Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-07 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: For many veterans of post-9/11 wars, the strikes on Iran bring troubling echoes of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
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[2026-03-07 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the Kremlin said late Friday, as the United States and Israel continued to escalate their attacks against Iran.
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[2026-03-07 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has released a new threatening statement to Iran, just hours after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an apology for previous strikes on Gulf countries.
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[2026-03-07 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Peregrinos musulmanes rezan mientras rodean la Kaaba, el edificio cúbico ubicado en la Gran Mezquita, durante una peregrinación menor, llamada Umrah, en la ciudad de La Meca, santa para el islam, en Arabia Saudí, el 7 de diciembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Amr Nabil, archivo)
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[2026-03-07 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump warned that Iran would be ‘hit very hard’ on Saturday as the US forces’ “Operation Epic Fury” enters its second week.
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[2026-03-07 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three US Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers have landed at the Royal Air Force Fairford base in Gloucestershire, southern England, as the Pentagon prepares for a new "surge" in strikes against Iran.
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[2026-03-07 22:26 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened that Iran "will be hit very hard" in a statement posted on his Truth Social platform.
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[2026-03-07 22:12 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Masoud Pezeshkian issues rare apology to neighbouring Gulf states for Iranian strikes as war enters eighth day
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[2026-03-07 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: White House wages online propaganda campaign with aggressive and tasteless videos seemingly designed for young rightwing American men
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[2026-03-07 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran’s targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare
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[2026-03-07 21:53 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Source says officers have increased patrols at the consulates as precaution since the outbreak of US-Israeli war against Iran
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[2026-03-07 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nubes de humo señalan lugares donde se produjeron ataques durante la campaña militar de Estados Unidos e Israel, en Teherán, Irán, el 5 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-07 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) navy has launched a drone attack on the al-Dhafra airbase in the UAE, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-03-07 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed deep flaws in the West’s sense of self, as European leaders claim to stand on the right side of history all while demonstrating a patently obsequious approach to Washington.
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[2026-03-07 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed deep flaws in the West’s sense of self, as European leaders claim to stand on the right side of history all while demonstrating a patently obsequious approach to Washington.
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[2026-03-07 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Israel attacked Iran last Saturday, citing the need to curb the alleged threat posed by the Islamic Republic and the need to topple its government.
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[2026-03-07 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: India said Saturday that it would continue importing Russian oil after the United States temporarily granted a sanctions waiver that allows for oil shipments currently stranded at sea to be sold to Indian buyers.
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[2026-03-07 21:18 UTC+10:00] [Dubai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would halt attacks on regional nations, suggesting miscommunication was to blame, and urged diplomacy
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[2026-03-07 21:10 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Behzad Mirzaei says his nearly 80-year-old mother lives alone in Tehran, near areas that have already been hit
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[2026-03-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Regime change, nuclear threat – or something else? US officials seem unable to land on one coherent reason for war
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[2026-03-07 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The leader of an Iranian Kurdish nationalist group based in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region has told Al Jazeera that it is “highly likely” that Iranian Kurds will stage a cross-border ground operation into Iran.
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[2026-03-07 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the United States is “not concerned” about reports that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran for targeting American military forces in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-07 20:42 UTC+10:00] [Chinese] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Amid China’s annual ‘two sessions’, Wang Kuiran says region will boost legal support for businesses affected by US restrictions
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[2026-03-07 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Millions of Iranians attended Friday prayers across the country for the first time since the US assassination of their supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-07 20:11 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington has downplayed reports that Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran about United States targets across the Middle East amid the burgeoning US-Israel war on Iran, first reported by The Washington Post.
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[2026-03-07 20:04 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
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[2026-03-07 19:32 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Iran's president said Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a "dream that they should take to their grave".President Masoud Pezeshkian made the statement in a pre-recorded address aired by state television.He also apologised for Iran's attacks on regional countries, saying that Tehran would halt them and suggesting they were caused by miscommunication in the ranks.
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[2026-03-07 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said neighbouring countries will no longer be targeted, unless an attack originates from there, as the war launched by the United States and Israel, which triggered sustained retaliation from Tehran across the Gulf and beyond, enters its second week.
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[2026-03-07 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Iran's women's football team has been under intense scrutiny since arriving in Australia for the Women's Asian Cup. (Getty Images: Albert Perez)
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[2026-03-07 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran has decided to stop attacking neighboring countries and has no intention of invading them, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said, adding that the Islamic Republic would not surrender under pressure.
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[2026-03-07 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday said Iran will not target neighbouring countries unless attacks against Iran originate from their territory.
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[2026-03-07 18:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday said it targeted an oil tanker in the Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz using a drone, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-03-07 18:42 UTC+10:00] [ABC News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The conflict started by the US president lacks clear rationale, stoking public opposition and economic concerns amid rising fuel prices
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[2026-03-07 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Heated exchanges between Iran and the U.S. continued unabated over the weekend, while Iranian missiles rained down on Gulf states and Israel attacked critical infrastructure in Tehran.
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[2026-03-07 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Soldados de Israel trabajan en tanques en una próxima a la frontera con Líbano, en el norte de Israel, el 6 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Ariel Schalit)
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[2026-03-07 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Videos circulating online reportedly show Mehrabad International Airport, one of the two main airports in Tehran, was caught in flames following air strikes on Saturday.
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[2026-03-07 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Arab League will hold an emergency meeting of foreign ministers on Sunday to discuss what officials described as Iranian attacks on several Gulf countries.
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[2026-03-07 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Huge explosions have hit several locations across Iran, including the capital, Tehran, as the war that has ignited the Middle East entered its eighth day.
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[2026-03-07 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: My sexuality had to be hidden from my friends, my parents, not to mention the authorities. Then I found freedom at house parties and one song that sums up me finally being able to be myself
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[2026-03-07 18:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One week on from the first strikes, we look at why the war started, what the cost has been and what may come next
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[2026-03-07 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military on Saturday said more than 80 fighter jets carried out overnight strikes across Iran, dropping about 230 munitions on what it described as military targets.
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[2026-03-07 17:35 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-07 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its “unconditional surrender.”
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[2026-03-07 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense has said it has intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched towards Prince Sultan Air Base in al-Kharj, as the United States and Israel’s war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation on Gulf states housing US assets continue to engulf the region.
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[2026-03-07 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Israeli PM’s war on its nemesis is playing well domestically. But real safety for Israelis requires another leader altogether
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[2026-03-07 16:56 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-07 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Millions of Israelis were forced into shelters overnight after Iran launched multiple waves of ballistic missiles toward the country, according to Al Jazeera, which reported that at least five missiles were detected since midnight, triggering air raid sirens across several areas.
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