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│ Iran claims it struck an oil tanker in the │

│ Strait of Hormuz │

│ feature - Associated Press - │

│ wire/independent [IRN] │

│ │

│ Iran said it struck an oil tanker trying to │

│ transit Hormuz. AP frames Tehran's asserted │

│ control over the waterway since the Feb 28 │

│ war start. Used together with UK maritime │

│ reporting on the Togo-flagged Trend; IRGC │

│ strike claims are corroboration-only where │

│ independent chains agree an event occurred. │

│ │

│ https://apnews.com/article/mideast-roundup- │

│ news-september-18-2026-024350a0820dfc5dd433 │

│ b4e13445fab5 │

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│ IAEA board refers Iran to UN Security │

│ Council │

│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [IRN] │

│ │

│ The IAEA board voted 23-3 with 8 │

│ abstentions on Sept 10 to refer Iran to the │

│ UN Security Council for the first time in │

│ two decades over refusal to grant │

│ inspectors access to sites where uranium │

│ traces were detected after June 2025 │

│ strikes on its nuclear program. │

│ │

│ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ │

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│ Security official says Tehran to set │ │ Iran says Hormuz corridor deal with Oman to │

│ restricted zone near Strait of Hormuz │ │ be signed soon │

│ feature - The Washington Times - │ │ large - Turkiye Today - unknown/unknown │

│ unknown/unknown [IRN] │ │ [IRN,OMN] │

│ │ │ │

│ Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei said │ │ Rezaei said the Iran-Oman shipping corridor │

│ Tehran will declare a restricted zone in │ │ through Hormuz, with entry and exit points │

│ the Gulf and Gulf of Oman within days, with │ │ under Iranian control, is agreed and │

│ ships entering without coordinating with │ │ awaiting signature. This is the specific │

│ Tehran to be placed on a sanction list. An │ │ mechanism on which Iran's positive skew │

│ announced legal regime over international │ │ rests, and it is closer to signature than │

│ water is an escalation of the blockade │ │ at any prior pass even as the near-term │

│ contest from interdiction to claimed │ │ conflict score reaches the floor. Sourced │

│ jurisdiction. │ │ to an Iranian official via IRIB, so it is │

│ │ │ treated as a statement of intent rather │

│ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/s │ │ than as a concluded agreement. │

│ ep/7/security-official-says-tehran-set-rest │ │ │

│ ricted-zone-near-stait-hormuz/ │ │ https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/iran-sa │

└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ys-hormuz-corridor-deal-with-oman-to-be-sig │

│ ned-soon-3227570 │

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│ US military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers │ │ US says Navy warships were targeted by │

│ after saying Navy ships were targeted with │ │ Iranian missiles near Hormuz │

│ missiles │ │ feature - NPR - independent/independent │

│ feature - PBS NewsHour - │ │ [IRN,USA] │

│ independent/independent [IRN,USA] │ │ │

│ │ │ Second independent chain on the same │

│ The IRGC fired ballistic missiles at two US │ │ exchange, confirming the targeting of two │

│ Navy warships near the Strait of Hormuz and │ │ US warships and the retaliatory strikes on │

│ the US struck three Iranian oil tankers in │ │ Iranian tankers. Used to corroborate rather │

│ reply, at Kharg Island, Jask and in the │ │ than to add a separate move. │

│ Gulf of Oman. Direct missile fire at US │ │ │

│ capital ships is a category above the │ │ https://www.npr.org/2026/09/05/nx-s1-595915 │

│ strikes on regional bases that defined the │ │ 9/us-iran-warships-targeted │

│ previous window, and it is the basis for │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

│ taking Iran's near-term conflict score to │

│ the floor. │

│ │

│ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-mili │

│ tary-hits-3-iranian-oil-tankers-after-sayin │

│ g-navy-ships-were-targeted-with-missiles │

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│ US sanctions Turkish bank over alleged Iran │

│ ties │

│ feature - The Washington Post - │

│ independent/independent [TUR,IRN] │

│ │

│ The US Treasury sanctioned Golden Global │

│ Bank, Turkey's 35th-largest, for allegedly │

│ moving IRGC-Qods Force funds and Iranian │

│ oil revenue through a gold-and-cash shadow │

│ banking network running from China to │

│ Turkey, under Operation Economic Outcast. │

│ First time the campaign has reached a │

│ Turkish bank rather than a trader or │

│ vessel, putting Turkish correspondent │

│ banking inside the blast radius. The bank │

│ denies wrongdoing. │

│ │

│ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/202 │

│ 6/09/04/sanctions-turkish-bank-iran/cfc600d │

│ a-a870-11f1-9e38-f705d048bd5a_story.html │

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│ Iran Update, September 3, 2026 │ │ Iran alleges war crime after US strike hits │

│ feature - Critical Threats (ISW) - │ │ wedding celebration │

│ unknown/unknown [ARE,KWT,IRN] │ │ large - ABC News - independent/independent │

│ │ │ [IRN,USA] │

│ Iran's regular armed forces, the Artesh │ │ │

│ rather than the IRGC, struck US-linked │ │ A US strike hit a wedding at Kuhestak in │

│ al-Minhad Air Base in the UAE and Ahmad │ │ Hormozgan province on the night of Sept 1. │

│ al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait in a single │ │ Iran says four were killed including a │

│ wave, hitting radar, troop positions, │ │ child and 68 wounded, and its foreign │

│ satellite communications, warehouses and │ │ ministry sent a formal war-crime letter to │

│ aircraft hangars. The UAE moves from │ │ the UN. The US says it does not target │

│ blockade-exposed to directly struck. The │ │ civilians and struck IRGC-linked │

│ widening of the striking institution beyond │ │ facilities. The casualty figures are │

│ the IRGC is the structural fact. │ │ Iranian-sourced and are carried as │

│ │ │ direction only. │

│ https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ir │ │ │

│ an-update-september-3-2026 │ │ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/iran │

└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ -us-wedding-war-crime-allegation/107109332 │

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│ US attacks kill 12 in Iran as Tehran │ │ 2 Filipino sailors killed in Iran attack on │

│ strikes bases in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait │ │ vessel, Saudi Arabia says │

│ and Iraq │ │ feature - South China Morning Post - │

│ feature - Helsinki Times - unknown/unknown │ │ unknown/unknown [SAU,IRN] │

│ [IRN,JOR,BHR,KWT,IRQ] │ │ │

│ │ │ Iranian projectiles struck the Saudi-owned │

│ Iran retaliated on Sept 2 against US-linked │ │ supertanker Sidr in the Strait of Hormuz │

│ bases across four countries simultaneously: │ │ late on Sept 1, killing two Filipino crew │

│ Camp Titin and Prince Hassan airbase in │ │ members, with a second Saudi supertanker │

│ Jordan, Sheikh Isa in Bahrain, Ali al-Salem │ │ also reported hit. Saudi Arabia's foreign │

│ in Kuwait, and Erbil in Iraq. The │ │ minister called for halting escalations │

│ single-window widening of the war to five │ │ rather than announcing retaliation, which │

│ territories is the structural fact scored │ │ is why the conflict score moves one step │

│ here. Casualty counts on every side are │ │ and not two. │

│ contested between US, Iranian and │ │ │

│ host-government statements and are not used │ │ https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east │

│ as levels. │ │ /article/3366151/2-filipino-sailors-killed- │

│ │ │ irans-attack-vessel-saudi-arabia-says │

│ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/2922 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

│ 4-us-attacks-kill-12-in-iran-as-tehran-stri │

│ kes-bases-in-jordan-bahrain-kuwait-and-iraq │

│ .html │

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│ Trump claims US has total control over │

│ Strait of Hormuz, asks Iranians to rise up │

│ and fight │

│ feature - India TV News - unknown/unknown │

│ [IRN,USA] │

│ │

│ Trump claimed almost total US control of │

│ the Strait of Hormuz after the fresh │

│ strikes, floated renaming it, and publicly │

│ told Iranians to rise up and fight their │

│ leadership. An explicit external call for │

│ internal revolt is scored against Iran's │

│ political stability rather than as │

│ rhetoric. │

│ │

│ https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/trum │

│ p-claims-us-has-total-control-over-strait-o │

│ f-hormuz-asks-iranians-to-rise-up-and-fight │

│ -2026-09-02-1053012 │

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│ Blockade succeeds where sanctions failed as │ │ Iran says it has enough foreign currency │

│ Iran oil exports stall │ │ despite US sanctions │

│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [IRN] │ │ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [IRN] │

│ │ │ │

│ Reuters reports Iran's oil exports │ │ The rial hit a fresh record low past 2 │

│ effectively halted by the kinetic blockade, │ │ million per dollar, reported around 2.1 to │

│ achieving what years of sanctions │ │ 2.55 million against major currencies. │

│ enforcement did not. This is the basis for │ │ Iran's central bank governor claimed │

│ taking Iran's near-term trade capacity to │ │ sufficient reserves, which is a state body │

│ the floor while holding the long horizon, │ │ reporting on its own balance sheet and is │

│ since the Oman corridor framework is the │ │ excluded from scoring. The market FX print │

│ mechanism by which it reverses. │ │ is the independent thermometer and is what │

│ │ │ moves the inflation score. │

│ https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/b │ │ │

│ lockade-succeeds-where-sanctions-failed-as- │ │ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/ │

│ iran-oil-exports-stall/ar-AA2blrqH │ │ 2026-09-01/iran-says-it-has-enough-foreign- │

└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ currency-despite-us-sanctions │

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│ US strikes Iran missile launchers on Larak │

│ Island │

│ feature - The Week - unknown/unknown │

│ [IRN,USA] │

│ │

│ The US struck Iranian missile launchers on │

│ Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Aug │

│ 31, breaking the de facto strike pause that │

│ had held since late July. Iran retaliated │

│ with ballistic missiles against US bases in │

│ Jordan. The IRGC called the strike a │

│ strategic and fatal error. Casualty figures │

│ carried in the piece are sourced to Iranian │

│ state media and are labeled as such rather │

│ than used as fact. │

│ │

│ https://www.theweek.in/news/middle-east/202 │

│ 6/08/31/us-strikes-iran-missile-launchers.h │

│ tml │

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│ Iran and Oman finalize Hormuz corridor │

│ revenue-sharing framework │

│ feature - CryptoBriefing - unknown/unknown │

│ [IRN,OMN] │

│ │

│ Iran and Oman finalized a framework for a │

│ temporary Hormuz shipping corridor on Aug │

│ 26: inbound traffic through Iranian waters, │

│ outbound through Omani waters, with │

│ revenue-sharing and a coordinated 30 to 60 │

│ day mine-clearing programme, contingent on │

│ the US honouring a June MOU including │

│ lifting the blockade. This is the concrete │

│ exit that justifies retaining Iran's │

│ positive skew even as the strikes resumed. │

│ The IRGC revenue estimate inside the piece │

│ is belligerent self-report and is not used. │

│ │

│ https://cryptobriefing.com/iran-oman-hormuz │

│ -revenue-sharing-deal/ │

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│ China is the biggest buyer of Iran's oil. │ │ Iran, Oman discuss temporary shipping lane │

│ Could US sanctions threaten those ties? │ │ through Strait of Hormuz │

│ feature - The Guardian - │ │ feature - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [IRN,OMN] │

│ independent/independent [IRN,CHN] │ │ │

│ │ │ FMs Araghchi and Albusaidi met in Tehran │

│ Corroborates the export squeeze and frames │ │ Aug 25 to finalize a temporary Hormuz │

│ the secondary-sanctions risk to Chinese │ │ shipping corridor, with geographic │

│ buyers, noting Washington's wariness of │ │ coordinates agreed and a joint statement in │

│ Chinese retaliation. Satellite reporting │ │ final drafting; Iran conditions reopening │

│ cited across coverage shows Kharg Island's │ │ on further terms including compensation. │

│ three berths empty for an extended period │ │ The closest an exit has come; held the │

│ after operations halted July 31. │ │ conflict score with positive skew. │

│ │ │ │

│ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/ │ │ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/25/ir │

│ 25/trump-us-economic-sanctions-china-bigges │ │ an-oman-discuss-temporary-shipping-lane-thr │

│ t-buyer-iran-oil │ │ ough-strait-of-hormuz │

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│ Ship disabled by attack in Strait of Hormuz │ │ Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, Day │

│ large - Gulf Today - unknown/tilt [OMN,IRN] │ │ 178 │

│ │ │ medium - straits.live - unknown/tilt [IRN] │

│ An oil tanker was struck by a projectile │ │ │

│ off the Omani coast in the Strait of Hormuz │ │ Commercial transit remains ~1% of │

│ on Aug 25 per shipping-monitor reporting, │ │ pre-crisis volume (1 vessel Aug 16 vs │

│ as Iranian attacks on shipping mount while │ │ ~73/day baseline); war-risk insurance ~40x │

│ the corridor is negotiated. Oman's mediator │ │ pre-crisis with six P&I clubs withdrawing │

│ standing does not immunize its waters. │ │ cover. Continuing-condition tracker data, │

│ │ │ aggregator tier. │

│ https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2026/08/25/sh │ │ │

│ ip-disabled-by-attack-in-strait-of-hormuz │ │ https://straits.live/ │

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