Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-08-29 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was ready for cooperation and understanding with regional countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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[2026-08-29 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kameng Trading Limited allegedly acted as front company to help Iran’s Pedram Pirouzan Exchange House access international financial system
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[2026-08-29 08:14 UTC+10:00] [Musthafa Azheekkodantakath] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kameng Trading Limited allegedly acted as front company to help Iran’s Pedram Pirouzan Exchange House access international financial system
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[2026-08-29 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Less than three weeks after Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, attention is shifting from the pact’s collective defense pledge to a more consequential question: Who else might join it?
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[2026-08-29 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Treasury on Friday announced plans to cut off Banque Misr's branches in the United Arab Emirates from the global financial system, as the Trump administration seeks to "asphyxiate" what it said were Iran's "enablers".
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[2026-08-29 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has rejected the US’s repeated claims that the Strait of Hormuz is open, saying US officials are continuing to “lie” to “cover up their failures”.
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[2026-08-29 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Treasury on Friday announced plans to cut off Banque Misr's branches in the United Arab Emirates from the global financial system, as the Trump administration seeks to "asphyxiate" what it said were Iran's "enablers".
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[2026-08-29 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Scott Bessent, habla en una conferencia de prensa, el lunes 24 de agosto de 2026, en la sede del organismo, en Washington. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-29 05:23 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 29, 2026 05:23 | News
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[2026-08-29 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Democrats on Friday slammed the Trump administration for dragging out the war on Iran to its six month anniversary, warning Republicans would pay the price in the upcoming midterm elections.
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[2026-08-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump came back to the White House claiming to have a good relationship with Vladimir Putin, vowing to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours. (Reuters: Evan Vucci)
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[2026-08-29 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said he had banned people from "committing anything that harms social cohesion" and urged authorities to avoid any “discouraging statements that weaken national and public motivation," in a written statement published on Friday.
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[2026-08-29 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Mishel Bychkova, vice president at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Moscow
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[2026-08-29 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Mishel Bychkova, vice president at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Moscow
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[2026-08-29 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Treasury Department proposed on Friday to revoke Banque Misr UAE’s correspondent banking access to US financial institutions, calling it a “critical node” in the Iranian regime’s access to US dollars.
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[2026-08-29 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-29 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei told officials on Friday to stop publicising problems and instead highlight the country's “power and strength”, in the latest sign of a leadership rift in Tehran.
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[2026-08-29 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president’s ‘little excursion’ in the Middle East grinds on, despite his earlier promise to voters to keep the US out of ‘endless wars’
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[2026-08-29 03:26 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president’s ‘little excursion’ in the Middle East grinds on, despite his earlier promise to voters to keep the US out of ‘endless wars’
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[2026-08-29 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran left the door open to diplomacy on Friday, six months into a war with the United States that has upended the Middle East, but only if Washington abandons its pressure campaign.
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[2026-08-29 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Six months after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, a lot may have been destroyed but there is no end in sight to the conflict.
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[2026-08-29 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Treasury Department on Friday moved to sanction the United Arab Emirates branch of an Egyptian bank over its financial ties to Iran.
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[2026-08-29 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States issued more Iran-related sanctions targeting one entity and one individual on Friday, after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier this week threatened further action amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-08-29 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at a news conference, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-29 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has become stronger while the US has exposed its weakness during the conflict in the Middle East, which is still far from over, experts have told RT on the day marking six months since Washington and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-08-29 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has become stronger while the US has exposed its weakness during the conflict in the Middle East, which is still far from over, experts have told RT on the day marking six months since Washington and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-08-29 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Brent crude futures initially jumped overnight after The Wall Street Journal reported that President Trump has no interest in reviving the memorandum of understanding (interim peace deal) reached with Iran in June. The war-risk premium in Brent has since faded in New York premarket trading amid mounting developments this week that major Gulf producers, including Kuwait and Qatar, are increasing tanker flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-29 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-29 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is apparently suffering from “schizophrenia” and “delusions” over his claims that the Strait of Hormuz belongs to Washington, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has said.
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[2026-08-29 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is apparently suffering from “schizophrenia” and “delusions” over his claims that the Strait of Hormuz belongs to Washington, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has said.
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[2026-08-29 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In what will likely prove to be a very limited and ultimately unfruitful diplomatic overture, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has newly announced that Tehran views renewed talks with Washington as not impossible, and that dialogue can actually get on track - but so long as the US understands that pressure does not work.
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[2026-08-28 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Crude oil prices have swung sharply over six months of war in Iran, rising almost two-thirds to nearly $120 a barrel before falling back as diplomatic efforts eased fears of a prolonged disruption to global supplies.
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[2026-08-28 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US stock futures are flat and rates rise ahead of today's main event: Fed chief Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech at 10am ET (full preview here) as traders seek clarity on his economic outlook and his strategy for lowering inflation back to the Fed's 2% target. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are little changed and Nasdaq 100 futures are lower following the Nvidia-driven rally for the index in the prior session, when however only 30% of the S&P and
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[2026-08-28 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: It has been six months since February 28, when the US and Israel shocked the world by launching missile strikes on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior Iranian officials in Tehran, as well as scores of children in a school in Minab, southern Iran.
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[2026-08-28 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz crisis shows neither state benefits when key waterways can become instruments of political pressure or economic coercion
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[2026-08-28 22:24 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-28 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the United States' newest sanctions campaign as an act of 'state terrorism' in violation of the UN Charter, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-08-28 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Six months ago today, the United States and Israel launched their first strikes of on Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran and hitting nuclear and military sites around the country.
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[2026-08-28 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The spokesperson of Iran's Ministry of Defence, Brigadier General Reza Talaei‑Nik, stated that Iran has prepared new weapons and 'surprises' for the battlefield in the event of future war, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.
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[2026-08-28 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Supply chains in the Middle East are shaping up to be the next major opportunity for venture capital investors, especially when the Iran war ends, the founder of Dubai's Global Ventures has said.
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[2026-08-28 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinos pasan junto a un almacén de distribución de alimentos dañado en un ataque israelí contra una vivienda cercana en Deir al-Balah, en el centro de la Franja de Gaza, el 26 de agosto de 2026. (AP Foto/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-08-28 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: CIA Director John Ratcliffe delivered a grim assessment of Russia’s situation regarding the war in Ukraine during a secret visit to Moscow this past week, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
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[2026-08-28 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a return to diplomacy to end the war with the US was not "impossible", with the conflict still unresolved as it reached the six-month mark on Friday.
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[2026-08-28 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinians walk past a food-aid warehouse damaged in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a nearby house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-08-28 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump, center, walks from Marine One to board Air Force One, Aug. 21, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-08-28 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-28 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: New Zealand proved steadier down the stretch while relying on a solid defensive effort to nip a tough Iran quintet in overtime, 93-91, in the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on Friday.
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