Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-02 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the state funeral of Iran's former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Pakistan's foreign ministry said.
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[2026-07-02 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The transfer of US dollars from the United States to Iraq has resumed following a suspension intended to pressure the country to distance itself from Iran, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing aides to Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi.
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[2026-07-02 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Buques comerciales, vistos en el estrecho de Ormuz desde la costa de Bandar Abbas, Irán, el 30 de junio de 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA vía AP)
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[2026-07-02 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-07-02 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A senior Chinese lawmaker will attend the funeral of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, China’s Foreign Ministry says.
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[2026-07-02 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian oil exports are seeking to build momentum after Washington temporarily eased restrictions, giving Tehran a 60-day window to find buyers and bring in badly needed revenue.
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[2026-07-02 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar says indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Doha have made “positive progress”, with another round expected after the funeral of Iran’s former Supreme Leader.
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[2026-07-02 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran is preparing the largest state funeral in its history for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli strike on 28 February.
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[2026-07-02 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has filed a protest at the United Nations after Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to assassinate Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
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[2026-07-02 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s military has been placed on high alert before the multi-day funeral for Khamenei, Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia says.
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[2026-07-02 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader watches monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-02 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -President Donald Trump greets Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool, File)
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[2026-07-02 13:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US State Department has designated the Ecuadorean gang Chone Killers as a foreign “terrorist organisation”, imposing sanctions on a crime group that Washington has accused of carrying out attacks on civilians and public officials.
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[2026-07-02 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai inflation hit 5.5 per cent in May as the US-Iran war lifted fuel, transport and imported food prices, adding to cost-of-living pressures.
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[2026-07-02 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Brent oil prices slid to nearly $70 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since the days leading up to the start of the US-Iran war, as supply worries continue to ease and the market monitors the progress in peace talks.
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[2026-07-02 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Iranian mourner goes into a frenzy just after the body of the Ayatollah Khomeini was removed from Beheshte Zahra Cemetery in Tehran, June 6, 1989. The burial was delayed when thousands of mourners crowded the imam’s body in an effort to touch their leader. (AP Photo/Greg English, File)
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[2026-07-02 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Given speculation that the US Federal Reserve will soon raise interest rates while the Iran turmoil continues to fan fears across asset classes, should investors boost cash holdings?
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[2026-07-02 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says Tehran will use part of its frozen assets in Qatar to purchase goods needed by the country following talks in Doha.
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[2026-07-02 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-02 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DOHA, Qatar — US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that indirect talks with Iran in Qatar were making progress, offering a tentative sign that diplomacy was holding after recent exchanges of fire threatened efforts to end the Middle East war.
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[2026-07-02 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says Tehran will use part of its frozen assets in Qatar to purchase goods needed by the country following talks in Doha.
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[2026-07-02 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices fell on Wednesday after talks between Washington and Tehran concluded.
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[2026-07-02 10:48 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-02 10:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-02 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson says "positive progress" was made on issues related to the memorandum of understanding following a separate meeting between Qatari and Pakistani mediators and the US and Iranian delegations in Doha.
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[2026-07-02 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides agreed to establish a communication channel to report and record violations of their initial memorandum of understanding
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[2026-07-02 09:45 UTC+10:00] [Hezbollah] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides agreed to establish a communication channel to report and record violations of their initial memorandum of understanding
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[2026-07-02 09:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Some airlines are restoring flights to parts of the Middle East as diplomatic efforts to end the war on Iran gather pace, though many carriers have kept suspensions in place.
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[2026-07-02 09:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: "Vibes are immaculate," said an Egypt fan, halfway up a staircase to the stands, waiting to see how his national team shaped up against Iran in Seattle last weekend.
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[2026-07-02 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-02 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi threatened to “school” Israel if the US does not fulfill its commitment to “muzzling its pets in Tel Aviv” under the recently signed US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding in a post on X/Twitter on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-02 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-02 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A 20-year-old US citizen living in Jerusalem is set to be charged with spying for Iran, according a police statement issued Tuesday, ahead of the individual’s indictment.
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[2026-07-02 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran says it will establish a “communication channel” with the United States to report breaches of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between them two weeks ago to end the war.
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[2026-07-02 06:37 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-07-02 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iraqi security forces arrested politicians and senior officials in overnight raids inside Baghdad’sfortified Green Zone on Sunday, in one of the most visible anti-corruption operations Iraq has seen in years and an early test of Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi’s new government.
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[2026-07-02 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says a communication channel will be established to report and discuss breaches of the memorandum of understanding reached between the US and Iran, according to the official IRNA news agency.
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[2026-07-02 06:14 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance, who has been criticized for championing the U.S. war against Iran despite his history of staunchly opposing foreign interventionism, on Wednesday defended President Trump’s effort to unwind the war through negotiation.
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[2026-07-02 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance stated that indirect US-Iran talks in Doha are “going well” and will soon progress to discussions on nuclear issues while speaking to American military personnel in Virginia on Wednesday, according to a CNN report.
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[2026-07-02 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Since October 8, 2023, Israel’s northern border has existed in a state of perpetual chaos and uncertainty. Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into two wars that neither the Lebanese government nor its people wanted, using the country as a pawn to advance the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regional agenda.
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[2026-07-02 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The vessel was described as a foreign container ship using a route not approved by Tehran
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[2026-07-02 04:35 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The vessel was described as a foreign container ship using a route not approved by Tehran
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[2026-07-02 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi announced on Wednesday that talks with Qatari and Pakistani officials in Doha on implementing the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran have concluded.
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[2026-07-02 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-07-02 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranian officials are in Qatar for mediated talks with the United States, more than four months after the US and Israel launched heavy air attacks across Iran.
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[2026-07-02 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that negotiations with Iran have gone “extremely well”, but if Iran were to “threaten its neighbours”, Trump has “options” to respond.
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[2026-07-02 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-02 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Resident Samih Haidar, right, inspects his burned apartment damaged in Israeli strikes in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-07-02 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – En la imagen, publicada por el departamento de medios extranjeros del gobierno iraní y distribuida sin cambios por la AP, se muestran tumbas preparadas para las víctimas, principalmente menores, de un ataque realizado el 28 de febrero contra una escuela primaria en Minab, Irán, el lunes 2 de marzo de 2026.
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[2026-07-02 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As he visited troops in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the military “will not leave” the area as long as the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah remains a “threat” to his nation.
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