Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-18 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: UN mission says US may have committed war crimes in Iran, accuses Tehran of crimes against humanity
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[2026-09-18 02:46 UTC+10:00] [Cooperation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The global response to the Russia sanctions bill the U.S. Congress approved late Wednesday has been swift and defiant, with Moscow warning it would prolong its war on Ukraine, India vowing to protect its interests, and Beijing pushing back against what it called illegal “long-arm jurisdiction.”
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[2026-09-18 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Ever since the outbreak of war with Iran earlier this year, motorists have been warily eyeing prices at the pump. While unleaded gas prices have largely avoided historic highs, the same can't be said for diesel fuel, which hit an all-time high of $6.31 per gallon on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-18 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US House of Representatives passed a Russia sanctions bill on Wednesday intended to pressure the Kremlin to end the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-09-18 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US helped evacuate 9,000 US citizens in the first months of the war with Iran. In addition, Iran carried out 600 attacks in Iraq, either directly from Iran or using proxies.
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[2026-09-18 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Palestinian population, already critical of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, may view renewed US sanctions against the PA and Palestinian Liberation Organization as another sign that the current leadership’s approach to Washington has “not produced sufficient political results,” Dr. Nabil Kukali, president and founder of the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO), told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.
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[2026-09-18 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei condemned on Thursday any aggression against Islamic holy sites, particularly Mecca, but pointed out that "a mere claim" of intercepting a drone is not enough to accuse the Houthis of the act.
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[2026-09-18 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Iran's "desire" to destroy Israel has not disappeared, though its capability to execute it has been "significantly diminished."
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[2026-09-18 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A UN fact-finding mission has found reasonable grounds to believe the US committed war crimes by carrying out indiscriminate strikes on civilian targets in Iran, according to a new report.
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[2026-09-18 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least 156 people, including 120 children, were killed in February's strike on the primary school in Minab
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[2026-09-18 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran is one of the most heavily sanctioned countries in the world, facing overlapping restrictions imposed by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United Nations.
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[2026-09-18 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Houthis pose a threat to the region, and they have demonstrated their capabilities through their recent offensive along the Red Sea. A new report by Conflict Armament Research examines the sources of their weapons and highlights their continued close ties to Iran.
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[2026-09-18 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s missiles and drones have downed dozens of US aircraft, damaged or destroyed hundreds of the United States’ buildings at its bases in the Middle East, and drained its inventories of military equipment worth billions of dollars, the Pentagon conceded earlier this week.
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[2026-09-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: By now, it should be obvious that US policy towards Iran has hit a wall.
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[2026-09-17 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The 87 “architects” of the Islamic Republic’s brutal crackdown on the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests must face international justice to deter the regime from carrying out similar acts of violent suppression in the future, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death and the day the NGO released a more than 1,000-page report documenting how Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity.
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[2026-09-17 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-09-17 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran has given a Swedish diplomat 48 hours to leave the country following the expulsion of an Iranian official from Sweden, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
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[2026-09-17 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UN investigators also said Tehran had ramped up the use of ‘repressive laws’ and ‘lethal force’ to quell protests over rising living costs
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[2026-09-17 22:16 UTC+10:00] [United Nations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UN investigators also said Tehran had ramped up the use of ‘repressive laws’ and ‘lethal force’ to quell protests over rising living costs
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[2026-09-17 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A UN-backed fact-finding mission has said that the Iranian government's crackdown on the 2025-2026 protests involved gross violations that amounted to crimes against humanity.
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[2026-09-17 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UN Human rights experts have confirmed following a fact-finding mission that they have "reasonable grounds" to believe that the US attacks on an Iranian school and a sports facility in February are tantamount to war crimes.
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[2026-09-17 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-09-17 21:22 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jeffries said the legislation had so many loopholes that sanctions harming Russia might not be applied
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[2026-09-17 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un árbol y otras decoraciones de colores se ven en las paredes de un salón lleno de escombros en la escuela Shajareh Tayyebeh, golpeada por un ataque aéreo estadounidense el 28 de febrero de 2026 en Minab, en el sur de Irán, el lunes 7 de septiembre de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-09-17 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Washington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctions
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[2026-09-17 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump says the United States is “hopefully toward the end” of its war with Iran, claiming that he has directly spoken to officials in Tehran, raising the prospect of renewed diplomacy even as fighting has erupted in Yemen.
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[2026-09-17 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: London, United Kingdom – British charities, Palestinian advocacy organisations and the proscribed Palestine Action group have condemned an official Israeli letter maligning their representatives and activists and recommending they be barred from entering Israel.
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[2026-09-17 19:53 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-17 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On September 4, the US Treasury unveiled sanctions against a Turkey-based bank and two of its subsidiaries, accusing them of moving tens of millions of dollars on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and facilitating Tehran's movement of funds across the international banking system.
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[2026-09-17 19:05 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fact-finding mission says military strikes on school and sports facility in February constitute war crimes
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[2026-09-17 19:03 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Geneva: Human rights experts commissioned by the UN’s top rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.
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[2026-09-17 19:01 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Coles is keeping milk prices higher than before the Iran war, despite ending subsidy payments to farmers that the supermarket giant used to justify stinging consumers at the checkout.
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[2026-09-17 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: GENEVA (AP) — Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.
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[2026-09-17 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February, and that these constituted war crimes.
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[2026-09-17 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump can now impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries purchasing oil from Russia, putting China and India squarely in the crosshairs.
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[2026-09-17 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a rare development, Belarus - which forms a 'Union State' with Russia, has received partial US sanctions relief after it agreed to free 25 political prisoners.
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[2026-09-17 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping sanctions and tariff bill intended to increase economic pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, sending the bill to U.S. President Donald Trump to sign into law more than a year after the late Senator Lindsey Graham first introduced it.
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[2026-09-17 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Mohammad Saeed had just turned 18 when he fled to Iran with his parents and younger brother and sister, escaping the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in 2021.
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[2026-09-17 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In this episode of Trending Middle East, US President Donald Trump is expected to meet Gulf leaders in New York next week during the UN General Assembly to discuss a postwar strategy for Iran, Axios has reported.
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[2026-09-17 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's foreign minister held two separate calls with Pakistan and Turkey to discuss regional developments, local media reported.
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[2026-09-17 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has praised recent "successful" consultations with Chinese officials.
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[2026-09-17 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-17 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For months, Saudi Arabia appeared fairly insulated from the war on Iran even as it engulfed smaller neighbours.
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[2026-09-17 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Thousands of people in Yemen were fleeing the increased fighting in their country, setting up camps on Tuesday in open areas and seeking shelter between trees. (AP video shot by Marzouq Al Jabri)
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[2026-09-17 14:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine.
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[2026-09-17 13:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Department of State has announced it will extend visa sanctions on officials of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), preventing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from travelling to New York ahead of his address to the United Nations General Assembly next week for the second year in a row.
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[2026-09-17 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- The last time South Korea won the Asian Games gold medal in men's basketball, it defeated Iran in the final on its home soil of Incheon in 2014.
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[2026-09-17 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet Gulf leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next Tuesday to discuss next steps for the war with Iran, Axios reported Thursday.
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[2026-09-17 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Four years ago yesterday, Mahsa Jina Amini died in a Tehran hospital after being detained by Iran’s morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. She was only 22 years old.
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[2026-09-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Hilton will press ahead with an aggressive expansion plan in the Middle East despite the global hospitality company suffering a sharp hit to its revenue from the Iran war, its regional head has said.
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