Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-13 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has significantly increased efforts in recent weeks to secure its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, according to a CNN report citing five sources familiar with US intelligence assessments.
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[2026-06-13 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were working with both sides to finalize a deal.
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[2026-06-13 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States military shot down several Iranian suicide drones in the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced in an X/Twitter post on Saturday.
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[2026-06-13 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The European Central Bank's decision to raise its key interest rate is reflecting the increasingly complex economic situation, underpinned by soaring inflation and energy prices as a result of the US-Iran war, analysts have said.
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[2026-06-13 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Uncertainty over the future of the Iran war and concerns about regional stability are driving a surge in gold-buying in Kuwait, as residents seek a traditional safe-haven asset while prices retreat from recent highs.
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[2026-06-13 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that control over the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz will not return to its pre-war status.
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[2026-06-13 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said control over the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz will not return to its pre-war status.
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[2026-06-13 12:48 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: New York: At least 39 times, Donald Trump has declared that a deal between the US and Iran is close, imminent or nearly complete.
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[2026-06-13 12:42 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Paris – U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly declared that Iran and the U.S. are on the verge of agreeing to a deal to end the Middle East war, but a litany of sticking points have delayed finalizing an accord and will complicate its implementation, analysts say.
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[2026-06-13 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Israelis are raising doubts about their government and military's ability to provide security after more than three months of renewed war against Iran and Lebanon.
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[2026-06-13 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said diplomacy with the United States is intended to consolidate what he described as Iran’s victory in the recent conflict, outlining a proposed memorandum of understanding that he said was nearing completion.
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[2026-06-13 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance is expected to travel to Geneva to sign a memorandum of understanding with Iran, according to a US official cited by The Wall Street Journal.
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[2026-06-13 11:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A senior Iranian official has claimed that US President Donald Trump agreed to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, despite publicly denying reports of such a move.
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[2026-06-13 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: FIFA President Gianni Infantino has failed to deliver on promises to secure full access for the Iranian soccer federation to attend the team's three games in the United States, Iran’s World Cup team supervisor told Reuters.
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[2026-06-13 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that it is time to end the war with Iran, Axios reported on Saturday.
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[2026-06-13 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A senior US official said President Donald Trump has directed that sanctions on Iran be eased if Tehran adheres to a future agreement, according to remarks reported by The Times of Israel.
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[2026-06-13 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hussein Hajj Hassan, a member of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, said Iran had “clearly” informed the group that Lebanon was included in a reported memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.
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[2026-06-13 10:04 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Their new deadline for the war: Labor Day.
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[2026-06-13 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-06-13 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran is dominating headlines, but Washington’s favorite bipartisan monster abroad is never too far from the sights of the hawks. Just days ago, and while the U.S. is fighting a war, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell scolded Marco Rubio for pausing a weapons shipment to Taiwan.
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[2026-06-13 08:43 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The United States expects to sign a potential framework of an agreement with Iran within “the next few days,” a senior administration official said on Friday, while emphasizing that it was hardly finished.
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[2026-06-13 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A satirised image of the Statue of Liberty and the U.S. flag decorate the entrance to the former U.S. Embassy, which has been turned into an anti-American museum, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-06-13 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 13 Jun 2026 at 8:12am
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[2026-06-13 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By the middle of March during Trump's Operation Epic Fury, Iran was flexing its retaliatory might, and the Gulf region was shocked to see the largest natural-gas production facility in the world, Qatar's North Field, badly damaged - with a key section forced offline and severely damaged.
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[2026-06-13 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-13 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has denied media reports that it transferred money to Iran, saying no frozen Iranian funds have been released, moved or routed through the country.
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[2026-06-13 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-13 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An indictment was filed against a 44-year-old resident of Haifa for contacting a foreign agent and providing information to Iran.
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[2026-06-13 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that nuclear talks with the United States would only take place at a later stage and would not proceed unless a proposed interim deal was implemented, state TV reported.
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[2026-06-13 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE paid Iran billions of dollars in return for a halt to attacks on the country in an about-face for the Gulf state that staked out the most hawkish position on Iran, lobbying the US to continue waging war on the Islamic Republic, Reuters reported on Friday.
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[2026-06-13 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, pursuing a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab state amid its ongoing war with the United States and Israel, four sources told the Reuters news agency.
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[2026-06-13 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot says he sees a real willingness from both sides to reach an agreement, as diplomatic efforts continue around a possible US-Iran deal.
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[2026-06-13 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE paid Iran billions of dollars in return for a halt to attacks on the country in an about-face for the Gulf state that staked out the most hawkish position on Iran, lobbying the US to continue waging war on the Islamic Republic, Reuters reported on Friday.
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[2026-06-13 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi said the administration of the Strait of Hormuz would no longer operate as it did before the war, adding that the waterway falls “under the sovereignty of Iran and Oman”.
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[2026-06-13 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the Strait of Hormuz has become one of Tehran’s “most important deterrent tools”, warning that the strategic waterway will not return to its pre-war status.
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[2026-06-13 06:11 UTC+10:00] [Irã] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Estaria o Irã à beira de uma transição para uma ditadura militar? Após a morte do líder supremo, o aiatolá Ali Khamenei, em fevereiro, muitos analistas veem sinais de que o poderoso Corpo da Guarda Revolucionária Islâmica (IRGC, na sigla em inglês) teria assumido o poder e o controle em Teerã.
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[2026-06-13 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says a proposed memorandum of understanding with the US includes a mechanism for Iran’s frozen funds, while rejecting media reports about the text of the deal.
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[2026-06-13 05:53 UTC+10:00] [Cooperation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The senior US official put the chance of success for a near-term deal at 80 to 85 percent but said the nuclear details will take months to materialize.
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[2026-06-13 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab state during the US-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-06-13 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-13 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar held secret talks with Iran during the Israeli-US war, offering to help disrupt global energy markets if Tehran spared the Ras Laffan gas field, The Washington Post reports, citing US officials.
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[2026-06-13 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran offered its most definitive assessment on Friday that it was close to signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US, as both countries jostled to frame the deal as a victory.
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[2026-06-13 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com
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[2026-06-13 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has agreed to release billions of dollars for Iran, Reuters reports, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks during the US-Israeli war on Tehran.
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[2026-06-13 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As Washington and Tehran move towards a long-term ceasefire agreement, Gulf states will likely look for new long-term security solutions when a war in their region – which they did not start – finally ends.
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[2026-06-13 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump listens during an event to sign a proclamation about the fishing industry, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-06-13 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Switzerland says it is ready to host the possible signing of a memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, as diplomatic efforts continue to pull the region back from further confrontation.
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[2026-06-13 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Personas nadan y juegan en las aguas del estrecho de Ormuz al tiempo que buques de carga y embarcaciones comerciales permanecen anclados a lo lejos, frente a Bandar Abbas, Irán, el miércoles 10 de junio de 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA vía AP)
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[2026-06-13 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Question: If the Strait of Hormuz keeps becoming that focal pressure point, do you expect construction costs here to rise enough to affect property prices, or is that overstated? RK, Sharjah
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[2026-06-13 03:50 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump, meanwhile, slammed reports about the agreement that cited leaked terms appearing to favour Tehran
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