Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-26 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Sheibani had his visa extended after it expired on Monday, despite the Lebanese government declaring him persona non grata, KAN News reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-26 08:17 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Xi Jinping’s government is sending a message of defiance to Donald Trump over China’s economic ties with Iran.
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[2026-08-26 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf reportedly told Iraq’s chief justice Faiq Zaidan that Iraq can play a decisive role in shaping a new regional order, especially in the Gulf.
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[2026-08-26 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Air Force said it is seeking charges under the military justice system against Major Jason Watson for his public call for the impeachment and removal from office of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance over the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-08-26 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A perceived shift in the Iran war from a military conflict to an economic one has seen the oil price and Treasury yields dive and shares rise.
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[2026-08-26 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-26 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Americans' approval of the US-Israeli war on Iran has reached another record low, pulling Trump's approval rating down with it, to the worst reading of either of his two terms in office, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The new findings also show likely spillover effects for the November midterms that will benefit Democrats seeking to retake the majority in Congress.
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[2026-08-26 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States announced new sanctions on Iran and a slew of global entities doing business with the country on Monday, in what officials have called an “economic D-Day” and officially dubbed “Operation Economic Outcast”, in an effort to force Tehran to negotiate an end to the war.
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[2026-08-26 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in a televised interview on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed despite a temporary transit agreement with Oman.
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[2026-08-26 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several top Iranian officials have taken to social media to mock US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's "economic D-Day" of sanctions on Iran, including parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghabilaf and Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.
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[2026-08-26 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-26 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Before attacking Iran, US President Donald Trump was warned by US intelligence that killing Iran's former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, could result in him being replaced by a more radical regime with greater interest in acquiring nuclear weapons, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-26 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran and Oman’s top diplomats have discussed a proposed framework for a temporary transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz and a mine-clearing project in the key waterway, which they both border.
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[2026-08-26 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) managing director said on Tuesday that the global economy is faring better than expected as energy supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz drive uncertainty, although she warned of rising fiscal pressures.
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[2026-08-26 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The United States launched a new campaign against Iran, seeking to block all of its potential sources of revenue and telling nations to cut economic ties with Tehran.
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[2026-08-26 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held separate phone conversations with Pakistan army chief Asim Munir and Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
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[2026-08-26 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Demand to urgently pass through the waterway has soared after the Iran war upended global trade routes, particularly to Asia
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[2026-08-26 05:03 UTC+10:00] [Asia] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Demand to urgently pass through the waterway has soared after the Iran war upended global trade routes, particularly to Asia
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[2026-08-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nearly six months into the war with Iran, the Middle East is rediscovering an old truth: when a great power becomes entangled in a prolonged conflict, small and medium-sized states begin looking for insurance.
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[2026-08-26 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-26 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Syria’s removal by the United States from its “state sponsors of terrorism” list clears one of the last major hurdles to the country’s integration into the global financial system, analysts tell Al Jazeera.
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[2026-08-26 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration’s threat of an “economic D-Day” against Iran sounded impressive but so far appears to have dropped to a bit of a whimper.
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[2026-08-26 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una fila de automóviles en una gasolinera en Teherán el 25 de agosto del 2026. (AP foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-08-26 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Previously, Iranian state media aired images which appeared to threaten President Donald Trump's son Barron Trump, and following this Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be seizing the moment.
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[2026-08-26 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran and Oman on Tuesday discussed a proposal to establish a temporary joint shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz as well as a mission to clear mines from the key oil export corridor.
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[2026-08-26 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US “economic D-Day” sanctions threaten to further squeeze China’s imports of Iranian crude, which have fallen 48 per cent since the Iran war began, as the Strait of Hormuz blockade and Houthi attacks on the Bab Al Mandeb disrupt supply.
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[2026-08-26 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Egypt faces a region erupting in crisis, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has said, as Cairo works to mediate between the US and Iran, contain the war in Gaza and protect its share of the Nile waters.
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[2026-08-26 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nearly six months since the United States and Israel launched the first missiles in their war on Iran, Washington is pivoting to a strategy of tougher sanctions and economic isolation in a bid to force Tehran to accept its terms for a peace deal.
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[2026-08-26 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar as trading opened on currency markets. The currency had already been under pressure before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28 - now Trump’s administration has promised even stronger sanctions than those already in place would be announced Monday, including secondary sanctions on countries that continue to do business with Iran.
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[2026-08-26 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oman and Iran have agreed on a proposed framework to resume safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz that includes establishing a joint temporary shipping lane and a mine-clearing project in the waterway, they said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-26 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CAIRO/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iran pledged to retaliate against expanded United States economic sanctions that the Americans said would cut off Iran’s economic lifeline, with Tehran expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist Washington’s pressure campaign.
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[2026-08-26 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TIM Cone admitted Gilas Pilipinas will just have to play with an all-Filipino crew starting Friday against Jordan as the two other prospects who could fill in the void vacated by Justin Brownlee are unavailable.
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[2026-08-26 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that all mines have been removed or detonated from the Strait of Hormuz, warning Iran that any ship placing new mines will be destroyed.
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[2026-08-26 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: What are these sanctions and who will be affected?
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[2026-08-26 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In an open letter published last week in the Guardian, addressed to "fellow activists, students, thinkers, workers, artists, and other prisoners of conscience held behind the walls of all detention centers across Iran", a group of renowned academics and activists resorted to the nauseating cliche of bothsidesism over the devastating war waged against Iran by two nuclear powers.
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[2026-08-26 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China on Tuesday warned the US that it could retaliate if Washington expands its sanctions campaign against Iran to target Chinese companies, potentially opening a new front in tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
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[2026-08-26 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China on Tuesday warned the US that it could retaliate if Washington expands its sanctions campaign against Iran to target Chinese companies, potentially opening a new front in tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
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[2026-08-26 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US has said "the single greatest financial offensive ever" will help it and Israel end their ongoing war with Iran.
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[2026-08-26 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The main economic flash point in the US campaign against Iran has been the Strait of Hormuz, which carried roughly 20 million barrels of oil a day before the war. That choke point no longer dominates the global energy market the way many feared it would.
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[2026-08-26 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said that the US Navy informed him that all mines have been cleared from the Strait of Hormuz in a Tuesday Truth Social post.
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[2026-08-26 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite Iran’s decades of sanctions resilience, some residents fear the new measures could spark protests again
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[2026-08-26 00:44 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite Iran’s decades of sanctions resilience, some residents fear the new measures could spark protests again
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[2026-08-26 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced what his department called "an economic onslaught" against Iran on Monday that combined new sanctions with threats against Tehran's trading partners.
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[2026-08-26 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States offered Iran sanctions relief and an end to the naval blockade imposed on it in exchange for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and halting attacks carried out by its proxies in the region, Saudi state-owned Al-Hadath reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-25 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Long queues formed at petrol stations across Tehran on Tuesday after the United States announced fresh sanctions targeting Iran, AFP reported.
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[2026-08-25 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US State Department's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program requested information on five senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leaders, offering a reward of up to $10 million in a Monday post on X/Twitter.
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[2026-08-25 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Long queues are forming at petrol stations across Tehran as fuel shortages and supply disruptions leave motorists scrambling for fuel.
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[2026-08-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There continue to be clear signals that the White House is moving away from the potential for renewed military action and instead settling in for a long economic siege campaign targeting Iran, on a permanent basis.
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[2026-08-25 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — The U.S. is threatening to cut businesses that help Iran evade sanctions off from the American financial system. It puts China's banks in an uncomfortable position: Beijing can reject the demands, but its biggest lenders still have strong incentives to preserve access to U.S. dollars.
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[2026-08-25 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Global stocks rose as chipmakers rebounded, with falling bond yields adding support to risek sentiment after Brent crude slid below $90 a barrel, down more than 3% after a New York times reports that "evacuated foreign service officers could begin heading back to their posts as early as this week...
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