Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-04 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pasajeros de un vuelo procedente de Abu Dabi aterrizan en el aeropuerto de Fiumicino, en Roma, Italia, el 3 de marzo de 2026. (Valentina Stefanelli/LaPresse via AP)
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[2026-03-04 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente del gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, habla durante una mesa redonda en la Conferencia de Seguridad de Múnich, Alemania, el sábado 14 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Michael Probst)
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[2026-03-04 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US Congress] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Republicans are set to vote down the resolution introduced by Democrats, who have condemned Trump for launching strikes without Congressional approval
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[2026-03-04 21:55 UTC+10:00] [United Arab Emirates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While organiser reports only ‘small’ dip in participants, at least two firms expect fewer clients due to travel disruptions caused by war in Iran
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[2026-03-04 21:50 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-04 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, center, gestures to Daniel Mulino, Australian Assistant Treasurer as he is introduced at the start of a signing ceremony, as Canada’s Finance and National Revenue Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, right, looks on, in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-03-04 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian state television hosts have denounced U.S.-Israeli strikes on Moscow’s ally Iran as “war crimes,” accusing Washington of using diplomacy as cover for military action and warning that similar tactics could one day be deployed against Russia.
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[2026-03-04 21:41 UTC+10:00] [Shi Jingtang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Swords into Ploughshares can tell us a lot about Beijing’s approach to the crisis in Iran, cross-strait relations and this year’s ‘two sessions’
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[2026-03-04 21:37 UTC+10:00] [Venezuela] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Some Russian hardliners are urging Vladimir Putin to double down on the war in Ukraine
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[2026-03-04 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The flight from Abu Dhabi with passengers returned to Italy arrives at Fiumicino Airport, in Rome, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Valentina Stefanelli/LaPresse via AP)
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[2026-03-04 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Athens, Greece – Iran has warned European leaders against joining the United States and Israel’s war that has destabilised the Middle East and upended economies around the world.
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[2026-03-04 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: China’s military has outlined five strategic lessons it says can be learned from the US-Israeli attack on Iran, warning against “blind faith in peace” and over-reliance on outside powers.
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[2026-03-04 21:14 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: PM says his country will not be complicit in growing conflict in Middle East ‘simply out of fear of reprisals from someone’
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[2026-03-04 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Multiple explosions have been reported east of the Iranian capital, according to state-linked media.
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[2026-03-04 21:10 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Gen Sir Richard Shirreff says US president has launched war of choice in Iran with no clear grasp of how it will end
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[2026-03-04 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: European nations are facing “a literal hell” due to an energy price surge caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said.
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[2026-03-04 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: European nations are facing “a literal hell” due to an energy price surge caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said.
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[2026-03-04 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While rising energy costs from war in Iran may briefly aid China’s deflation battle, analysts warn how oil price spike could threaten nation’s fragile economic rebound
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[2026-03-04 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – It was the first working day of the week and Muhammad Raza, a 23-year-old Pakistani medical student, was assisting the doctors treating patients at Tehran University of Medical Sciences hospital in the Iranian capital.
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[2026-03-04 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mojtaba Jamenei, hijo del difunto ayatolá de Irán Ali Jamenei (centro), durante la celebración anual del Quds, o Día de Jerusalén, en Teherán, Irán, el 31 de mayo de 2019. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi, archivo)
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[2026-03-04 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has reported that eight hospitals have been struck since the war began, accusing Israel and the United States of violating international law.
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[2026-03-04 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iranian regime leaders who are elevated to replace the eliminated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be picked off after their succession if they continue his ideology, Israeli officials threatened.
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[2026-03-04 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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[2026-03-04 20:43 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-04 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Um dos objetivos claros da ofensiva conjunta dos EUA e de Israel no Irão é o colapso do regime teocrático iraniano. O Presidente norte-americano, Donald Trump, instou a população iraniana a tomar o poder. E a morte do líder supremo, Ali Khamenei, confirmou a intenção de destituição do regime que comanda o Irão há mais de quatro décadas.
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[2026-03-04 20:30 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US-Israeli onslaught may lead regime to push for bomb or embolden other groups to steal uranium stockpile
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[2026-03-04 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Grieving Iranians will bid farewell to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran, a senior Iranian official told state media, days after he was assassinated along with family members in joint air strikes by Israel and the United States.
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[2026-03-04 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian media say at least five people have been killed after overnight attacks struck Isfahan province in central Iran.
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[2026-03-04 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hit back on Wednesday at US President Donald Trump's criticisms of Madrid's refusal to let US planes use its bases to attack Iran.
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[2026-03-04 20:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bahrain’s military says its air defence systems have intercepted dozens of missiles and drones since the start of the latest Israeli-US war on Iran.
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[2026-03-04 20:04 UTC+10:00] [stock] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea’s Kospi is the worst-hit in Asia, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix falling 11.7 per cent and 9.6 per cent, respectively
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[2026-03-04 20:02 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-04 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, attends the annual Quds, or Jerusalem Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-03-04 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday it has fired 230 drones at several facilities hosting US troops in the Middle East, including a base in Erbil in northern Iraq and the Ali Al Salem Air Base and Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.
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[2026-03-04 19:48 UTC+10:00] [Tim Wilson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Shadow treasurer tells MPs he has cashed in the investment and donated the gains to an advocacy group for gay rights in Iran
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[2026-03-04 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Before the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran five days ago, the fallout from files released by the US Department of Justice on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were reverberating around the world.
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[2026-03-04 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, interviene durante una reunión con el canciller de Alemania, Friedrich Merz, en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca, el 3 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein, archivo)
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[2026-03-04 19:32 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Senior Ukrainian MPs have used a visit to Canberra to warn that escalating conflict with Iran must not come at the expense of Western support for Kyiv, declaring that the outcome of Russia’s invasion will shape global security far beyond Europe.
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[2026-03-04 19:29 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The federal government has cancelled a $670,000 grant promised to a mosque in Dandenong on the grounds of “social cohesion concerns” after it mourned the death of Ayatollah Khamenei.
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[2026-03-04 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it maintains full control of the Strait of Hormuz, where United States President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to deploy the navy to escort tankers.
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[2026-03-04 19:13 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: The United States is claiming success in curbing Iran’s ability to launch missiles and drones across the Middle East after striking nearly 2000 Iranian targets, while Israel intensified its attacks on Tehran and widened the war in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-04 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have exposed a deepening rift at the top of the EU, as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, find themselves on a “collision course” in a backroom power struggle, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
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[2026-03-04 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have exposed a deepening rift at the top of the EU, as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, find themselves on a “collision course” in a backroom power struggle, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing sources.
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[2026-03-04 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army announced a new series of attacks on Iran, with the air force now beginning a "broad wave of strikes" targeting Tehran.
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[2026-03-04 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: More than 50,000 American troops have been deployed as part of the US’ Operation Epic Fury that has already eliminated 2,000 targets, according to US Navy Adm. Brad Cooper.
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[2026-03-04 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Leaders in Israel and the United States have indicated that the conflict against Iran could continue for weeks.
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[2026-03-04 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: My family is in Tehran; I am in Abu Dhabi. Across the region, ordinary people are paying the price for these attacks
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[2026-03-04 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sara Didar held back tears as she spoke about concerns for her family in Iran. (ABC News: Glenn Mullane)
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[2026-03-04 18:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: US President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to sever all trade with Spain after it refused to let US planes use its bases to attack Iran, while also lashing out at Britain for not cooperating more.
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[2026-03-04 18:39 UTC+10:00] [North Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Pentagon wants Seoul to shoulder more of its defence burden. Analysts say it may have strengthened Kim Jong-un’s hand instead
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