Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to meet US President Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, in Geneva on Thursday for what has been described as a “decisive” meeting.
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[2026-02-26 06:06 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-26 06:05 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Organizers scramble for new venue after University of Southern Maine cites sanctions over Francesca Albanese’s virtual talk
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[2026-02-26 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Scott Bessent, habla en una entrevista después del discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión del presidente Donald Trump ante una sesión conjunta del Congreso en el Capitolio, Washington, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-02-26 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The enemies that threaten Israel - like Iran - are also threats to the United States, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said at the Israel–US Relations Caucus in the Knesset on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran pushed back Wednesday against U.S. President Donald Trump's pressure tactics ahead of critical nuclear talks in Geneva, with Tehran's parliament speaker warning that negotiations may yield an agreement through "honorable diplomacy"—but that an attack would draw a "firm blow" from Iranian forces.
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[2026-02-26 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Commuters drive past Saint Sarkis church and a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-26 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have rejected reports that a former president tried to grab power at the height of last month’s nationwide protests and characterised the claims as “purely fictional narratives”.
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[2026-02-26 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has deployed a squadron of advanced F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to an Israeli Air Force base in the country’s south, multiple media outlets claimed on Tuesday, citing US officials and flight tracking data. The reported move comes as part of a major US military buildup in the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran.
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[2026-02-26 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In his State of the Union address Trump said his preference was to use diplomacy in dealing with Iran. But, he added, “I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror — which they are, by far — to have a nuclear weapon.”
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[2026-02-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Among the most important foreign policy statements of President Trump's during his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Tuesday night came in discussing his Iran red lines.
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[2026-02-26 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US issued new sanctions against Iran on Wednesday, targeting more than 30 individuals and companies connected to its so-called shadow fleet.
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[2026-02-26 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has issued a new wave of sanctions against Iran, targeting ships that it said are selling Iranian oil to help fund the country’s ballistic missile programme.
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[2026-02-26 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Several countries have begun withdrawing dependents of diplomatic personnel and non-essential staff from some locations in the Middle East, or advising citizens to defer travel to Iran, amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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[2026-02-26 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The upcoming round of diplomatic talks between the United States and Iran may be the last realistic chance for a negotiated outcome before a war breaks out, former Israel Navy commander, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eliezer “Chayni” Marom said during a Wednesday interview with 103FM.
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[2026-02-26 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has rejected accusations that it is seeking nuclear weapons, denouncing US President Donald Trump’s latest remarks as false and misleading.
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[2026-02-26 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Oil prices are sliding this morning following as an over-supplied market (API reported a huge 11.4mm barrel build last week) beats the geopolitical risk premia (with the US poised to attack Iran).
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[2026-02-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Australian government has told dependents of Australian diplomats in Israel and Lebanon to leave the two Middle East countries, citing a deteriorating security situation in the region, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran is prepared for a diplomatic approach with the US or “a remorseful response that would make any aggressor regret their malicious behavior,” Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In a world on edge waiting to see what US President Donald Trump does next in the Middle East, he provided no clear signal when he presented the longest ever State of the Union address.
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[2026-02-26 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Hezbollah official said that the Lebanese terror group will not get involved militarily if the United States carries out "limited" strikes against Iran, AFP reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran sees a chance of a good outcome from a third round of talks with the United States, its President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday, as a delegation left for Geneva to negotiate over Tehran's nuclear program.
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[2026-02-26 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Videos shared on 24 February show gatherings at several universities, with students chanting slogans heard during the nationwide unrest that peaked in January. On Tuesday, government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said students have the right to protest but must understand the country’s red lines. Her remarks mark the first official response to the renewed campus rallies.
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[2026-02-26 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A behavioral AI simulation created by Israeli startup AskIt suggests that a decisive majority of senior commanders in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) would back a military leader, not a cleric, to replace Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-02-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Unusually detailed posts by commercial firm MizarVision about America’s deployments in the Middle East are grabbing attention
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[2026-02-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Supreme Court’s February 20 ruling has significantly limited President Donald Trump’s ability to use tariffs as a negotiation tool. However, friends and foes have not yet breathed a sigh of relief; restricting the President may increase his use of potentially much more damaging instruments.
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[2026-02-25 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran-linked hacker group Handala claimed to have hacked Clalit, Israel’s largest healthcare provider, in a social media statement.
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[2026-02-25 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Twelve American F-22 Raptor fighter jets landed at an Israel Air Force base on Tuesday evening as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise and uncertainty looms on the Iranian front.
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[2026-02-25 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran on Wednesday denied Donald Trump's claim that it is building missiles that “could soon reach the US”, even as one expert called them “broadly true”.
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[2026-02-25 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: With universities reopening on Saturday after several weeks of closure, students have once again returned to the front lines of protest, and demonstrations and clashes between them and Basij forces have continued in most universities across the country.
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[2026-02-25 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One question keeps coming up in newsrooms, on social media, and in private conversations as tensions build - when will the United States strike Iran?
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[2026-02-25 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranians, like other people in the Middle East, are preparing for the possibility of war. This comes after weeks of US-Iran tensions.
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[2026-02-25 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-02-25 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In his State of the Union address Trump said his preference was to use diplomacy in dealing with Iran. But, he added, “I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror — which they are, by far — to have a nuclear weapon.”
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[2026-02-25 22:23 UTC+10:00] [State of the Union address] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President claimed during longest ever State of the Union speech that Tehran was building weapons that could strike the US
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[2026-02-25 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump offered rare praise to Hamas during his State of the Union address, saying the Palestinian movement had “worked along with Israel” to retrieve the bodies of Israeli captives.
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[2026-02-25 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran’s political and military structures are unique globally, with power concentrated in the supreme leader, who sits at the top of a multi-layered system of elected institutions, unelected bodies and parallel military forces.
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[2026-02-25 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Shortly before US President Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, senior officials from the US House of Representatives and Senate emerged from a classified briefing on Iran held by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA chief John Ratcliffe.
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[2026-02-25 21:35 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In further comments on the state of peace talks, Zelenskyy also said that this Thursday’s meeting will be part of “preparations for a trilateral meeting with Russia, which we believe will take place in early March”.
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[2026-02-25 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una mujer cruza una calle mientras las motocicletas pasan en Teherán, Irán, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-25 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-02-25 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A growing number of countries have warned their citizens in Iran to leave amid the threat of possible strikes by the United States.
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[2026-02-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Opposition campaigners claim top figures in regime use state wealth to fund lifestyles counter to those they preach
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[2026-02-25 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) killed or arrested at least 100 fighters from Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) in clashes on Monday as the Shia-Marxist group attempted to carry out operations near Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Tehran headquarters, MEK confirmed.
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[2026-02-25 20:52 UTC+10:00] [US & Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-02-25 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Going to war with America, Israel and Nato will have very horrible and unpredictable consequences,’ a Tehran resident says
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[2026-02-25 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian state TV released on Tuesday a video showing the country’s Revolutionary Guard holding a drill that included launching missiles, flying drones and firing guns at targets along its coast, without elaborating on the exact time or place of the exercise.
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[2026-02-25 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense-minded Israelis were watching US President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech avidly for mentions of the word "Iran," but also more specifically, for the words "ballistic missiles."
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[2026-02-25 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Global sanctions meet the digital age in a recent interesting bit of FT analysis, which concluded that a single email server may have exposed what amounts to a $90 billion shadow pipeline for Russian crude.
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[2026-02-25 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As I write these sentences, a massive military buildup - instigated by Israel and its American agents, and mobilised by US President Donald Trump - is encircling Iran for a decisive operation.
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