Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-02 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: IAEA chief Rafael Grossi also said up to now his agency had "no indication" that any of the nuclear installations have been damaged or hit in Iran.
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[2026-03-02 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Oil prices have risen sharply, and stocks have slid as United States and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israeli and US military installations in the Middle East have disrupted the global energy supply chain.
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[2026-03-02 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: （德國之聲中文網）美國與以色列2月28日對伊朗發動戰事，伊朗最高領袖哈梅內伊（Ali Khamenei）在空襲中身亡。中國外交部週一（3月2日）指出，至少有1名中國公民在伊朗德黑蘭身亡，並對戰事可能外溢表達關切。中方稍早在週日（1日）曾發聲明譴責美以在伊朗的行動「嚴重侵犯伊朗主權和安全」、「踐踏《聯合國憲章》宗旨原則」，呼籲各方立即停止軍事行動。
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[2026-03-02 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister José Manuel Albares said Monday that the military operation launched by the United States and Israel against Iran “is not about democracy”, stressing that American military bases on Spanish soil are not being used.
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[2026-03-02 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More from the French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot.
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[2026-03-02 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Congregants at the Ahlul Bait Foundation of South Africa - an association of Shia Muslim communities - gathered in Cape Town to pay their respects to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by US-Israeli military operations in Iran.
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[2026-03-02 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Shortly after the United States and Israel launched unprecedented strikes on Iran this weekend, blithely propelling the entire region into unfathomable chaos, the editorial board of the New York Times published its two cents’ worth in an editorial directed towards US sociopath-in-chief Donald Trump: “Why Have You Started This War, Mr.
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[2026-03-02 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: France's foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday that Israeli and US "unilateral" attacks in Iran should have been debated in the collective bodies set up for this exact purpose, such as the United Nations.
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[2026-03-02 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran on Sunday night announced the end of search operations for victims of a U.S.-Israeli airstrike on a girls' elementary school in southern Iran, reporting 165 deaths.
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[2026-03-02 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New Delhi has long prided itself on being friends with everyone in the Middle East. The killing of Khamenei just made that much harder
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[2026-03-02 19:57 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging oil and freight costs disrupt traders, while flight disruptions compound challenges for Middle East exhibitors in the city amid escalating tensions
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[2026-03-02 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Relief operations are continuing across Iran after US-Israeli attacks affected 131 cities nationwide, Al Jazeera reported, citing the Iranian Red Crescent.
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[2026-03-02 19:48 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-02 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they had launched missile strikes on an Israeli government complex in Tel Aviv as well as security and military centres in Haifa and an attack on east Jerusalem.
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[2026-03-02 19:41 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, warns against further escalation following US and Israel strikes on Iran
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[2026-03-02 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, has strongly condemned what he called “brutal” Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
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[2026-03-02 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-02 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia on Monday denied reports that claimed the country was lobbying US President Donald Trump to strike Iran, saying that the nation has been "consistent in supporting diplomatic efforts to reach a credible deal with Iran".
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[2026-03-02 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force base of Akrotiri in Cyprus has witnessed a suspected Iranian drone attack overnight, the island’s president and the British Ministry of Defence said, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK would allow the United States to use its bases to attack Iran.
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[2026-03-02 19:10 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With crossings closed, Palestinians in Gaza are hoarding again as the war in Iran transforms the regional security situation
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[2026-03-02 19:09 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One expert warns some airfares can’t be refunded unless the airline itself decides it won’t fly
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[2026-03-02 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-02 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia on Monday denied reports that claimed the country was lobbying US President Donald Trump to strike Iran, saying that the kingdom has been supporting efforts to reach a deal with Tehran.
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[2026-03-02 19:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is heightening its emergency response posture as tensions escalate in the Middle East, with the government convening a series of high-level meetings to assess the impact on Korean nationals and national security.
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[2026-03-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fears that decision to strike could be open-ended as Trump comes under pressure to spell out his vision for the country
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[2026-03-02 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain becomes EU’s most vocal opponent to US-Israel attacks on Iran, 20th edition of Mobile World Congress starts in Barcelona and more news on Monday March 2nd.
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[2026-03-02 18:55 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A small number of Shia mosques and Islamic centres hosted vigils for Iran’s supreme leader who was killed in US missile strikes on Sunday
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[2026-03-02 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The death toll from Pakistan's weekend protests over the killing of Iran's supreme leader has reached at least 25, according to an AFP tally on Monday.
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[2026-03-02 18:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men look on as Israeli security forces operate at the site where several people were killed in an Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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[2026-03-02 18:32 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Motorsport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-02 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Iran, Israel and the United States are now engaged in war, with the fallout spreading across the region.
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[2026-03-02 18:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Air strikes by Israel and the United States have killed at least 27 people in northwestern Iran over two days, an Iranian official reported on Monday.
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[2026-03-02 18:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Loud explosions were heard in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and the Qatari capital of Doha for a third consecutive day of Iranian retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf states in response to ongoing attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran.
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[2026-03-02 18:16 UTC+10:00] [Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bangkok has been here before: 46 Thais died in the Hamas assault that started the Gaza war. Now it fears history may be repeating
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[2026-03-02 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Strikes on western Iran left at least three people dead on Monday, Iranian state media reported, on the third day of the United States and Israel attacks on the country.
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[2026-03-02 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O líder supremo do Irão, o ayatollah Ali Khamenei, no poder desde 1989, morreu durante uma ofensiva coordenada entre Israel e os Estados Unidos. A resposta iraniana não se fez esperar e a região mergulhou numa nova espiral de violência.
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[2026-03-02 17:49 UTC+10:00] [The West Report] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: by Michael West | Mar 2, 2026 | The West Report
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[2026-03-02 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Oil prices soared and stocks fell in Asia on Monday on the back of turmoil in the Middle East after US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with the vital Strait of Hormuz effectively shut and several ships attacked.
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[2026-03-02 17:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un partidario de Hezbollah sostiene un retrato del fallecido líder supremo iraní, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, en una marcha en un suburbio sureño de Beirut, Líbano, el domingo 1 de marzo de 2026. El texto en árabe en el retrato dice “Martirio del líder de la revolución islámica en Irán, ayatolá Alí Jamenei”.
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[2026-03-02 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Travel and Tourism
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[2026-03-02 17:35 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hundreds of thousands of passengers remain stranded, with key air hubs in Middle East closed amid fallout from US-Israeli strikes on Iran
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[2026-03-02 17:25 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Victorian motorists face the threat of rising petrol prices as the widening conflict in Iran rattles global energy markets and ignites warnings that oil prices could blow past $US100 ($140) a barrel for the first time in years.
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[2026-03-02 17:20 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-02 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Religion State Relations
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[2026-03-02 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey's trade minister said on Monday that day-trip passenger crossings at three Turkish customs gates at the Iranian border have been mutually suspended but Turkey is allowing its own citizens and third-country nationals to enter from Iran.
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[2026-03-02 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More from Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s National Security Council.
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[2026-03-02 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Exports to the Middle East account for much of Tasmanian Quality Meats' trade. (ABC Rural: Laurissa Smith)
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[2026-03-02 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Hezbollah supporter holds up a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a gathering in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 1, 2026. The Arabic words on the portrait read:"Martyrdom of the leader of the Islamic revolution in Iran, sayyed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.” (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-03-02 16:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the retaliatory attacks that have since hit Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain are drawing attention to how much South Korea's biggest technology companies now have riding on the Gulf.
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[2026-03-02 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chiíes iraquíes sostienen imágenes del líder supremo iraní, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, que murió por un ataque estadounidense en Teherán, durante un funeral simbólico en Najaf, Irak, el domingo 1 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Anmar Khalil)
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