Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-10 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Eastern Ukraine – In a farm field in eastern Ukraine, a choking engine interrupts the sound of crickets and nightingales.
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[2026-08-10 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 23 weeks into the war on Iran, United States President Donald Trump has signalled he would rather rely on squeezing Tehran’s economy than returning to a military offensive, as he had warned he might last week.
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[2026-08-10 21:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jóvenes a bordo de motocicletas a lo largo de la orilla mientras un tractor saca equipo del agua y al fondo se pueden ver buques mercantes aparentemente anclados en el estrecho de Ormuz, el lunes 27 de julio de 2026, en Bandar Abbas, Irán. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA vía AP)
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[2026-08-10 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz echo what the US agreed to in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed June 17th, with Iran seeing the strait as its leverage to ensure that US President Donald Trump fulfills his promises even after the MoU fell apart, the New York Times wrote on Monday.
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[2026-08-10 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran sees no reason to be concerned that a new security pact between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia is directed against Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.
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[2026-08-10 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have targeted a crucial Yemeni government-held port on the Red Sea and attacked an oil facility in Saudi Arabia. A Houthi spokesperson said that Sunday’s attacks were in response to Saudi drones breaching Yemen’s airspace.
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[2026-08-10 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This image taken from video broadcast by Al-Masirah TV, a Houthi-controlled news channel, shows an explosion at the Sanaa International Airport compound during what the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said were several Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, July 13, 2026. (Al-Masirah TV via AP, File)
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[2026-08-10 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The pair were arrested in January 2025
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[2026-08-10 20:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Why did Iran appoint former IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei to top security post? Abas Aslani explains
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[2026-08-10 19:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A British couple detained in Iran accused of spying have ended their latest months-long hunger strikes protesting their treatment in prison, their family said Monday.
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[2026-08-10 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Iran and the US are not engaged in talks and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, adding that messages are being exchanged via intermediaries. Araqchi repeated Iran's position that an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz between Tehran and Muscat was in the "final stages" but would not reopen the strategic waterway.
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[2026-08-10 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Fears of a wider conflict are growing in Iran, even though negotiations are ongoing. Although President Trump has called off the most recent threat of a renewed operation, civilians still brace for possible damage to vital infrastructure. In addition, labor unrest, economic hardship and protests over executions continue to test the authorities’ ability to contain domestic discontent.
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[2026-08-10 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson, said on Monday that Tehran saw no reason to be concerned that a new security pact between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia is directed against Iran.
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[2026-08-10 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-08-10 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The announcement by US President Donald Trump that Washington intends to “low-key it” on the Iran issue has reignited debate over the White House’s changing policy toward the ayatollah regime.
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[2026-08-10 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Mohsen Rezaei’s appointment as Iran's new security chief looks less like a change in policy than an attempt to tighten control over how policy is made and carried out.
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[2026-08-10 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said inflation in Iran is starting to force the hand of the country’s rulers, and he believes that could benefit the US. It comes as the US military blockade puts more pressure on Tehran.
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[2026-08-10 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran is more afraid of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.
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[2026-08-10 16:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader talks on the phone at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-08-10 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A video of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was released by Iran's semi-official Mehr News Agency on Sunday.
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[2026-08-10 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: During a press conference in Tehran, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi stated that negotiations with Oman over a "temporary route" for the Strait of Hormuz are "very close to reaching a conclusion".
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[2026-08-10 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Big Oil enjoyed a blockbuster profit windfall in the second quarter. A key question now is whether the industry will use this cash bonanza to reward shareholders, strengthen balance sheets or invest for the future — all while trying to avoid a growing political backlash.
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[2026-08-10 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran will release footage of its new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appearing in public, a senior paramilitary commander said on Sunday, in an apparent effort to dispel rumors about his health.
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[2026-08-10 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran will release footage of its new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appearing in public, a senior paramilitary commander said on Sunday, in an apparent effort to dispel rumors about his health.
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[2026-08-10 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-10 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military redirected 20 more commercial vessels away from Iranian ports last week under its naval blockade, signaling no let-up in maritime pressure as a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz stayed out of reach.
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[2026-08-10 13:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Israel on Sunday rejected a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump for Gaza. Details emerged on the potential deal between Iran and Oman on managing the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran suggested that vessels linked to "hostile countries" would be barred. Iran also shuffled its top security post.
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[2026-08-10 12:01 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Iran’s demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, as laid out in a statement on Saturday, are largely what US President Donald Trump had already agreed to do in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was signed on June 17 and quickly fell apart.
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[2026-08-10 11:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Egypt is likely to join the defence deal, signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey amid rising tensions between the US and Iran
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[2026-08-10 11:56 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Egypt is likely to join the defence deal, signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey amid rising tensions between the US and Iran
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[2026-08-10 11:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Revolutionary Guards insisted Sunday that they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States complied with a list of demands, including paying compensation for war damage.
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[2026-08-10 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil rose early Monday, as traders continue to assess mixed signals from the U.S. and Iran amid worries that a deal between both countries to open the Strait of Hormuz may not be anytime soon.
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[2026-08-10 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States and Iran are approaching a decisive point in negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran saying that a framework for an agreement with Oman has already been formulated and that the final text and details will be released soon.
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[2026-08-10 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-08-10 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — The former commander in chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohsen Rezaei, has been named head of the country's highest national security body, the Iranian presidency announced on Sunday.
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[2026-08-10 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi-backed government forces in the port city of Mokha on Sunday, describing the attack as a tit-for-tat response to the kingdom’s “aggression.”
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[2026-08-10 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi-backed government forces in the Yemeni port city of Mokha on Sunday, describing the attack as a tit-for-tat response to the kingdom’s “aggression.”
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[2026-08-10 09:46 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: STRAIT. Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, April 18, 2026.
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[2026-08-10 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-10 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-10 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran's IRGC is holding the line, reiterating that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen to international shipping only after the United States accepts all of its conditions, which we outlined previously. Also, on Saturday Iran's army spokesman Amir Akraminia stated that Iran's new protocols in the Strait of Hormuz are "irreversible" and shall not be thwarted by the US.
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[2026-08-10 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Iran war has provided at least two clear economic lessons. It has exposed the steep costs of being reliant on fossil fuels, highlighting the need for countries to diversify their homegrown energy sources, including solar and wind power. And it has shown what US commerce could look like freed from the Jones Act, one of the most counterproductive protectionist measures of the last century.
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[2026-08-10 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei appointed two figures who played key roles in the formation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to senior political positions in statements attributed to Khamenei published on Sunday.
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[2026-08-10 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-08-10 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-08-10 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed Mohsen Rezaei, a former head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, state media reported on Sunday.
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[2026-08-10 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
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[2026-08-10 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's latest demands for opening the Strait of Hormuz show country's rulers feel emboldened by their position in the continuing war with the US, a former US defence secretary said.
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[2026-08-10 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claimed that the US is “only semi-negotiating” with Iran as it watches Tehran struggle to overcome economic pressure, stating that Washington is “low-keying it” in their approach during a phone call with Axios on Sunday.
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[2026-08-10 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran will defend its position in the Strait of Hormuz “at any cost”, the head of the country’s Expediency Council has said.
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