Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-30 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel will attack Iran again if it tries to rebuild its nuclear or missile programmes, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said Saturday.
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[2026-08-30 07:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: With millions facing hunger and displacement in Sudan, dissidents enduring prison and torture in Iran, and thousands of political prisoners languishing in Myanmar’s jails, the world is hardly suffering from a shortage of worthy humanitarian causes.
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[2026-08-30 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a row with Canada to proposed talks with North Korea’s Kim, is the US president trying to distract voters from his unpopular Iran war?
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[2026-08-30 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a row with Canada to proposed talks with North Korea’s Kim, is the US president trying to distract voters from his unpopular Iran war?
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[2026-08-30 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Before a fatal strike killed most of his immediate family and transformed his fate, some doubted Mojtaba Khamenei would ever rule Iran.
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[2026-08-30 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Soldados israelíes aseguran un edificio en construcción mientras varias ambulancias evacúan a palestinos heridos tras un ataque perpetrado por colonos israelíes en el poblado de Qusra, en Cisjordania, el sábado 29 de agosto de 2026. (AP Foto/Majdi Mohammed)
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[2026-08-30 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, an Iran-backed Iraqi armed group, said on Saturday it will only cooperate with efforts to bring weapons under state control if 10 conditions are met, including a complete withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.
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[2026-08-30 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is planning to cut funding to the Peshmerga, the armed forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government, according to a BBC report that called the Peshmerga "a key Middle East ally that helped the US defeat the Islamic State group (IS) and is now facing punishing attacks from Iran, according to four sources familiar with the matter."
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[2026-08-30 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COUNTLESS seasoned experts and commentators are worried about a world war erupting between the United States-led Western alliance plus Japan and India, and the Eurasian bloc of China, Russia, Iran, and their allies. But for some, like former US Marines intelligence officer and United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter, World War III has already broken out.
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[2026-08-30 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-30 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Palestinian boy cries over the body of Hamouda al-Attar, who was killed by the Israeli army, during his funeral at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-08-30 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: EU gas storage is now at one of the lowest seasonal levels on record, with the shortfall feeding a “winter panic” among traders amid the Iran war and Brussels’s continued push to phase out Russian energy, according to The Guardian.
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[2026-08-30 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: EU gas storage is now at one of the lowest seasonal levels on record, with the shortfall feeding a “winter panic” among traders amid the Iran war and Brussels’s continued push to phase out Russian energy, according to The Guardian.
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[2026-08-30 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday issued a rare admission, describing that after six months of war initiated by the United States and Israel, the country's economy is feeling significant pain.
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[2026-08-30 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Converge big man Justin Arana has been inserted to the Gilas Pilipinas final 12 in lieu of injured Carl Tamayo heading to the Philippines’ collision versus Iran on Sunday’s FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers fourth window at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
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[2026-08-30 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: US efforts to choke Iran’s economy are starting to come into effect and a major Egyptian bank is feeling the heat.
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[2026-08-30 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, center, talks to Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, right, and Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Moran, Wyo. (AP Photo/Amber Baesler)
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[2026-08-29 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's acting Defence Minister Majid Ibn Reza said his country will continue to strengthen its defensive capabilities.
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[2026-08-29 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-29 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused elements within the Trump administration of using “gullible media” to influence energy prices for personal gain, claiming Iran’s intelligence had uncovered “major efforts to game energy markets”.
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[2026-08-29 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared on 28 August that either all Persian Gulf countries will be allowed to export oil freely or none will, adding that the security of West Asia depends on the withdrawal of US forces.
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[2026-08-29 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Gas prices have climbed sharply across the U.S. following the outbreak of the Iran War, but the size of the increase varies significantly by state.
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[2026-08-29 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-08-29 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-08-29 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iranian trade has fallen sharply under U.S. sanctions and a naval blockade, President Masoud Pezeshkian said, as Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged a reduction in reliance on the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-08-29 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's ambassador to Germany, Majid Nili, said his country is prepared to pursue dialogue and engagement with the United States based on mutual respect.
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[2026-08-29 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: There’s little optimism about treasury secretary’s ability to handle Trump’s tariffs, Iran sanctions and colossal US debt
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[2026-08-29 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ignore Iran, the Epstein files, and your wallet – not to mention Trump’s plummeting approval ratings
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[2026-08-29 21:01 UTC+10:00] [Drones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is preparing to blame Russia for the attempted drone attack in Leipzig and announce "extensive" sanctions, in what would mark a serious hardening of Berlin's posture toward Moscow.
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[2026-08-29 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Gulf states are rethinking their strategy after coming under attack, but observers said Beijing does not want to commit itself too deeply
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[2026-08-29 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Gulf states are rethinking their strategy after coming under attack, but observers said Beijing does not want to commit itself too deeply
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[2026-08-29 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran transferred $7.5bn in oil revenue from sales during the first four months of the current Iranian year to the central bank, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Saturday, as Tehran said it had continued to meet its budget targets despite a US naval blockade.
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[2026-08-29 20:51 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
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[2026-08-29 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s leaders have acknowledged the mounting economic damage of six months of war with the United States, with the president saying foreign trade has shrunk by more than a third under US sanctions and a naval blockade.
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[2026-08-29 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Early Sunday morning, the Islamic Republic executed Shahram Sadeghi, who had been arrested in connection with the nationwide protests that erupted in January. His death came just one day after an anniversary that, for my family, has marked the brutality of this regime for nearly half a century.
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[2026-08-29 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned that “no one will be able to sell oil in a region where Tehran cannot”, according to Mehr News Agency.
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[2026-08-29 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-29 14:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said that his country will neither forgive nor forget the Minab school massacre “but will continue to pursue it”, IRNA reported.
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[2026-08-29 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Motorbikes drive past a billboard depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, handing the country’s flag to his son and successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, as the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini stands at left, in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-08-29 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: LIFE GOES ON. People walk on the beach, with vessels in the Strait of Hormuz visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on August 25, 2026.
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[2026-08-29 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two US Congresswomen have criticised Trump administration’s “immoral” war on Iran, which completed six months on Sunday.
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[2026-08-29 13:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-29 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the war now at the six-month mark, the Trump administration has stepped up efforts to punish Iran financially with an ‘economic D-Day’
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[2026-08-29 13:23 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the war now at the six-month mark, the Trump administration has stepped up efforts to punish Iran financially with an ‘economic D-Day’
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[2026-08-29 12:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s acting defence minister Majid Ebn al-Reza has said that Tehran has many “surprises” in store for its enemies, Iranian media reported.
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[2026-08-29 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Pirates manage to board ships operating a long way from the coast and then guide them closer to the shore
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[2026-08-29 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US military redirected has 82 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two others to "ensure compliance" with its naval blockade of Iran, US Central Command (Centcom) said.
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[2026-08-29 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US Treasury Department on Friday unveiled its first 'secondary' Iran sanctions related to Trump's 'Economic D-Day' against Iran, on Friday naming an Egyptian bank in the UAE.
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[2026-08-29 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com,
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[2026-08-29 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. struck a deal with Venezuela to get majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves as the war with Iran roils the global crude trade, President Donald Trump announced Friday.
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