeera English no one "sanctions and blockade strain food and medicine supply chains"

Who speaks. Al-Monitor's version opens with people: an engineer priced out of Tehran, a woman who quit smoking because of the cost, and carers who cannot buy medicine. The Jerusalem Post's version asks how far the strain "may push Iran towards diplomatic compromise".

Stockpiling. Only Al Jazeera English says Iranians are stocking up. It links this to fears of new US fighting.

What is not settled - Only one report makes the Hormuz claim, so we cannot check it against the others. - No report gives a price, a shortage figure or a count of the people affected. - We hold no report from an Iranian outlet on the hardship. That is a gap in what we could read, not a silence in Iran.

What this is about. Ordinary Iranians are paying for a war between their government and the United States, and news outlets disagree on who is squeezing them.

How it got here. Iran's nuclear programme has set it against the United States and Israel for two decades. In 2015 Iran signed a deal with world powers, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. It limited the programme in return for relief from sanctions. In 2018 the United States left the deal under President Donald Trump and brought back sanctions, including on Iran's oil. The war in Gaza followed the attacks of 7 October 2023. After it began, Iran and Israel moved from a hidden conflict to striking each other directly. In June 2025 Israel and Iran fought a twelve-day war, and the United States bombed Iranian nuclear sites. The reports we hold say the current war with the United States is seven months old.

The actors. Iran's government earns much of its foreign income from oil. The reports say the United States is blockading those exports and cutting that income. Iran sits on the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow sea lane between Iran and Oman. Much of the Gulf's oil and gas passes through it on the way to the rest of the world. Whoever can close the strait can push up energy prices far beyond the region.

What is at stake. For Iranians, it is rent, medicine and food. For Washington and Tehran, it is which side's pressure forces the other to negotiate first. For everyone else, it is the price of oil and gas.

Where it stands. Al Jazeera English's headline speaks of fears of new US fighting, which suggests the fighting has paused. We hold no report on the terms of any pause or on any talks.

What is being argued about

  • Who the reports blame for Iran's hardship: the US, Iran, or no one
  • Rent, medicine and basic goods out of reach for ordinary Iranians
  • Whether economic strain pushes Iran towards a diplomatic compromise
  • Stocking up on food and medicine amid fears the fighting with the US resumes
One hardship, three accounts of who causes itSide by side
OutletWho is named as actingWhat it leads withHedged?
Al-Monitor (Reuters)the United States"a US blockade cuts the state's financial lifeline - oil exports"No — stated as fact
The Jerusalem Post (Reuters)Iran"it tightens its own stranglehold on Gulf energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz"No — stated as fact
Al Jazeera Englishno one named"sanctions and blockade strain food and medicine supply chains"No one named, so nothing to hedge
Two of the three reports carry the same Reuters story. The framing is measured from each outlet's published text. It is not a rating of any outlet.
Sources Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iranians stagger under soaring costs of seven months of war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranians stagger under soaring cost of living after seven months of war with the US 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 → Al Jazeera English
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Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iranians stock up on food and medicine as fears of new US fighting grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 →
Three reports in 74 minutesTimeline
  1. 2026-09-2912:32 published time, UTC Al Jazeera English Iranians stock up on food and medicine as fears of new US fighting grownames no one behind the blockade
  2. 2026-09-2913:35 published time, UTC The Jerusalem Post Runs the Reuters report, leading with Iran's 'stranglehold' on HormuzIran named as acting
  3. 2026-09-2913:46 published time, UTC Al-Monitor Runs the same Reuters report, leading with the US blockade on oil exportsUS named as acting
Times are the publication times the outlets list, in UTC.
Sources Al Jazeera English
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Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iranians stock up on food and medicine as fears of new US fighting grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranians stagger under soaring cost of living after seven months of war with the US 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 → Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iranians stagger under soaring costs of seven months of war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Same wire story, two different ledes

Two reports carry nearly the same headline and the same wire photograph. One leads with a US blockade cutting Iran's oil income and with ordinary people who cannot pay rent. The other leads with Iran's own stranglehold on Gulf energy and asks whether hardship will push Iran to compromise.

1 reports naming the US as imposing the blockade 1 reports leading with Iran's own squeeze on Hormuz 1 reports naming nobody behind the blockade 3 reports held on the event
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iranians stagger under soaring costs of seven months of war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranians stagger under soaring cost of living after seven months of war with the US 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 → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iranians stock up on food and medicine as fears of new US fighting grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true The US blockade is squeezing ordinary Iranians, making basic necessities, medicine and rent harder to afford.
The Reuters report, carried by both Al-Monitor and the Jerusalem Post, describes people unable to afford necessities as the blockade cuts oil revenue. Al Jazeera separately reports shortages as sanctions and the blockade strain food and medicine supply.
Checked against 3 sources:
Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iranians stagger under soaring costs of seven months of war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranians stagger under soaring cost of living after seven months of war with the US 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 → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iranians stock up on food and medicine as fears of new US fighting grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 →
unverified Iran is tightening its own stranglehold on Gulf energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, pushing up oil and gas prices.
This line comes only from the Reuters report as the Jerusalem Post carries it. Neither Al-Monitor's version nor Al Jazeera's report makes the claim.
Checked against 1 source:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranians stagger under soaring cost of living after seven months of war with the US 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 Iranians are stocking up on food and medicine because they fear the fighting with the US will start again.
Only Al Jazeera reports the stockpiling and the fear behind it. The Reuters report describes hardship but not people stocking up.
Checked against 2 sources:
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iranians stock up on food and medicine as fears of new US fighting grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iranians stagger under soaring costs of seven months of war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → 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 →

Who wrote it

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

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Iranians stagger under soaring costs of seven months of war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → 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 → — independent
Al-Monitor, running Reuters, says a US blockade is cutting Iran's oil income. It opens with an engineer, a smoker and carers hit by prices.
Iranians stagger under soaring costs of seven months of war By John Davison and Emily Giles Sep 29, 2026 Add AL-MONITOR on Google People use an ATM in front of a bank in Tehran — Majid Asgaripour By John Davison and Emily Giles LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Iran's leaders may radiate bullishness in their war with the United States, but life is becoming ever tougher for ordinary citizens unable to afford basic necessities or rent as a US blockade cuts the state's financial lifeline - oil exports. From an engineer forced out of Tehran by high rent to a woman forced to stop smoking because of the p
Who is named as acting: the US is named as the one cutting Iran's income — “as a US blockade cuts the state's financial lifeline - oil exports”
Whose voice: leads with ordinary Iranians affected, not officials — “From an engineer forced out of Tehran by high rent to a woman forced to stop smoking because of the price of cigarettes and carers struggling to buy medicines”
How leaders are framed: Iran's leadership is set up against its citizens — “Iran's leaders may radiate bullishness in their war with the United States”
Who is named as acting: US blockade named as the cause of hardship — “a US blockade cuts the state's financial lifeline - oil exports”
Tone: leaders' stance described in loaded terms, not quoted — “Iran's leaders may radiate bullishness”
Whose voice: ordinary citizens given as examples — “From an engineer forced out of Tehran by high rent to a woman forced to stop smoking because of the price of cigarettes”
Read it at Al-Monitor → https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/iranians-stagger-under-soa…
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iranians stagger under soaring cost of living after seven months of war with the US 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 runs the same Reuters report but leads with Iran's own 'stranglehold' on Hormuz. It asks whether the strain will push Tehran to compromise.
Iran's leaders may radiate bullishness in their war with the United States, but life is becoming ever tougher for ordinary citizens unable to afford basic necessities or rent as a US blockade cuts the state's financial lifeline - oil exports.From an engineer forced out of Tehran by high rent to a woman forced to stop smoking because of the price of cigarettes and carers struggling to buy medicines, all areas of daily life are affected."I'm forced to sell my items with a very small and negligible profit, yet I can't close my business because then I'd be unemployed," said Behnam Riazi, a restaur
Who is named as acting: Iran is named as the one squeezing others; the lede is about leverage, not hardship — “as it tightens its own stranglehold on Gulf energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, driving up oil and gas prices”
Which measure is chosen: hardship is framed as pressure towards a diplomatic compromise — “How far economic strain may push Iran towards diplomatic compromise is unclear”
Who is named as acting: Iran named as holding the stranglehold — “it tightens its own stranglehold on Gulf energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-910063
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Iranians stock up on food and medicine as fears of new US fighting grow Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → 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 → — state-funded international
Al Jazeera English is the only one to report Iranians stocking up on food and medicine. It names no one behind the sanctions and blockade.
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No actor named: sanctions and a blockade appear with nobody named as imposing them — “as sanctions and blockade strain food and medicine supply chains”
Who is named as acting: sanctions and blockade with no party named — “sanctions and blockade strain food and medicine supply chains”
Read it at Al Jazeera English → https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/9/29/iranians-stock-up-on-food-a…
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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
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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)
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
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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 → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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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 →
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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 → 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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