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Unnamed officials say Iran is building missiles again; Shargh reports only Trump's anger at the claim

One report says US and Middle East officials told the Wall Street Journal that Iran has restarted missile production underground. Another carries only Trump's anger at the question. None carries Iran's answer.

IDF's war on all fronts: How Eyal Zamir is managing threats from Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and West Bank
IDF's war on all fronts: How Eyal Zamir is managing threats from Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and West Bank as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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What is claimed. Iran has resumed building ballistic missiles in underground sites from stockpiled components, US and Middle East officials said, according to Asharq Al-Awsat. The officials spoke to The Wall Street Journal. None is named. Asharq Al-Awsat says the work covers liquid-propellant missiles, fuelled just before launch, and solid-propellant missiles, which can be stored ready to fire.

What else is reported. Shargh, an Iranian daily, reports that Trump grew angry when reporters at Dulles airport asked him about the Journal's report on Iran. It does not print his words. The Jerusalem Post states, with no source, that the US has blocked China from rapidly resupplying Iran's missile materials.

Outlet What it reports Who says so
Asharq Al-Awsat Production resumed underground Unnamed officials, via the WSJ
Shargh Trump angry at the WSJ report Shargh; Trump's words not given
The Jerusalem Post US blocks Chinese resupply No source given

How it is told. Asharq Al-Awsat's headline hedges with "reportedly". Its first sentence states the restart flat and names who says so only at the end. It describes "heavy attacks" on Iran's missile sites without naming who carried them out.

What is not settled. - Whether production has restarted. No named source says so, and we do not hold the Journal's own report. - What Trump said. Shargh gives his mood, not his words. - Iran's answer. None of the 3 reports carries an Iranian confirmation or denial. - Whether a Chinese supply block exists, and who says it does.

What this is about. Whether Iran is rebuilding its ballistic missiles, which are its main way of striking Israel and US bases in the region, while a war with them goes on.

How it got here. - Iran and Israel have been enemies since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. For decades they fought mostly through proxies, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon. - In 2015, Iran agreed a nuclear deal with world powers that limited its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief. The United States left the deal in 2018, during Donald Trump's first term. - After the Hamas-led attacks on Israel of 7 October 2023 and the war in Gaza that followed, Iran and Israel began striking each other directly. Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel in April and October 2024. - In June 2025, Israel bombed Iranian nuclear and military sites. The United States then struck three nuclear sites. A ceasefire followed after twelve days. - Asharq Al-Awsat's report refers to "heavy attacks" on Iran's missile and industrial sites in "the initial phase of the war" now under way. We do not hold a report that dates the start of that war.

The actors. - Iran calls its missiles defensive, and they are the core of its deterrent. - Israel treats them as a direct threat to its cities. - The United States under President Trump, back in office since January 2025, is Israel's main ally and has forces across the Gulf. - China buys Iranian oil. The Jerusalem Post says, without a source, that the US has blocked China from resupplying Iran's missile materials.

What is at stake. If Iran can build missiles again from stockpiled parts in underground sites, the strikes did not end its ability to hit back, and the case for more strikes gets stronger. If it cannot, that ability is shrinking.

Where it stands. Our earlier coverage this month carried an Israeli threat against Iran's energy sites, a US drone reported destroyed near the Strait of Hormuz, and Iranian diplomacy with the states along that shipping lane. Whether missile production has restarted rests on officials who are not named. None of the reports we hold carries Iran's answer.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Unnamed US and Middle East officials, via the Wall Street Journal, say Iran is assembling missiles underground
  • Shargh reports Trump's anger at reporters' questions, not his words
  • The Jerusalem Post says, with no source, that the US has blocked Chinese resupply
  • No report carries an Iranian confirmation or denial
Three reports, three different storiesSide by side
OutletWhat it reportsWho says soHedged?
Asharq Al-AwsatIran has resumed missile production at underground sites, from stockpiled componentsUS and Middle East officials, unnamed, speaking to the WSJIn the headline ("reportedly"); not in the first sentence
SharghTrump grew angry at reporters asking about the WSJ report on IranShargh; Trump's words not givenNo
The Jerusalem PostThe US has blocked China from rapidly resupplying Iran's missile materialsNo source givenNo
No report carries a response from Iran.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran is Reportedly Producing Ballistic Missiles Again in Underground Facilities 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 عصبانیت ترامپ از نشریه وال استریت ژورنال درباره تداوم جنگ با ایران 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 Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent IDF's war on all fronts: How Eyal Zamir is managing threats from Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and West Bank 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 →
How the account spread on 11 SeptemberTimeline
  1. 2026-09-1108:53 published time, UTC Asharq Al-Awsat Reports unnamed officials telling the WSJ that Iran is building missiles again undergroundNo Iranian response carried
  2. 2026-09-1111:12 published time, UTC Shargh Reports Trump grew angry at reporters' questions at Dulles airport about the WSJ reportHis words not given
  3. 2026-09-1115:26 published time, UTC The Jerusalem Post States the US has blocked China from rapidly resupplying Iran's missile materialsNo source given
Times are when each report was published, in UTC.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran is Reportedly Producing Ballistic Missiles Again in Underground Facilities 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 عصبانیت ترامپ از نشریه وال استریت ژورنال درباره تداوم جنگ با ایران 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 Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent IDF's war on all fronts: How Eyal Zamir is managing threats from Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and West Bank Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

A claim with no name on it

The report that Iran is building missiles again rests on officials who are not named, quoted second-hand. None of the three reports quotes an Iranian official. The one report on the US president's reaction describes his anger and does not give his words.

0 reports naming a source for the missile claim 0 reports quoting an Iranian official 0 reports quoting the president's words 3 reports on the event
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran is Reportedly Producing Ballistic Missiles Again in Underground Facilities 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 عصبانیت ترامپ از نشریه وال استریت ژورنال درباره تداوم جنگ با ایران 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 Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent IDF's war on all fronts: How Eyal Zamir is managing threats from Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and West Bank 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 →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Iran has resumed producing ballistic missiles in underground facilities, using stockpiled components.
Asharq Al-Awsat relays this from US and Middle Eastern officials who spoke to The Wall Street Journal, so it is one account. Shargh reports that Trump reacted angrily to the report, but the text we hold does not show him disputing its substance.
Checked against 2 sources:
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran is Reportedly Producing Ballistic Missiles Again in Underground Facilities 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 عصبانیت ترامپ از نشریه وال استریت ژورنال درباره تداوم جنگ با ایران 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 →
unverified Trump grew angry when reporters at Dulles airport asked him about The Wall Street Journal's report on Iran.
Only Shargh carries this. No other report we hold describes the exchange or what Trump said.
Checked against 1 source:
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عصبانیت ترامپ از نشریه وال استریت ژورنال درباره تداوم جنگ با ایران 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 →
unverified The United States has blocked China from quickly resupplying materials for Iran's ballistic missiles.
Only The Jerusalem Post states this, and it does so without naming a source. Asharq Al-Awsat's report says Iran is building missiles from components it had already stockpiled, which neither confirms nor contradicts a block on supplies.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent IDF's war on all fronts: How Eyal Zamir is managing threats from Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and West Bank Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran is Reportedly Producing Ballistic Missiles Again in Underground Facilities 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 →

Who wrote it

Y Yonah Jeremy Bob The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted flat States as fact, with no source, that the US is blocking China from resupplying Iran.×1
Cause attributed How the drone exploded is attributed to a named general×1
Cause from one source The only account of how the drone exploded comes from an Israeli division commander.×1
Counter voice the army and the security service are quoted against the minister's warning×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed7 unverified2 true
From 73 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 2 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent IDF's war on all fronts: How Eyal Zamir is managing threats from Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and West Bank Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report to say the US has blocked China from rapidly resupplying Iran's missile materials, stated with no source.
When IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir finished 2025, he was on track as one of the most popular IDF chiefs in recent memory.He had stormed onto the world stage in June 2025 leading Operation Rising Lion, Israel's remarkably successful massive strike on Iran's nuclear program, radars and air defenses, top military officials, and some ballistic missile sites.Next, he was the IDF chief in October 2025 when a deal was struck with Hamas to end the Gaza War, including the return of all remaining living and deceased hostages.But 2026 is still a work in progress, with some of Zamir's legacy in t
Unattributed claim: A US block on Chinese supplies to Iran is stated flat, with no source — “With China blocked by US from rapidly resupplying Iran’s ballistic missile materials”
Asserted flat: States as fact, with no source, that the US is blocking China from resupplying Iran. — “With China blocked by US from rapidly resupplying Iran’s ballistic missile materials”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-908276
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عصبانیت ترامپ از نشریه وال استریت ژورنال درباره تداوم جنگ با ایران 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 Trump's reaction: he grew angry at reporters' questions at Dulles airport about the Journal's report on Iran. His words are not given.
سیاست ۲۰ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۴:۴۲ عصبانیت ترامپ از نشریه وال استریت ژورنال درباره تداوم جنگ با ایران رئیس جهور آمریکا در پاسخ به سوال خبرنگاران در فرودگاه دالاس واقع در این کشور، پیرامون گزارش وال استریت ژورنال درباره ایران عصبانی شد. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، ترامپ در پاسخ به سوال خبرنگاری در دالاس در ارتباط با احتمال تداوم جنگ علیه ایران تا پایان دوره ریاست جمهوری اش گفت: نه؛ آنها یکی از نادرست‌ترین نشریه‌هایی هستند که تا به حال خوانده‌ام. به گزارش فاکس نیوز، دونالد ترامپ رئیس جهور آمریکا در پاسخ به سوال خبرنگاران در فرودگاه دالاس واقع در این کشور، پیرامون گزارش وال استریت ژورنال درباره ایران عصب
Mood not words: The US president's reply is reported as anger. His words are not given. — “پیرامون گزارش وال استریت ژورنال درباره ایران عصبانی شد”
Framing: Covers the US president's anger at the report, not what the report said about missile production. — “پیرامون گزارش وال استریت ژورنال درباره ایران عصبانی شد”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1127240
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran is Reportedly Producing Ballistic Missiles Again in Underground Facilities 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 the claim itself: liquid- and solid-propellant missiles assembled at several underground sites, according to unnamed US and Middle East officials who spoke to the Wall Street Journal.
Iran has resumed its production of ballistic missiles using stockpiled components and working in underground facilities, officials from the US and Middle East familiar with the matter said. Despite heavy attacks on its missile sites and industrial facilities during the initial phase of the war, Iran has been busy assembling liquid-propellant missiles, which have to be fueled just before launch, as well as solid-propellant missiles, which can be stored ready to fire, some of the officials told The Wall Street Journal. Intelligence points to activity at several underground sites, including the K
Flat then attributed: The lede states the restart flat and puts the attribution to unnamed officials at the end — “Iran has resumed its production of ballistic missiles using stockpiled components and working in underground facilities, officials from the US and Middle East familiar with the matter said.”
Second hand source: The claim comes second-hand, from officials quoted by another paper — “some of the officials told The Wall Street Journal”
Sourcing: The central claim rests on US and Middle East officials who are not named. No Iranian response is carried. — “officials from the US and Middle East familiar with the matter said”
Headline vs body: The headline hedges with 'reportedly'. The first clause of the body states the claim flat and puts the attribution at the end. — “Iran has resumed its production of ballistic missiles using stockpiled components and working in underground facilities”
No actor named: 'Heavy attacks' on Iran's sites are described without saying who carried them out. — “Despite heavy attacks on its missile sites and industrial facilities during the initial phase of the war”
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5317084
Checked, didn’t cover
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 → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
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)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
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Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
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The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
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Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
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Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
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Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
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Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
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North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
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WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
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SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
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Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
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Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
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Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
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Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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