Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-23 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China warned on Monday that further attacks on the Middle East risk creating an "uncontrollable situation" in the war-torn region, after US president Donald Trump threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants.
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[2026-03-23 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Shah of Iran, called for the government in Tehran to "be dismantled" and for "President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu to continue targeting the regime."
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[2026-03-23 19:13 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Afreximbank is implementing measures to give financial help to African countries dependent on fuel imports, bank president says
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[2026-03-23 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: My first visit to Iran took place in September 2015, when I attended a conference in Tehran on the subject of “Iranian terror victims” - ranging, in this case, from the thousands of Iranians killed by the pathological regime-change cult known as the Mojahedin-e Khalq, to the Iranian scientists assassinated with the apparently not-so-secret help of the Israeli Mossad.
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[2026-03-23 18:56 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-23 18:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Gold, silver and platinum resumed their recent sell-off this week, falling sharply as investors continue to retreat from precious metals as a safe haven trade amid the ongoing war in Iran.
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[2026-03-23 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Tokyo is "not thinking about" calling on Iran to let Japanese tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, the foreign minister has said, after Tehran said it was ready to help.
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[2026-03-23 18:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean currency hit a fresh 17-year low against the US dollar on Monday, as geopolitical tensions stemming from the Iran crisis continued to weigh on investor sentiment and drive demand for hard currency.
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[2026-03-23 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, has lodged a protest at the UN over what he termed as "Jordan’s facilitation of US attacks", Iranian media has reported.
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[2026-03-23 17:55 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dubai: Israel launched a new wave of attacks against Tehran, and a top American commander told Iranians to remain in shelters for the foreseeable future, while Iran renewed strikes on its Gulf neighbours and threatened to start hitting their energy and water infrastructure.
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[2026-03-23 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nine in ten Israeli Jews support the war on Iran, a survey by Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) has found.
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[2026-03-23 17:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan's top government spokesperson said Monday that one of two Japanese nationals detained in Iran has safely returned home in good health.
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[2026-03-23 17:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The head of the International Energy Agency said Monday that the global economy faces a "major, major threat" because of the Iran war.
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[2026-03-23 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran warned Monday it will strike electrical plants across the Middle East if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to bomb power stations in the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-03-23 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El director de la Agencia Internacional de la Energía, Fatih Birol, habla con el Club Nacional de Prensa en Canberra, Australia, el lunes 23 de marzo de 2026. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
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[2026-03-23 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's military threatened on Sunday to completely shut down the strategic Strait of Hormuz if US President Donald Trump acts on threats to target the country's power plants.
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[2026-03-23 17:27 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
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[2026-03-23 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to follow Asian markets sharply lower at the start of the new trading week, as further escalation in the Iran war drags on global market sentiment.
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[2026-03-23 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military announced it has targeted a turbine engine production site in north-central Iran’s Qom province, saying that it was used for drone and aircraft components linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
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[2026-03-23 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol speaks at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, Monday, March 23, 2026. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
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[2026-03-23 17:09 UTC+10:00] [financial tightening] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The European Central Bank has become more hawkish, reverting to wording that analysts say often precedes interest-rate increases
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[2026-03-23 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices seesawed in volatile trading Monday as investors weighed the prospect of further escalation after President Donald Trump's ultimatum demanding Tehran reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its energy infrastructure.
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[2026-03-23 17:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: What was supposed to be a quick win has become a quagmire, so it now must be reduced to a dopamine hit
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[2026-03-23 16:52 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she has explained to Trump that there are limits to what Japan can do due to legal constraints
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[2026-03-23 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A strike on a broadcast station in southern Iran killed at least one person, state television reported on Monday.
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[2026-03-23 16:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una persona mira una pantalla con una gráfica del índice bursátil japonés Nikkei en una correduría en Tokio, el lunes 23 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-03-23 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has shared a comedy skit portraying UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as terrified of speaking to him on the phone. The move came after Trump labeled European NATO members “cowards” and described Starmer as “no Winston Churchill” for not joining his war with Iran.
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[2026-03-23 16:04 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fatih Birol says effect on energy markets of Iran bombings and closure of Hormuz strait not initially understood by world leaders
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[2026-03-23 16:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gente sigue a un camión que lleva los ataúdes cubiertos con banderas del general Ali Mohammad Naeini, vocero de la Guardia Rrevolucionaria, y uno de sus camaradas del cuerpo paramilitar, Amir Hossein Bidi , en su cortejo fúnebre en Teherán, Irán, el sábado 21 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-23 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Residents reported headaches, eye and skin irritation and breathing difficulties as Israeli bombings blanketed Tehran with pollutants
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[2026-03-23 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People follow a truck carrying the flag draped coffins of Gen. Ali Mohammad Naeini, a spokesperson for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and one of his comrades Amir Hossein Bidi , during their funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-23 15:52 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Iran has threatened to destroy the Middle East’s biggest oil factories in a move that could cripple the Gulf and trigger a global energy crisis.
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[2026-03-23 15:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: As the war in the Middle East entered its fourth week, Iran has widened its warnings to target buyers of U.S. Treasury bonds, the latest salvo in an intensifying exchange of threats, as the Trump administration's 48-hour ultimatum neared expiry.
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[2026-03-23 15:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Holy sites across Jerusalem’s Old City, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Western Wall, remained closed on Sunday under Israeli security restrictions as the war on Iran, launched by the United States and Israel, enters its fourth week. (AP video by Shlomo Mor)
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[2026-03-23 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States is reportedly planning a weeks-long operation to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Times of Israel reported, as officials signal a prolonged phase of the conflict.
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[2026-03-23 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said emergency teams were deployed to a residential area in Urmia after an air strike caused significant damage to buildings.
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[2026-03-23 14:26 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fatih Birol says world is losing 11m barrels of oil per day, more than the 1973 and 1979 energy shocks combined; IRGC threatens to completely close strait of Hormuz if Trump acts on infrastructure threats
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[2026-03-23 14:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Powerful explosions described as “unprecedented” were reported across eastern Tehran, with Iranian air defence systems activated, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
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[2026-03-23 13:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: As we enter the fourth week of the Iran war (or “excursion”), here are two great ideas about how to deal with some of the consequences — both from outside the Beltway.
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[2026-03-23 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Powerful explosions were reported across central, southern and eastern Tehran, with Iranian air defence systems activated throughout the capital, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
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[2026-03-23 13:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but Iran has threatened to target desalination plants after it said its own water and energy infrastructure had sustained damage in the ongoing war with Israel and the US.
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[2026-03-23 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Libya’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Sadiq al-Ghariani called on Muslims to support Iran amid the ongoing war with the United States and Israel, warning that foreign military presence in Arab countries brings instability.
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[2026-03-23 13:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US may need to "escalate" its attacks against Iran to be able to wind down the war, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump gave seemingly contradictory trajectories for the US military campaign.
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[2026-03-23 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-03-23 13:02 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong stocks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hang Seng Index and other major Asian markets slump as Iran conflict shows no sign of easing, hitting mining and tech shares
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[2026-03-23 12:41 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump vows to ‘hit and obliterate’ Iran’s power plants if it fails to reopen strait of Hormuz by his deadline – key US politics stories from 22 March at a glance
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[2026-03-23 12:37 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 23, 2026 12:37 | News
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[2026-03-23 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today
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[2026-03-23 12:10 UTC+10:00] [Washington] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran has threatened to ‘completely’ close the Strait of Hormuz and hit the region’s infrastructure after Trump’s ultimatum
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[2026-03-23 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US state department issued an advisory for Americans abroad, especially in the Middle East, “to exercise increased caution” amid rising tensions linked to the war with Iran.
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