Strait of Hormuz
place — The channel carrying about a fifth of the world's oil.
Washington Examiner says the G7 agreed to release oil and diesel reserves; Reuters says the IEA will decide the diesel details next week
Three reports appeared within 23 minutes on 6 October. An opinion piece calls the reserve release agreed. A Reuters headline says the details are still open and the …
Interfax says one tanker was hit and set on fire in Hormuz; Shargh says '2 maritime incidents'
Both cite the same UK maritime agency. One describes a strike and a fire. The other describes two incidents and gives no detail. Neither says who fired, names …
Iran says Hormuz stays shut until its June terms are met; a Ukrainian paper reports an Iraqi supertanker got through
Two Iranian lawmakers say Iran holds the strait and will not reopen it. Ekonomichna Pravda reports 2 million barrels of Iraqi oil moving through it. The New York …
Ghalibaf says Hormuz stays shut until June's terms are met; IRNA says a US reply to a seven-day plan is under review
On 4 October, Iranian officials described the Hormuz talks in three ways. One said the strait stays closed until Iran's conditions are met. One said a US reply …
Trump and the Washington Examiner say 'Europe' agreed to release diesel; the G7 statement, US included, says the G7 did
Seven economies will release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel from emergency stocks over four months. Outlets disagree on who acted and why. Some headlines say 'Europe', …
UK monitor names no attacker for three ships hit in Hormuz; the Revolutionary Guard says it clashes there 'every 24 hours'
A British maritime monitor says an oil tanker, a cargo ship and a gas carrier were hit by "unspecified projectiles". In the same article, Iran's Revolutionary Guard says …
Iran's army says an 'Iranian order' holds in Hormuz; AP calls it 'the fighting with Iran' and names no one else
Two Iranian military claims about the Strait of Hormuz reached print on 29 September. Iran's army says the waterway is Iranian. The Revolutionary Guards say US warships can …
Trump 'rejected' Iran's peace proposal, says a Reuters market headline; a US official says this week's talks are about an amended version of it
A US official told Reuters and The Jerusalem Post that the US and Iran will each meet mediators on Monday or Tuesday. The Jerusalem Post says the talks …
Araghchi warns of 'doomsday war' in the Examiner, says Trump's no 'might not be final' in the Times
Trump said Iran's ceasefire offer was not "acceptable". Every report we hold agrees he said no. They split on whether the no will hold, and on why he …
Trump's 'record' Hormuz oil: Interfax repeats 'more than before the war', TASS notes he gave no figure, Shargh calls it a claim
The US president said a record amount of oil crossed the Strait of Hormuz overnight. Three reports carry the line. None gives a volume, and only one says …
Jerusalem Post calls Iran's Hormuz offer a seven-day ceasefire plan, the Independent a 'peace plan', Iran's foreign minister 'not new'
President Trump has rejected Iran's latest offer to end the six-month war. Five outlets describe it five ways, and they disagree on whether it is dead. No report …
Trump 'rejected' Iran's Hormuz offer, say Al Jazeera and Asharq Al-Awsat; Iran is 'still waiting' for a US answer, Araghchi tells The Jerusalem Post
Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to end a six-month war. Trump says he turned it down. Iran's foreign minister calls that an initial reaction and …
Trump says Hormuz carried 'a record amount of oil'; the Revolutionary Guard says the strait 'is closed'
On the same day, Washington and Tehran gave opposite accounts of whether ships are crossing the Strait of Hormuz. The Guard also says it seized a second US …
Iran's offer was to reopen Hormuz, say Al Jazeera and Público; a ceasefire proposal, says De Telegraaf. Trump rejected it
Four outlets agree that Donald Trump turned Iran down on 26 September. They do not agree on what Iran put on the table. Only one report, Espreso TV …
The Hill says Trump expects bombing to resume after the midterms; The New York Times says he would not say
Trump said on Saturday that he had turned down Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Five outlets give the offer four different names. They also disagree …
Jerusalem Post: Pezeshkian says Iran 'no longer trusts' US talks; Shargh: he asks only that the US 'return to the memorandum'
Iran's president spoke at the UN General Assembly and gave interviews in New York. An Israeli paper leads with distrust and blame over Hormuz. An Iranian daily leads …
Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz plan: The Hill calls it a ceasefire offer, Haaretz a plan to open the waterway, and one Lebanese paper lists the $12bn price
Donald Trump said on Saturday he was rejecting Iran's seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The reports we hold agree that he rejected it. They do …
One rejected Iranian offer, three names: a Hormuz plan to Asharq Al-Awsat, a ceasefire proposal to the Jerusalem Post, a trade reopening in Trump's words
Trump says Iran's proposal "is not acceptable". None of the six reports we hold sets out its terms. They cannot agree on what it was.
Qatar says US–Iran talks made 'progress'; an unnamed Iranian official says Hormuz stays shut until 'all' Iran's conditions are met
We hold four reports from Friday. Qatar's prime minister spoke on the record and said Thursday's indirect talks moved forward. An Iranian official who would not be named …
80 countries at the UN: iDNES says they condemned Iran and the Houthis, Telex says only the Houthis, North Press names no one
Bahrain's foreign minister read a joint statement at the UN on Thursday calling for Gulf shipping to reopen. Three reports agree on the count of about 80 countries. …
Reuters sources say the US and Iran are discussing a phased deal on Hormuz; Rubio says there were 'no breakthroughs'
Reuters cites sources it does not name. They say Washington and Tehran are discussing a phased deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the US blockade. …
Pezeshkian at the UN: IRNA leads on 'war was imposed on us', Shargh on 'victims of terrorism', An-Nahar on Hormuz and a US walkout
Iran's president spoke to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. Five outlets carried the speech, and each put a different line first. Two Lebanese outlets report that the …
Iran is 'ready to reopen Hormuz' if the US moves first, says an Iranian official; Trump 'asked to arrange a meeting', says Ynet
Both governments talked about talks on Tuesday, as Trump and Pezeshkian headed to the UN in New York. The nine reports we hold do not agree on who …
France 24 says two tankers were hit by a projectile or debris; Gulf News's headline says one tanker, in a 'US-Iran war'
Two reports on ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday disagree on how many were hit and on what hit them. France 24's own headline and …
Iran says it will strike back only if attacked; Trump says Iran's leaders face being wiped out without a deal, and Hormuz stays shut
Eight reports cover the standoff, and every threat in them comes with a condition. Each outlet puts that condition on the other side. None of them spells out …
CENTCOM says Iran exported no oil; An-Nahar calls it a claim, LBCI runs its figures as the admiral's own words
The US commander in the Gulf says more than 2,000 merchant ships have crossed the Strait of Hormuz under escort and that Iran has not exported one barrel …
MSNBC prices Brent at $107.82, Shargh's headline says $110 and its own text says $104 and $131
Four reports on the strike on the Saudi pipeline, filed inside 32 minutes. Three different barrels priced between them, one pre-war baseline, and no report naming who struck …
IRNA says a barrel costs $105.26, An-Nahar says about $102.15, Asharq Al-Awsat says only "above $100"
Six reports filed within seven hours on Thursday. Four carry a price for a barrel of crude. No two agree, and not one says at what hour its …
France 24 says Iran hit "more than a dozen vessels" and oil is above $100; An-Nahar gives no ships and no price
Two reports, filed seven minutes apart on Wednesday, both say Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz and Washington has blockaded Iranian ports. They put the two blockades …
The Hill says Iran targeted 10 ships; the Times and the Post say the US sank 5
Six reports on two days of strikes in the Gulf. Three put a number on the hulls, none put a number on the people, and not one quotes …
Al-Monitor: Iran hit "more than a dozen" ships. An-Nahar names five Iranian tankers destroyed by US Central Command
Brent passed $100 for the first time since 24 July. Every tally of what was hit at sea comes from a party that was firing or being fired …
Iran's Guard Corps says it trapped a modern US underwater drone; a US official says an older model broke down
Eight reports on one morning at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. Four carry only Iran's account, two carry only Washington's, one carries both, and one describes …
The Times says Houthi attacks; the Post says attacks and "soaring demand in China"
Brent is climbing back toward $100. Three of the nine reports we hold name a cause, and they do not name the same one. Trump says prices "will …
Al Jazeera says Hormuz has been closed for six months. CentCom says 18 million barrels crossed on Tuesday.
The US military counted 40 escorted vessels and about 18 million barrels through the Strait of Hormuz on 1 September. Al Jazeera, which reports the strait has been …
Saudi Arabia says Iran hit the tanker Sidr in Hormuz. AFP, on the same site, calls the attacks unclaimed.
Projectiles struck two tankers carrying Saudi oil on Monday. Riyadh's foreign ministry names Iran and names the ship. AFP's wire copy on Al-Monitor calls the same attacks unclaimed. …
The US energy secretary says 17 million barrels crossed Hormuz on Monday. AFP says Iran has shut the strait.
LBCI carried it as a single line of ticker at 08:01 on Wednesday 2 September: US energy secretary Chris Wright told CNBC that more than 17 million barrels …
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 …