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Washington says 17 million barrels crossed Hormuz. Shipping traders say a third of that.

US officials put throughput at a wartime record — more than 17 million barrels in a day, 40 escorted vessels, 18 million barrels. Oil traders quoted by the Japan Times put last week at 6 to 8 million barrels a day. A tracking service counted four vessels through the strait on Tuesday. The official statements also disagree with each other about which day they are describing.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday
Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday as published by CNBC · seen at CNBC
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The question. How much oil still crosses the Strait of Hormuz? This week the official answer and the shipping industry's answer differ by about three times.

Who says what

Source Figure Note
Energy Sec. Chris Wright 17m barrels in a day a wartime record. Date disputed
Two US officials, via CNN 40 ships, 18m barrels under US escort
President Trump ~30 ships a night US Navy escorting
Treasury Sec. Bessent "at least 10m" a day —
Oil traders, via Japan Times 6–8m a day the only figure not from a US official
The Media Line 4 vessels on Tuesday 10 the day before; ~13 average

Before the war it was about 20m barrels a day. Nobody in the set cites tanker tracking.

The dates do not line up either

  • CNBC and Anadolu put Wright's 17m on Monday.
  • The Jerusalem Post puts the same figure on 31 August, and the 40 vessels on 1 September — sourced to Axios, not CNN.
  • Anadolu gives the 18m no date at all.

It is being felt further out

  • Mitsui O.S.K. expects normal transits not to resume until 2027.
  • Japan's refiners took over 90% of their crude from the Middle East before the war.
  • The IEA cut its 2026 supply forecast by 4.3m barrels a day if access stays restricted.
  • Bessent says a US blockade keeps 1.5m barrels a day of Iranian oil off the market.

What this is about. Oil tankers are trying to cross a narrow sea lane during a war between Iran and the United States, and the two sides disagree about whether it is open.

The strait. The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and Oman. It is the only sea route out of the Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE and Iran all ship oil and gas through it. In peacetime it carried about one-fifth of the world's oil, Al Jazeera, Gulf News and The Media Line report.

How it got here. - 1979: Iran's revolution ended its alliance with Washington. The two have been adversaries since. - 2015: Iran agreed to limits on its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief. The US left that deal in 2018 and brought back sanctions. - October 2023 onwards: after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel and the war in Gaza, Israel and Iran moved from a proxy conflict to direct strikes on each other. In June 2025 Israel bombed Iran and the US struck Iranian nuclear sites. - Late February 2026: a US-Israeli war with Iran began. The reports we hold do not say what set it off. Shipping through the strait fell sharply, and Al Jazeera reports it has been effectively closed since. - June 2026: an interim deal was reached, Anadolu reports. Iran says the strait stays closed or restricted until the US meets conditions tied to it.

Who is involved, and why. - The United States escorts ships with its navy, strikes Iranian coastal sites and blockades Iran's own oil exports. - Iran says it controls the strait. Its Revolutionary Guard navy lets through only ships it has approved. - Shipowners and importers, Japan's among them, decide whether the risk is worth taking.

What is at stake. If the strait reopens, Gulf oil reaches the world again. If it stays shut, prices stay high and importers keep hunting for other supply. Each side also gains leverage from being seen to control it.

Where it stands. In early September US strikes and Iranian retaliation resumed. Brent crude rose to about $95.68 a barrel, The Media Line reports. How many ships are actually getting through is itself disputed.

What is being argued about

  • Is the official figure a measurement or an assertion? Every number above 10m comes from one of two US officials.
  • Which day does the 17m describe — Monday, 31 August, or neither?
  • Do vessel counts and barrel counts tell the same story? Four transits and 18m barrels do not obviously fit.
  • Does Iran still control the strait? Asserted by the US Treasury, hedged to “likely severely degraded” by ISW, denied by Tehran.
When the throughput figures were said, and by whomTimeline
  1. Mon 31 Aug— date asserted, not published The day the Jerusalem Post says Wright's 17m barrels refers to.
  2. Tue 1 Sep— date asserted, not published The day the Jerusalem Post says 40 vessels transited, sourced to US officials via Axios.
  3. Tue 1 Sep— no time published The Media Line counts 10 vessels through the strait.
  4. Wed 2 Sep02:53 printed on the page The Media Line counts 4 vessels — against a 10-day average near 13.
  5. Wed 2 Sep04:32 printed on the page Gulf News carries Bessent: Iran in a 'death spiral', unchallenged.
  6. Wed 2 Sep— no time published Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC 17m barrels crossed on Monday.
  7. Wed 2 Sep— no time published Anadolu Agency carries 40 vessels / 18m barrels escorted, with no date attached.
  8. Thu 3 Sep08:18 from the outlet's RSS The Japan Times quotes oil traders at 6-8m barrels a day for last week.
  9. Thu 3 Sep16:45 from the outlet's RSS The Jerusalem Post dates Wright's figure to 31 August, not Monday.
  10. Thu 3 Sep— no time published Al Jazeera sets the claims against each other: 40 ships on Tuesday, per two US officials to CNN.
Read in order, the disagreement is not about the number — it is about which day the number describes. Note how few of these outlets publish a time at all.
Sources CNBC
Centre estimate · not a score
CNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at CNBC → What we have measured Accepted term 'refund' used without quotation marks ×1Asserted versus attributed gives the motive as fact, not as Trump's stated reason ×1Attackers named as proxies the attackers are named only through their backer, Iran ×1Attacks named but not counted The report names the attackers. 'Escalating' comes with no count of attacks or damage. ×1 from 2886 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 How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Japan Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Japan Times 🇯🇵JP · newspaper · independent Mitsui OSK sees disruption of Hormuz shipping extending beyond 2026 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Japan Times → What we have measured How deeply it is sourced non-government estimate ×1How deeply it is sourced one government's readout of another country's central bank meeting, with the conclusion drawn by the report itself ×1How the victims appear the loss that gets a figure belongs to a bank ×1How the victims appear The only person named as losing money runs a bank, and he is interviewed at length; no borrower or saver is quoted in any report. ×1 from 60 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Falls After US-Iran Strikes · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 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 US strikes degrade Iran's Strait of Hormuz capabilities, ISW says 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 → Anadolu Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Anadolu Agency 🇹🇷TR · state agency · state-controlled US forces escort 18M barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz: Report · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Anadolu Agency → What we have measured Actor named Names five governments as the ones that suspended flights, and ties it to US sanctions ×1Asserted vs expected the agenda is given as an expectation, not an outcome ×1Assertion vs attribution Credits the continuing investigation to the FDA by name ×1Attributed or stated the adviser's judgement on rates is stated as sight, not as a claim he made ×1 from 6606 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent Iran has no control over Hormuz, in a 'death spiral': US Treasury Sec. Bessent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Barrels a day through Hormuz, by who is countingChart
Every figure above 10 comes from a US official. The only number from outside government is the traders' 6 to 8. Nobody in this set cites tanker tracking.
Sources CNBC
Centre estimate · not a score
CNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at CNBC → What we have measured Accepted term 'refund' used without quotation marks ×1Asserted versus attributed gives the motive as fact, not as Trump's stated reason ×1Attackers named as proxies the attackers are named only through their backer, Iran ×1Attacks named but not counted The report names the attackers. 'Escalating' comes with no count of attacks or damage. ×1 from 2886 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 How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Japan Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Japan Times 🇯🇵JP · newspaper · independent Mitsui OSK sees disruption of Hormuz shipping extending beyond 2026 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Japan Times → What we have measured How deeply it is sourced non-government estimate ×1How deeply it is sourced one government's readout of another country's central bank meeting, with the conclusion drawn by the report itself ×1How the victims appear the loss that gets a figure belongs to a bank ×1How the victims appear The only person named as losing money runs a bank, and he is interviewed at length; no borrower or saver is quoted in any report. ×1 from 60 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Falls After US-Iran Strikes · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 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 US strikes degrade Iran's Strait of Hormuz capabilities, ISW says 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 → Anadolu Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Anadolu Agency 🇹🇷TR · state agency · state-controlled US forces escort 18M barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz: Report · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Anadolu Agency → What we have measured Actor named Names five governments as the ones that suspended flights, and ties it to US sanctions ×1Asserted vs expected the agenda is given as an expectation, not an outcome ×1Assertion vs attribution Credits the continuing investigation to the FDA by name ×1Attributed or stated the adviser's judgement on rates is stated as sight, not as a claim he made ×1 from 6606 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent Iran has no control over Hormuz, in a 'death spiral': US Treasury Sec. Bessent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The same claim, dated three different waysSide by side
OutletFigureDay it is attached toAttributed to
CNBC17m barrelsMondayWright, direct to CNBC
Anadolu Agency17m barrelsMonday (no date on the 18m)Wright, via CNBC
The Jerusalem Post17m barrels31 AugustWright
Al Jazeera18m barrels / 40 shipsTuesdaytwo US officials, via CNN
The Jerusalem Post40 vessels1 SeptemberUS officials, via Axios
The Media Line4 vesselsTuesdaytransit count
Three outlets carry one man's figure. None of them agrees on the day it describes.
Sources CNBC
Centre estimate · not a score
CNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at CNBC → What we have measured Accepted term 'refund' used without quotation marks ×1Asserted versus attributed gives the motive as fact, not as Trump's stated reason ×1Attackers named as proxies the attackers are named only through their backer, Iran ×1Attacks named but not counted The report names the attackers. 'Escalating' comes with no count of attacks or damage. ×1 from 2886 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 How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Japan Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Japan Times 🇯🇵JP · newspaper · independent Mitsui OSK sees disruption of Hormuz shipping extending beyond 2026 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Japan Times → What we have measured How deeply it is sourced non-government estimate ×1How deeply it is sourced one government's readout of another country's central bank meeting, with the conclusion drawn by the report itself ×1How the victims appear the loss that gets a figure belongs to a bank ×1How the victims appear The only person named as losing money runs a bank, and he is interviewed at length; no borrower or saver is quoted in any report. ×1 from 60 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Falls After US-Iran Strikes · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 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 US strikes degrade Iran's Strait of Hormuz capabilities, ISW says 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 → Anadolu Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Anadolu Agency 🇹🇷TR · state agency · state-controlled US forces escort 18M barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz: Report · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Anadolu Agency → What we have measured Actor named Names five governments as the ones that suspended flights, and ties it to US sanctions ×1Asserted vs expected the agenda is given as an expectation, not an outcome ×1Assertion vs attribution Credits the continuing investigation to the FDA by name ×1Attributed or stated the adviser's judgement on rates is stated as sight, not as a claim he made ×1 from 6606 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent Iran has no control over Hormuz, in a 'death spiral': US Treasury Sec. Bessent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Vessels counted through the straitTrend
The only independent count in the set. The 10-day average is the flat line the last two days fall away from.
Sources The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Falls After US-Iran Strikes · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
See it on a mapMap optional section
Kuhestak Strait of Hormuz Fujairah, UAE
Kuhestak — 26.79, 57.02 →
Strait of Hormuz — 26.57, 56.25 → the contested passage
Fujairah, UAE — 25.16, 56.35 → outside the strait — proposed storage
Map data: Natural Earth.
The chokepoint, and where Asian buyers are moving storage to get behind it.
Sources Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Japan Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Japan Times 🇯🇵JP · newspaper · independent Mitsui OSK sees disruption of Hormuz shipping extending beyond 2026 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Japan Times → What we have measured How deeply it is sourced non-government estimate ×1How deeply it is sourced one government's readout of another country's central bank meeting, with the conclusion drawn by the report itself ×1How the victims appear the loss that gets a figure belongs to a bank ×1How the victims appear The only person named as losing money runs a bank, and he is interviewed at length; no borrower or saver is quoted in any report. ×1 from 60 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One source, seven pieces

Every figure above 10 million barrels traces to two US officials — Wright and Bessent. Three outlets carry Wright's number as their headline fact without a second source. The only figure from outside government, the traders' 6 to 8 million, appears in one piece out of seven.

5 carry a government figure 1 carry a non-government figure 0 cite tanker tracking
“U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC”CNBC
“according to oil traders' estimates”The Japan Times

The date nobody checks

The same 17 million figure is attached to Monday by two outlets and to 31 August by a third. Anadolu carries the 18 million with no date at all. None of the three notices that the others disagree.

2 date it Monday 1 date it 31 August 1 give no date

Assertion carried as finding

Gulf News reports Bessent's 'death spiral' and 'Iran does not control the Strait' with no counter-source in the piece. The Jerusalem Post, covering the same question through ISW, reaches only 'likely severely degraded'. The gap between those two registers is the whole of the bias here.

1 assertion, unchallenged 1 hedged to an assessment
“Iran does not control the Strait and is in a “death spiral””Gulf News
Two independent readings, each made without the masthead; scored on how each piece sources its central number.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent US strikes degrade Iran's Strait of Hormuz capabilities, ISW says 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 → CNBC
Centre estimate · not a score
CNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at CNBC → What we have measured Accepted term 'refund' used without quotation marks ×1Asserted versus attributed gives the motive as fact, not as Trump's stated reason ×1Attackers named as proxies the attackers are named only through their backer, Iran ×1Attacks named but not counted The report names the attackers. 'Escalating' comes with no count of attacks or damage. ×1 from 2886 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 How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Anadolu Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Anadolu Agency 🇹🇷TR · state agency · state-controlled US forces escort 18M barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz: Report · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Anadolu Agency → What we have measured Actor named Names five governments as the ones that suspended flights, and ties it to US sanctions ×1Asserted vs expected the agenda is given as an expectation, not an outcome ×1Assertion vs attribution Credits the continuing investigation to the FDA by name ×1Attributed or stated the adviser's judgement on rates is stated as sight, not as a claim he made ×1 from 6606 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Falls After US-Iran Strikes · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Japan Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Japan Times 🇯🇵JP · newspaper · independent Mitsui OSK sees disruption of Hormuz shipping extending beyond 2026 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Japan Times → What we have measured How deeply it is sourced non-government estimate ×1How deeply it is sourced one government's readout of another country's central bank meeting, with the conclusion drawn by the report itself ×1How the victims appear the loss that gets a figure belongs to a bank ×1How the victims appear The only person named as losing money runs a bank, and he is interviewed at length; no borrower or saver is quoted in any report. ×1 from 60 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent Iran has no control over Hormuz, in a 'death spiral': US Treasury Sec. Bessent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
More from the reportingFacts optional section
  • About 20 million barrels a day passed through Hormuz before the war began on 28 February. CNBC →
  • The IEA cut its 2026 global oil-supply forecast by 4.3 million barrels a day, about 4%, if access stays restricted. The Media Line →
  • Japan's refiners sourced more than 90% of their crude from the Middle East before the war. The Japan Times →
  • Mitsui O.S.K. expects normal transits not to resume until 2027. The Japan Times →
  • The US naval blockade is keeping at least 1.5 million barrels a day of Iranian oil off the market. Gulf News →
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent US strikes degrade Iran's Strait of Hormuz capabilities, ISW says 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 → CNBC
Centre estimate · not a score
CNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at CNBC → What we have measured Accepted term 'refund' used without quotation marks ×1Asserted versus attributed gives the motive as fact, not as Trump's stated reason ×1Attackers named as proxies the attackers are named only through their backer, Iran ×1Attacks named but not counted The report names the attackers. 'Escalating' comes with no count of attacks or damage. ×1 from 2886 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 How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Anadolu Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Anadolu Agency 🇹🇷TR · state agency · state-controlled US forces escort 18M barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz: Report · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Anadolu Agency → What we have measured Actor named Names five governments as the ones that suspended flights, and ties it to US sanctions ×1Asserted vs expected the agenda is given as an expectation, not an outcome ×1Assertion vs attribution Credits the continuing investigation to the FDA by name ×1Attributed or stated the adviser's judgement on rates is stated as sight, not as a claim he made ×1 from 6606 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Falls After US-Iran Strikes · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Japan Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Japan Times 🇯🇵JP · newspaper · independent Mitsui OSK sees disruption of Hormuz shipping extending beyond 2026 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Japan Times → What we have measured How deeply it is sourced non-government estimate ×1How deeply it is sourced one government's readout of another country's central bank meeting, with the conclusion drawn by the report itself ×1How the victims appear the loss that gets a figure belongs to a bank ×1How the victims appear The only person named as losing money runs a bank, and he is interviewed at length; no borrower or saver is quoted in any report. ×1 from 60 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent Iran has no control over Hormuz, in a 'death spiral': US Treasury Sec. Bessent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

disputed More than 17 million barrels of oil crossed the Strait of Hormuz in a single day.
The figure comes from one person — US Energy Secretary Chris Wright — and CNBC, Anadolu and the Jerusalem Post all trace back to him. The Jerusalem Post dates it 31 August; CNBC and Anadolu date it Monday. Against it, oil traders quoted by the Japan Times put last week at 6 to 8 million barrels a day. No independent tanker-tracking figure appears in any of the seven pieces.
Checked against 4 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent US strikes degrade Iran's Strait of Hormuz capabilities, ISW says 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 → CNBC
Centre estimate · not a score
CNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at CNBC → What we have measured Accepted term 'refund' used without quotation marks ×1Asserted versus attributed gives the motive as fact, not as Trump's stated reason ×1Attackers named as proxies the attackers are named only through their backer, Iran ×1Attacks named but not counted The report names the attackers. 'Escalating' comes with no count of attacks or damage. ×1 from 2886 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Anadolu Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Anadolu Agency 🇹🇷TR · state agency · state-controlled US forces escort 18M barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz: Report · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Anadolu Agency → What we have measured Actor named Names five governments as the ones that suspended flights, and ties it to US sanctions ×1Asserted vs expected the agenda is given as an expectation, not an outcome ×1Assertion vs attribution Credits the continuing investigation to the FDA by name ×1Attributed or stated the adviser's judgement on rates is stated as sight, not as a claim he made ×1 from 6606 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Japan Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Japan Times 🇯🇵JP · newspaper · independent Mitsui OSK sees disruption of Hormuz shipping extending beyond 2026 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Japan Times → What we have measured How deeply it is sourced non-government estimate ×1How deeply it is sourced one government's readout of another country's central bank meeting, with the conclusion drawn by the report itself ×1How the victims appear the loss that gets a figure belongs to a bank ×1How the victims appear The only person named as losing money runs a bank, and he is interviewed at length; no borrower or saver is quoted in any report. ×1 from 60 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed Forty vessels carrying about 18 million barrels transited under US escort.
Al Jazeera attributes it to two US officials speaking to CNN and dates it Tuesday. The Jerusalem Post attributes it to US officials speaking to Axios and dates it 1 September. Anadolu carries the number with no date at all. The Media Line, counting vessels rather than barrels, logged four transits on Tuesday.
Checked against 4 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent US strikes degrade Iran's Strait of Hormuz capabilities, ISW says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Falls After US-Iran Strikes · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Anadolu Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Anadolu Agency 🇹🇷TR · state agency · state-controlled US forces escort 18M barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz: Report · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Anadolu Agency → What we have measured Actor named Names five governments as the ones that suspended flights, and ties it to US sanctions ×1Asserted vs expected the agenda is given as an expectation, not an outcome ×1Assertion vs attribution Credits the continuing investigation to the FDA by name ×1Attributed or stated the adviser's judgement on rates is stated as sight, not as a claim he made ×1 from 6606 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Iran no longer controls the Strait of Hormuz.
Asserted by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and carried unchallenged by Gulf News. ISW, via the Jerusalem Post, says only that Iran's ability to monitor the strait and lay mines is 'likely severely degraded'. Iran says the strait remains closed except to pre-approved vessels.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent US strikes degrade Iran's Strait of Hormuz capabilities, ISW says 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 → Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent Iran has no control over Hormuz, in a 'death spiral': US Treasury Sec. Bessent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

D Danielle Greyman-Kennard The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Claim carried unanswered The accusation that the protesters were armed from abroad is quoted in full. No evidence either way sits beside it in the text.×1
Claim framed as claim The headline calls the arming allegation Pezeshkian's 'claims'. It sets bereaved Iranians against him as the reply.×1
Dating and attribution same figure, different date×1
Headline claim the text does not carry a forecast is hung on an unnamed expert and no body text is held×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed2 unverified
From 138 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 →
S Stephen Quillen Al Jazeera English
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading3 disputed
From 23 reports we hold under this byline, at Al Jazeera English. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Spencer Kimball CNBC
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attackers named as proxies the attackers are named only through their backer, Iran×1
Attacks named but not counted The report names the attackers. 'Escalating' comes with no count of attacks or damage.×1
Certainty the same step is a feasibility question, attributed to the Treasury Secretary×1
How firm the decision is hedged to a feasibility question and attributed to a named official×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading1 disputed2 unverified2 true
From 30 reports we hold under this byline, at CNBC. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
M Muhammed Yasin Güngör Anadolu Agency
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed
From 39 reports we hold under this byline, at Anadolu Agency. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
N No Author The Japan Times
What the bias passes found in their reporting
How deeply it is sourced non-government estimate×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed
From 1 report we hold under this byline, at The Japan Times. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jay Hilotin Gulf News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact×1
Which figure is used a one-day escort figure headlined as a record, unattributed×1
Which figure is used one convoy set against a normal day's flow×1
How deeply it is sourced the record rests on two unnamed officials×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading1 disputed1 unverified
From 293 reports we hold under this byline, at Gulf News. 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. · 1 report we hold carries 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 US strikes degrade Iran's Strait of Hormuz capabilities, ISW says 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
Same 17m figure — but dated 31 August, not Monday. Puts the 40 vessels on 1 September, sourced to Axios.
The Islamic Republic's ability to surveil the Strait of Hormuz and lay mines in the vital waterway has likely been significantly degraded by American attacks, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed, noting that increased oil flows through the strait on September 1 suggest Iran is having difficulty preventing some commercial vessels from using the southern route.United States officials told Axios on Wednesday that approximately 40 vessels carrying millions of barrels of oil transited the strait on September 1.US Energy Secretary Chris Wright also confirmed that oil tankers transporte
Dating and attribution: same figure, different date — “over 17 million barrels ... on August 31”
Dating and attribution: same figure, different date — “over 17 million barrels ... on August 31”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-907503
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-funded international
The only report that counts the ships itself — Kpler's 11 on Tuesday, Lloyd's List's 12 a day, PortWatch's seven since March — and the only one to quote an Iranian official or the JMIC advisory that still rates the mine
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Read it at Al Jazeera English → https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/how-much-oil-is-going-through-h…
CNBC
Centre estimate · not a score
CNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at CNBC → What we have measured Accepted term 'refund' used without quotation marks ×1Asserted versus attributed gives the motive as fact, not as Trump's stated reason ×1Attackers named as proxies the attackers are named only through their backer, Iran ×1Attacks named but not counted The report names the attackers. 'Escalating' comes with no count of attacks or damage. ×1 from 2886 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
17m barrels on Monday, called a wartime record. Notes ~20m bpd before the war. Single source: the Energy Secretary.
More than 17 million barrels of oil transited the Strait of Hormuz by ship on Monday, a record since the Iran war began in late February, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC. Around 20 million bpd of crude and products passed through Hormuz before the war.
How deeply it is sourced: single official source — “U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC”
How deeply it is sourced: single official source — “U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC”
Read it at CNBC → https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/energy-secretary-chris-wright-tells-cnb…
The Media Line
Centre estimate · not a score
The Media Line 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Falls After US-Iran Strikes · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Media Line → What we have measured Actor label The report names the attackers together with their backer. ×1Actor label Gives the Houthis a patron in the first clause ×1Actor upgraded The body names a Saudi-led coalition. The headline names Saudi Arabia alone. ×1Adjacency framing The headline sets a Hamas case in Europe beside the airbase arrests. None of the text we hold links the two. ×1 from 645 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Counts vessels, not barrels: 4 through on Tuesday, 10 the day before, ~13 average over the prior 10 days.
Oil Prices Rise as Hormuz Shipping Falls After US-Iran Strikes The Media Line Staff 09/02/2026 Oil prices climbed Wednesday, and commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell sharply after fresh US-Iranian military exchanges raised concern that the conflict could further restrict a waterway central to global energy supplies. Brent crude rose to about $95.68 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude reached roughly $90.83, following gains of more than $4 the previous day. The increase came after US strikes on Iranian military targets and Iran’s retaliatory missile and drone attack
Which figure is used: counts vessels, not barrels — “4 vessels, against 10 the day before”
Which figure is used: counts vessels, not barrels — “4 vessels, against 10 the day before”
Read it at The Media Line → https://themedialine.org/headlines/oil-prices-rise-as-hormuz-shipping-f…
Anadolu Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Anadolu Agency 🇹🇷TR · state agency · state-controlled US forces escort 18M barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz: Report · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Anadolu Agency → What we have measured Actor named Names five governments as the ones that suspended flights, and ties it to US sanctions ×1Asserted vs expected the agenda is given as an expectation, not an outcome ×1Assertion vs attribution Credits the continuing investigation to the FDA by name ×1Attributed or stated the adviser's judgement on rates is stated as sight, not as a claim he made ×1 from 6606 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-controlled
40 vessels, 18m barrels, escorted. Adds that US strikes hit nearly 60 Iranian sites around the waterway.
EDITION Türkçe English BHSC Pусский Français العربية Kurdî کوردی Shqip فارسی македонски Bahasa Indonesia Español US-Iran war Hormuz crisis Russia-Ukraine war US-Israel-Iran War US forces escort 18M barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz: Report Military strikes nearly 60 Iranian targets around waterway amid ongoing dispute Muhammed Yasin Güngör 03 September 2026•Update: 03 September 2026 İSTANBUL The US military escorted 40 commercial vessels Tuesday that were carrying 18 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, CNN reported Wednesday, marking a wartime high for the operations. US
Read it at Anadolu Agency → https://www.aa.com.tr/en/us-israel-iran-war/us-forces-escort-18m-barrel…
The Japan Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Japan Times 🇯🇵JP · newspaper · independent Mitsui OSK sees disruption of Hormuz shipping extending beyond 2026 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Japan Times → What we have measured How deeply it is sourced non-government estimate ×1How deeply it is sourced one government's readout of another country's central bank meeting, with the conclusion drawn by the report itself ×1How the victims appear the loss that gets a figure belongs to a bank ×1How the victims appear The only person named as losing money runs a bank, and he is interviewed at length; no borrower or saver is quoted in any report. ×1 from 60 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
6–8m barrels a day last week, from oil traders' estimates — the only non-government figure in the set.
The head of Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines expects disruption in the Strait of Hormuz to last longer than previously assumed, with recent attacks elevating the risk for tankers attempting to move oil through the waterway.“Given the current situation, it’s difficult to see operations resuming in any form by the end of the year,” CEO Jotaro Tamura said in an interview. “The situation continues to be well beyond the level of risk we can accept.”Clashes between the U.S. and Iran over control of Hormuz have intensified after a period of relative calm, raising the threat for vessels carr
How deeply it is sourced: non-government estimate — “according to oil traders' estimates”
How deeply it is sourced: non-government estimate — “according to oil traders' estimates”
Read it at The Japan Times → https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/03/companies/mitsui-osk-h…
Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent Iran has no control over Hormuz, in a 'death spiral': US Treasury Sec. Bessent Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Carries Bessent's assessment unchallenged, plus 1.5m bpd of Iranian oil kept off the market by the blockade.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Iran was attempting to rebuild a network of radar installations along the Strait of Hormuz before the US military struck and destroyed the emerging system, as Washington sought to demonstrate that Tehran does not control the strategic waterway.Bessent described Iran's effort in unusually dismissive terms, referring to what he called a “patchwork tinker toy erector set radar” that Iranian forces were trying to reconstruct along the shores of the Strait.“Iran does not have control of the Strait. And they are in a death spiral,” Bessent said..Get it: Fast,
How hard the claim is stated: none — assertion carried as fact — “Iran does not control the Strait and is in a “death spiral””
How hard the claim is stated: none — assertion carried as fact — “Iran does not control the Strait and is in a “death spiral””
Read it at Gulf News → https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/iran-has-no-control-over-hormuz-in-a-de…
We could not read these
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 → 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 → 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 → 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 →
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