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Trump says America controls Hormuz, Asharq Al-Awsat says Iran has it blockaded, Bahrain says it will not sit down

Iran and Gulf states meet in Oman on Monday over the Strait of Hormuz. Four reports carry Bahrain's refusal to attend, two call the waterway blockaded in the outlet's own voice, and none carries Iran's account of the closure.

No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says
No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says as published by Al-Monitor · seen at Al-Monitor
Levant & Iran Iran Oman Bahrain United States

The meeting. Iran's foreign ministry says it will meet Gulf states in Oman on Monday over the Strait of Hormuz, Asharq Al-Awsat reports, with "Iraq and other littoral Persian Gulf states" attending. Al-Monitor carries a senior Iranian official, unnamed, saying Monday will not produce a signed agreement. Oman holds the opposite bank and says other Gulf states back its track.

Bahrain. Four reports carry the Bahraini foreign ministry: the kingdom will join no collective meeting with Iran before diplomatic relations resume, and told Muscat so through official channels. It cites the attack on Saudi Arabia's east–west oil pipeline without naming whom it accuses, and says any navigation arrangement must rest on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Who holds the water.

Who On the strait In whose voice
Trump, in LBCI the US controls Hormuz and has cleared its sea mines his words as the whole headline, nothing against them
Trump, in Shargh the same words marked "he claimed", and called impudent
Asharq Al-Awsat "which the Islamic republic has blockaded" the outlet's own, unattributed
Al-Monitor "the blockaded waterway" the outlet's own, unattributed
Pezeshkian, in Asharq Al-Awsat the region needs no "regional policeman" a plain "said"

Not settled. Who holds the waterway. Whether Monday puts anything on paper: the only account of the outcome is one unnamed Iranian official. No report we hold gives Iran's account of the closure or its terms, and none carries a denial. Nobody publishes an agenda.

What this is about. Who controls the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow sea lane out of the Persian Gulf, during a war between Iran on one side and the United States and Israel on the other.

How it got here. - Iran and Israel have been enemies since Iran's 1979 revolution. After the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 and the war in Gaza that followed, the two states struck each other directly for the first time, in April and October 2024. - In June 2025 they fought a short war, and the United States bombed Iranian nuclear sites. - On 28 February 2026, US-Israeli strikes killed Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, Asharq Al-Awsat reports. Iran has been at war since then and has struck back across the region. - Since then, who holds the strait has been in dispute. For months Iran has been negotiating with Oman over a deal on passage through it, Al-Monitor reports.

Who is involved, and why. - Iran holds the northern shore. Its president, Masoud Pezeshkian, took office in 2024. - Oman holds the southern shore. It has long carried messages between Iran and the West. - The United States, under President Donald Trump, is at war with Iran. Its navy's Fifth Fleet is based in Bahrain. - Bahrain cut diplomatic ties with Iran in 2016, after a crowd stormed Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran. - Saudi Arabia's east–west pipeline carries oil to the Red Sea, bypassing Hormuz. Drones hit it this month. Riyadh says they came from Iraq, and nobody has claimed the attack. - Iraq exports its oil through the Gulf and is invited to Monday's meeting.

What is at stake. - Oil and trade. Much of the Gulf's oil and gas has no other route out. Trump says oil prices will fall once the war ends. - The law. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea guarantees ships passage through straits like this one. Iran signed it but never ratified it. The United States never joined it. - Who guards the Gulf. Iran says the countries of the region should do it. The United States has kept a navy there for decades.

Where it stands. Iran and some Gulf states meet in Oman on Monday. Bahrain will not attend. An unnamed Iranian official told Al-Monitor that nothing will be signed. Trump says the war will end after the US midterm elections in November.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Monday's Iran–Gulf meeting in Oman on transit through the Strait of Hormuz, and what it is expected to produce
  • Bahrain's refusal to join any collective meeting with Iran before diplomatic relations are restored
  • Trump's claim that the United States controls the strait and has cleared its sea mines, and how differently outlets attribute it
  • What the closure is doing to oil prices and, by Shargh's account, to the Tehran exchange rate
Who holds the Strait of Hormuz, outlet by outletSide by side
OutletWhat it saidAttributed or flat?
LBCITrump: we control Hormuz and have removed its sea minesAttributed to him — and run as the whole headline, with no counter
SharghTrump says the same, and that Iran cannot get a nuclear weaponAttributed and marked: "he claimed", called impudent; the pipeline accusation called baseless
Asharq Al-Awsat"the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which the Islamic republic has blockaded"Flat — the outlet's own voice, in a sentence that attributes everything else to Iran's ministry
Al-Monitor"a signed agreement over the blockaded waterway" is not expectedFlat on the blockade; the outcome attributed to a senior Iranian official who is not named
Asharq Al-AwsatPezeshkian: "We do not need a regional policeman"Attributed with a plain "said", no marker
An-NaharBahrain: no collective meeting with Iran before relations resumeAttributed to the foreign ministry statement throughout
Framing measured from the published text, with the quote attached. Not a rating of any outlet.
Sources LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: نتحكم بمضيق هرمز ونسيطر عليه وقمنا بإزالة الألغام البحرية منه 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 ترامپ درباره تنگه هرمز: همه‌چیز به‌خوبی پیش خواهد رفت/ آمریکا کنترل اوضاع را در دست دارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Says to Discuss Hormuz with Gulf States in Oman on Monday 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 → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says 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 → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Pezeshkian Says Middle East Has No Need for US 'Policeman' 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 البحرين: لن نشارك في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز 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 →
Saturday, in order of publicationTimeline
  1. Fri 11 Sep15:14 printed on the report (UTC) Asharq Al-Awsat carries Iran's foreign ministry announcing Monday's meeting in Omanand calls the strait one Iran has blockaded
  2. Sat 12 Sep05:11 printed on the report (UTC) Al-Modon puts Hormuz on the BRICS summit table and carries Bahrain's refusal
  3. Sat 12 Sep10:16 printed on the report (UTC) Asharq Al-Awsat reports Trump in Dublin saying the war ends after the November midterms"oil prices will come tumbling down"
  4. Sat 12 Sep10:43 printed on the report (UTC) Asharq Al-Awsat reports Pezeshkian at the BRICS summit: the region needs no "regional policeman"
  5. Sat 12 Sep11:22 printed on the report (UTC) LBCI headlines Trump's claim to control Hormuz and to have cleared its minesnothing set against it
  6. Sat 12 Sep11:58 printed on the report (UTC) Shargh carries the same remarks as claims, calling the strait assertion impudent
  7. Sat 12 Sep12:43 printed on the report (UTC) Shargh writes that the Tehran dollar rate is waiting on Monday's meeting
  8. Sat 12 Sep12:49 printed on the report (UTC) LBCI carries, via Bahrain's official news agency, that Bahrain will attend no meeting with Iran until relations are restored
  9. Sat 12 Sep13:11 printed on the report (UTC) An-Nahar carries the Bahraini foreign ministry statement in full, with its conditions
  10. Sat 12 Sep13:46 printed on the report (UTC) Al-Monitor carries a senior Iranian official saying Monday will bring no signed agreement
  11. Mon 14 Sep— no time published Iran, Iraq and Gulf states are due to meet in Oman on the straitBahrain has said it will not be there
Times are those printed on each report, in UTC.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Says to Discuss Hormuz with Gulf States in Oman on Monday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · هرمز على طاولة قمة بريكس..والبحرين ترفض عقد أي لقاء مع إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 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 · Trump Says Iran War Will End after US Midterm Elections Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Pezeshkian Says Middle East Has No Need for US 'Policeman' 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: نتحكم بمضيق هرمز ونسيطر عليه وقمنا بإزالة الألغام البحرية منه 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 ترامپ درباره تنگه هرمز: همه‌چیز به‌خوبی پیش خواهد رفت/ آمریکا کنترل اوضاع را در دست دارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent پیش بینی قیمت دلار یکشنبه ۲۲ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ /دلار در انتظار نتیجه نشست دوشنبه هرمز ماند 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 وكالة الأنباء الرسمية: البحرين لن تشارك في أي اجتماع مع إيران لحين استعادة العلاقات الدبلوماسية بين البلدين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent البحرين: لن نشارك في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز 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 → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says 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 →
What the eleven reports we hold do and do not carryChart
A count of what was measured in the text, not a judgement of any outlet.
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent البحرين: لن نشارك في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent البحرين تعلن عدم مشاركتها في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة الأنباء الرسمية: البحرين لن تشارك في أي اجتماع مع إيران لحين استعادة العلاقات الدبلوماسية بين البلدين 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 Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · هرمز على طاولة قمة بريكس..والبحرين ترفض عقد أي لقاء مع إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 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: نتحكم بمضيق هرمز ونسيطر عليه وقمنا بإزالة الألغام البحرية منه 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 ترامپ درباره تنگه هرمز: همه‌چیز به‌خوبی پیش خواهد رفت/ آمریکا کنترل اوضاع را در دست دارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Trump Says Iran War Will End after US Midterm Elections Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Says to Discuss Hormuz with Gulf States in Oman on Monday 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 → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says 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 → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Pezeshkian Says Middle East Has No Need for US 'Policeman' 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 ۲۲ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ /دلار در انتظار نتیجه نشست دوشنبه هرمز ماند Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Blockaded — in whose voice?

Two reports state in their own voice that Iran has blockaded the strait, neither attributing it to anyone. No report carries an Iranian account of the closure, its terms or its purpose, and none carries a denial. Four reports carry Bahrain's refusal to sit at the table, all of them from the same statement.

2 reports calling the strait blockaded, unattributed 0 reports carrying an Iranian account of the closure 4 reports carrying Bahrain's refusal

Said, or claimed

One report marks every Trump sentence as a claim and adds "insolent" and "baseless" in its own voice. Two reports give Iran's president a plain "said" with no such marker attached. A third runs Trump's claim to control the strait as a bare headline with nothing against it.

1 reports marking Trump's words as claims 2 reports using a plain "said" for Iran's president 1 reports carrying his strait claim with no counter
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 No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says 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 → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Says to Discuss Hormuz with Gulf States in Oman on Monday 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
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent البحرين: لن نشارك في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent البحرين تعلن عدم مشاركتها في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز 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)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة الأنباء الرسمية: البحرين لن تشارك في أي اجتماع مع إيران لحين استعادة العلاقات الدبلوماسية بين البلدين 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 Al-Modon
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Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · هرمز على طاولة قمة بريكس..والبحرين ترفض عقد أي لقاء مع إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent پیش بینی قیمت دلار یکشنبه ۲۲ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ /دلار در انتظار نتیجه نشست دوشنبه هرمز ماند 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)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: نتحكم بمضيق هرمز ونسيطر عليه وقمنا بإزالة الألغام البحرية منه 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
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent ترامپ درباره تنگه هرمز: همه‌چیز به‌خوبی پیش خواهد رفت/ آمریکا کنترل اوضاع را در دست دارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Trump Says Iran War Will End after US Midterm Elections Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Pezeshkian Says Middle East Has No Need for US 'Policeman' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true Iran and Gulf states are due to meet in Oman on Monday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz.
Asharq Al-Awsat carries Iran's foreign ministry announcing the meeting and Al-Monitor a senior Iranian official on it; Bahrain's refusal to attend, reported by An-Nahar and LBCI, confirms the meeting is scheduled from a non-Iranian source.
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A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Says to Discuss Hormuz with Gulf States in Oman on Monday 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 → Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says 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 → An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent البحرين: لن نشارك في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent البحرين تعلن عدم مشاركتها في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز 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 →
true Bahrain will not attend the Oman meeting, and will join no collective meeting with Iran before diplomatic relations are restored.
An-Nahar quotes the Bahraini foreign ministry statement at length and LBCI reports it twice, once via the official news agency; Al-Modon carries the same refusal.
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An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent البحرين: لن نشارك في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent البحرين تعلن عدم مشاركتها في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز 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)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة الأنباء الرسمية: البحرين لن تشارك في أي اجتماع مع إيران لحين استعادة العلاقات الدبلوماسية بين البلدين 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 Al-Modon
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Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · هرمز على طاولة قمة بريكس..والبحرين ترفض عقد أي لقاء مع إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed The United States controls the Strait of Hormuz and has cleared its naval mines.
LBCI and Shargh report Trump saying it, and Shargh disputes it in the same report. Asharq Al-Awsat and Al-Monitor describe the strait as blockaded by Iran and its control as contested between the two states.
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: نتحكم بمضيق هرمز ونسيطر عليه وقمنا بإزالة الألغام البحرية منه 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
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent ترامپ درباره تنگه هرمز: همه‌چیز به‌خوبی پیش خواهد رفت/ آمریکا کنترل اوضاع را در دست دارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Says to Discuss Hormuz with Gulf States in Oman on Monday 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 → Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says 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 →

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Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter.×1
Army wording attributed The report attributes the description of the soldiers' deaths as an 'operational incident' to the army.×1
Asserted not attributed pressure on Abu Dhabi presented as revealed, not claimed×1
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Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says 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
The only report on what Monday will produce: a senior Iranian official, unnamed, says no signed agreement is expected. It is also the only one to say Oman controls the opposite bank and has negotiated with Iran for
No signed Hormuz deal expected yet from Oman meeting on Monday, Iranian official says Sep 12, 2026 Add AL-MONITOR on Google Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam — Stringer Sept 12 (Reuters) - A meeting between Iran and Gulf states planned for Monday in Oman will be a chance to discuss issues including the Strait of Hormuz, but is not expected to yield a signed agreement over the blockaded waterway, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. Iran has been negotiating for months with Oman, which controls the opposite bank of the strait, over a deal that would govern transport
Stated flat: "the blockaded waterway" runs unattributed while the news itself rests on a senior official who is not named — “is not expected to yield a signed agreement over the blockaded waterway, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday”
Anonymous official carries the whole story: the outcome of Monday is one unnamed senior Iranian official — “is not expected to yield a signed agreement over the blockaded waterway, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday”
Read it at Al-Monitor → https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/no-signed-hormuz-deal-expe…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent البحرين تعلن عدم مشاركتها في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز 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
Puts the refusal against the meeting itself — Monday, in Oman, between Iran and the Gulf states.
أعلنت البحرين عدم مشاركتها في الاجتماع المقرر عقده في سلطنة عمان الاثنين بين إيران ودول الخليج في...
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/world/957270/title/ar?src=rss&utm_source=T…
An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent البحرين: لن نشارك في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز 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
Carries Bahrain's refusal at length: the position was passed to Muscat through official channels, the attack on Saudi Arabia's east–west oil pipeline is cited as proof the risks stand, and any Hormuz arrangement must
أعلنت وزارة الخارجية البحرينية، اليوم السبت، أنّ المملكة لن تشارك في الاجتماع الخليجي مع إيران بشأن مضيق هرمز، مؤكدةً أنها لن تكون طرفاً في أي اجتماع جماعي يضم إيران قبل عودة العلاقات الديبلوماسية بين البلدين.وأوضحت الوزارة أنّ هذا الموقف سبق إبلاغه إلى سلطنة عُمان عبر القنوات الرسمية، مشددةً على أنّ ذلك لا ينتقص من تقديرها لمساعي مسقط ولا من التزامها بالحوار سبيلاً لتسوية الخلافات.واعتبرت أن استهداف المنشآت المدنية والاقتصادية، وآخرها خط أنابيب النفط شرق–غرب في السعودية، يؤكد أن المخاطر التي تهدد أمن المنطقة لا تزال قائمة.وأكّدت البحرين أنّ تحقيق السلام والاستقرار يتطلب وقف الاعتداءات، وتحمل
The gap left open: the pipeline attack is invoked as a reason not to meet Iran, without saying who is accused of it — “واعتبرت أن استهداف المنشآت المدنية والاقتصادية، وآخرها خط أنابيب النفط شرق–غرب في السعودية، يؤكد أن المخاطر التي تهدد أمن المنطقة لا تزال قائمة”
Two events joined by the speaker, not the report: the pipeline attack is linked to regional risk inside the ministry's words — “واعتبرت أن استهداف المنشآت المدنية والاقتصادية، وآخرها خط أنابيب النفط شرق–غرب في السعودية، يؤكد أن المخاطر التي تهدد أمن المنطقة لا تزال قائمة”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/world/346720/البحرين-لن-نشارك-في-…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent وكالة الأنباء الرسمية: البحرين لن تشارك في أي اجتماع مع إيران لحين استعادة العلاقات الدبلوماسية بين البلدين 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
Sources the refusal to Bahrain's official news agency, and attaches the condition: no meeting with Iran until relations are restored.
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/957266/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent پیش بینی قیمت دلار یکشنبه ۲۲ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ /دلار در انتظار نتیجه نشست دوشنبه هرمز ماند 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 report on what Monday is worth in money: a framework easing ship traffic could take some political risk out of the Tehran currency market, so the dollar rate waits on the meeting.
اقتصادی ۲۱ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۶:۱۳ پیش بینی قیمت دلار یکشنبه ۲۲ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ /دلار در انتظار نتیجه نشست دوشنبه هرمز ماند در سناریوی کاهشی، اگر نشست دوشنبه عمان به توافق یا دست‌کم یک چارچوب عملی برای کاهش تنش و تسهیل تردد کشتی‌ها منجر شود، احتمال تخلیه بخشی از ریسک سیاسی بازار وجود دارد. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، قیمت دلار روز شنبه روی رقم ۲۳۴ هزار تومان بازگشایی شد، اما در ادامه به محدوده ۲۳۵ هزار تومان بازگشت و در نهایت نسبت به پنجشنبه تغییر محسوسی نداشت. دلار پس از نوسانات شدید هفته گذشته، وارد فاز رنج شده است؛ در حالی که بازار ارز در انتظار نتیجه تحولات سیاسی و نشست روز دوشنبه درباره تنگه هرمز ا
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1127489
Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent ترامپ درباره تنگه هرمز: همه‌چیز به‌خوبی پیش خواهد رفت/ آمریکا کنترل اوضاع را در دست دارد 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 fullest account of Trump's remarks in Dublin — oil prices, the pipeline attack, Yemen, Gaza — and marks each one as a claim, calling the strait assertion impudent and the pipeline accusation baseless in the outlet's
جهان ۲۱ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۵:۲۸ ترامپ درباره تنگه هرمز: همه‌چیز به‌خوبی پیش خواهد رفت/ آمریکا کنترل اوضاع را در دست دارد در حالی که نگرانی‌ها درباره کاهش تردد و اختلال در کشتیرانی در منطقه افزایش یافته، رئیس جمهور آمریکا مدعی شد که همه‌ چیز به‌ خوبی پیش خواهد رفت. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، دونالد ترامپ، رئیس جمهور آمریکا روز شنبه پس از دیدار با کاترین کانلی، رئیس‌جمهور ایرلند در دوبلین در جمع خبرنگاران در پاسخ به پرسشی درباره احتمال کمک آمریکا برای تسهیل تردد کشتی‌ها در تنگه هرمز مدعی شد: همه‌چیز به‌ خوبی پیش خواهد رفت. این اظهارات در حالی مطرح شده که نگرانی‌ها درباره کاهش تردد و اختلال در کشتیران
Attribution verbs loaded: Trump's words are "claimed" throughout and judged insolent in the outlet's own voice — “او همچنین بار دیگر در اظهاراتی گستاخانه مدعی شد که تنگه هرمز تحت کنترل آمریکا قرار دارد”
The report rates the speaker: his claims are called baseless and insolent before being quoted — “در ادعایی بی اساس گفت که احتمالاً ایران مسئول این حمله بوده است”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1127458
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: نتحكم بمضيق هرمز ونسيطر عليه وقمنا بإزالة الألغام البحرية منه 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
Runs Trump's claim to control the strait and to have removed its sea mines as the entire headline, with nothing set against it.
Headline carries a claim with no counter: Trump's assertion of control runs as the whole headline, nothing set against it — “ترامب: نتحكم بمضيق هرمز ونسيطر عليه وقمنا بإزالة الألغام البحرية منه”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/957256/title/ar?src=rss&utm_so…
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Pezeshkian Says Middle East Has No Need for US 'Policeman' 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 carrying Iran's president: Pezeshkian, at the BRICS summit in India, says the region does not need a "regional policeman" and that only its own states can guarantee its security.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that the Middle East does not need the United States to be a "regional policeman,” with the two countries at war and vying for control of the Strait of Hormuz. "We do not need a regional policeman," he said on the sidelines of a BRICS summit in India during a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. "The territorial integrity and security of the region can only be guaranteed by its main players and the countries that comprise it," he added, according to the Iranian presidency. Iran has been at war since February 28, when US-Israel
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5317421
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Trump Says Iran War Will End after US Midterm Elections 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 → —
Gives Trump the same remarks with no such marker: he "repeated" that he "believed" the war ends after the November midterms and that oil prices will tumble.
President Donald Trump repeated on Saturday that he believed the war with Iran will end after US midterm elections in November and that oil ⁠prices will tumble once ⁠it does. "I think very soon. I think it'll be probably ⁠right after the mid-terms. They're trying to hold out as long as they can to complicate the election. But I think people are wise to ⁠it," Trump ⁠told reporters in Dublin. "When that happens, oil prices will come tumbling down." Earlier, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said that the Middle East does not need the United States to be a "regional policeman.” Iran has been at
Same speaker, no adjectives: repeated and believed, then the quote — “President Donald Trump repeated on Saturday that he believed the war with Iran will end after US midterm elections in November”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5317414
A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · هرمز على طاولة قمة بريكس..والبحرين ترفض عقد أي لقاء مع إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report placing Hormuz on the BRICS summit agenda as well as Monday's table.
الرئيسية سياسة اقتصاد عرب و عالم محطات رأي ثقافة ميديا فيديو إنفوغراف الرئيسية عرب و عالم Loading... المزيد للكاتب المدن - عرب وعالم دعوات في جيش الاحتلال لتوغل أعمق في سوريا وصولاً إلى دمشق مصرع سجناء بحريق في سجن كوباني عقب استعصاء وتوترات أمنية مطار المزة..خطط التطوير تهدد مقابر جماعية وحقوق ملكية هجوم مضاد في المخا بعد سيطرة الحوثيين على باب المندب الأكثر قراءة Loading... تابعنا عبر مواقع التواصل الإجتماعي إشترك في النشرة الإخبارية ليصلك كل جديد اشترك معنا في نشرة المدن الدورية لتبقى على اتصال دائم بالحدث جريدة "المدن" الإلكترونية جريدة إلكترونية مستقلة مقرها بيروت تمثل التيار المدني اللبن
Read it at Al-Modon → https://www.almodon.com/arabworld/2026/09/12/%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B2-%…
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran Says to Discuss Hormuz with Gulf States in Oman on Monday 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 carrying Iran's foreign ministry statement, with the participants named: "Iraq and other littoral Persian Gulf states". It also calls the strait one "which the Islamic republic has blockaded" in its own
Iran's foreign ministry said the country would meet with Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which the Islamic republic has blockaded during the Middle East war. "This meeting is intended to promote better understanding among the countries of the region and help strengthen shared regional security," the ministry said in a statement on Friday. "Iraq and other littoral Persian Gulf states" will participate, it added, AFP reported. Iran has been at war since February 28, when US-Israeli strikes killed its supreme leader. Iran retaliated with attacks across the
Stated flat: the blockade is asserted in the outlet's own voice, in the same sentence that attributes everything else to Iran's ministry — “the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which the Islamic republic has blockaded during the Middle East war”
Active voice, both actors named: the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged — “Iran has been at war since February 28, when US-Israeli strikes killed its supreme leader.”
Blockade stated flat: asserted in the report's own voice, with Iran as the actor — “the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which the Islamic republic has blockaded during the Middle East war”
The dead not named: active voice for the strike, no name for the man killed — “Iran has been at war since February 28, when US-Israeli strikes killed its supreme leader.”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5317190
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Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
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 → 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 → 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 →
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