Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-31 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks jumped Monday afternoon and oil prices went on a wild ride as President Trump signaled a possible end to the war in Iran – even as the vital Strait of Hormuz remained closed and Tehran attacked Israel’s largest oil refinery.
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[2026-03-31 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The spike in U.S. gas prices is having a big impact on workers who drive their personal cars for a living. Prices are up $1 per gallon since the Iran war began. Many California drivers are paying more than $6 per gallon. (AP Video/Terry Chea)
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[2026-03-31 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Economy and finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have vowed to do what it takes to stabilise roiling energy markets amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-31 03:31 UTC+10:00] [Paris] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A link to Iran is suspected due to similarities to ‘recent attempted attacks in Europe which a pro-Iran group claimed responsibility for’
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[2026-03-31 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, discussed energy security amid the ongoing Iran and Ukraine conflicts in a phone call on Monday, according to the Kremlin.
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[2026-03-31 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Shocking leaked audio showed a lefty Democratic hopeful for Michigan Senate telling campaign staffers he wanted to avoid taking a position on the death of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because many voters were distraught over it.
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[2026-03-31 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An oil refinery in northern Israel has been struck in a missile barrage from Iran and Lebanon, Israeli media report, in the second attack on the facility since the United States-Israeli war on Iran began last month.
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[2026-03-31 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — French authorities are investigating a suspected link to Iran after thwarting a bomb attack outside a Bank of American building in Paris on the weekend, the interior minister said Monday.
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[2026-03-31 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As the US and Israel boast of the military success of their bombing campaign in Iran, ordinary Iranians describe a very different reality – one defined by profound losses.
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[2026-03-31 03:01 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Unlikely grouping of Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey steps up efforts to broker ceasefire and curb dominance of Iran and Israel
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[2026-03-31 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-31 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-31 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On 4 March, just days after the US and Israel attacked Iran, Spain's prime minister addressed the nation.
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[2026-03-31 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has renewed his threat to “blow up” a range of civilian infrastructure in Iran, including all of the country’s desalination plants, in a move that would threaten the water source for millions of people and that experts say would be illegal.
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[2026-03-31 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, calls are growing in Britain for a major re-evaluation of the country's foreign policy - and its nuclear deterrent.
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[2026-03-31 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have welcomed a number of paramilitary Iraqi forces as part of a “humanitarian convoy” while war with the United States and Israel threatens to enter a new phase involving potential ground assaults.
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[2026-03-31 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say disruption at plants could shift more output to China, which already produces more than half of global supply
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[2026-03-31 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vista de un retrato del difunto líder supremo de Irán, el ayatolá Ali Jamenei, y al fondo humo tras un ataque aéreo israelí en Dahiyeh, Beirut, Líbano, el 30 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-03-31 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MADRID — Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in the Iran war, the defense minister said Monday, marking another step in the government's opposition to US and Israeli involvement in the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-31 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday put Iran and the speaker of the Islamic Republic’s parliament on notice after Tehran attacked Israel’s biggest oil refinery and told The Post his response is coming “shortly.”
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[2026-03-31 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The EU is extending human rights sanctions against Iran for another year, until 12 April 2027.
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[2026-03-31 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Aluminum closed in on prices not seen since 2022 following Iranian attacks on two Middle Eastern producers over the weekend, heightening fears of a supply crisis for the industry.
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[2026-03-31 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is considering a military operation to send US soldiers inside Iran to extract nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium from Iran, officials said.
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[2026-03-31 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-03-31 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told Al Jazeera that the Strait of Hormuz will “reopen one way or another” amid the war with Iran.
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[2026-03-31 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump pushed concerns about surging world prices aside Monday and threatened to destroy Iran's oil wells, power plants and main export terminal if Tehran does not quickly accept a peace deal.
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[2026-03-31 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Petrol prices] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president thumbs his nose at concerns about the most serious energy crisis in global history. But Australia, like other countries, is paying a high price
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[2026-03-31 00:54 UTC+10:00] [Narita] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stability in the Middle East is vital for Japan, which relies on the region for over 90 per cent of its crude oil imports
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[2026-03-31 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Spain has closed its airspace to planes of the United States involved in the US-Israel war on Iran, the latest step in the country’s opposition to the conflict.
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[2026-03-31 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ruled out deploying troops to Iran, saying the UK is "not going to get dragged into this war.”
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[2026-03-31 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Kuwait has accused Iran of carrying out a “heinous attack” on one of its combined power and desalination plants on Sunday. Like much of the Middle East, the nation depends heavily on industrial production to meet its freshwater needs.
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[2026-03-31 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Kuwait has accused Iran of carrying out a “heinous attack” on one of its combined power and desalination plants on Sunday. Like much of the Middle East, the nation depends heavily on industrial production to meet its freshwater needs.
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[2026-03-30 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: In the densely populated neighbourhoods of southern Tehran, the 11th Criminal Investigation Base once stood as a mundane symbol of local law enforcement. Its detectives investigated economic crimes, fraud and petty thefts.
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[2026-03-30 23:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened widespread destruction of Iran's energy resources and other vital infrastructure if a deal to end the war with Tehran is not reached soon.In a social media post on Monday, Trump said "great progress is being made" in talks with Iran to end military operations.But he bristled that if a deal was not reached and and if the strategic Hormuz Strait was not immediately reopened, the US would broaden its offensive by "completely obliterating all
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[2026-03-30 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Dozens of British citizens have been jailed in the United Arab Emirates as the country clamps down on social media activity over the Iran war.
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[2026-03-30 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman holds a portrait of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest outside Iran’s embassy, where dozens of people gathered waving Hezbollah and Iranian flags in solidarity with the Islamic Republic, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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[2026-03-30 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has been in “serious” discussions with a “new and more reasonable” Iranian government, President Donald Trump has claimed. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he also threatened to obliterate Iran’s critical energy infrastructure if no deal is “shortly reached.”
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[2026-03-30 23:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, including desalination plants, if a deal to end the war with Tehran is not reached “shortly.” On the ground, the conflict showed no sign of letting up: Tehran struck a key water and electrical plant in Kuwait, and an oil refinery in Israel came under attack.
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[2026-03-30 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is considering a military operation to seize the enriched uranium held at Iranian nuclear sites, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing sources.
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[2026-03-30 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – When the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt landed in Islamabad over the weekend, it marked the second meeting in less than two weeks of a diplomatic track working to contain the fallout of the US-Israel war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the region.
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[2026-03-30 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La ministra de Defensa de España Margarita Robles en una reunión de la OTAN en Bruselas, el 15 de octubre del 2025 (AP foto/Omar Havana)
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[2026-03-30 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Economic and consumer confidence plummeted in Europe in March, according to official data released on Monday, in the latest evidence of how the Iran war is upending growth and inflation expectations.
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[2026-03-30 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: War is testing operating principle that has guided Trump for decades: construct a narrative, declare it to be true and relentlessly force the world to submit to it
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[2026-03-30 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A worker inspects liquefied petroleum gas cylinders, arranged for customer delivery at a distribution centre on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
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[2026-03-30 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said Monday that a deal with Iran was “probably” close — but warned the US would obliterate the regime’s oil wells and power plants if it fell through.
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[2026-03-30 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spain’s Defense Minister Margarita Robles waits for the start of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 (AP Photo/Omar Havana, file)
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[2026-03-30 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. will "completely" obliterate Iran's electric generating plants, oil wells and Kharg Island if the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz is not "immediately" reopened and a peace deal is not reached "shortly."
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[2026-03-30 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must have persuaded Donald Trump that a war on Iran would unfold much like the pager attack in Lebanon 18 months ago.
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[2026-03-30 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Monday.
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[2026-03-30 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cantor Ruth Berman Harris, left, who leads the congregation in lieu of a full-time rabbi, lights candles to celebrate Seder with congregants of the 104-year-old Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center which burned down in the Jan. 2025 Eaton fire, gathered for a Passover at the First United Methodist Church in Pasadena, Calif.
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