Entity

Iran

A major Middle Eastern state whose oil, nuclear program, and regional proxies keep it central to Gulf security.

As of 24 Oct 2026Last evidence 24 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • US could launch strikes on Iran this weekend, envoy warns

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • US could end war on Iran now, but wants outcome to 'last for a long time', Trump says

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

  • Iran Says 7 Oil Tankers Hit In One Night In Strait Of Hormuz As Fears Of Return To War Grow

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

  • Turkey Cuts Interest Rate for First Time Since Start of Iran War

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 19 separate publishers

  • How Netanyahu could attack Iran to force Israel into unity government after elections

    Reported claim · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

All 13 events and claims involving Iran

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 453 mentions on 24 Oct 2026, against 351 on 3 Oct 2026 (+29%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 22 Oct 2026 (5 changes recorded since 13 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 23 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will the U.S. invade Iran before 2027?” moved from 14% to 18% Yes since 9 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

11,534 documents · 550 publishers · 16% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 24 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.164: about 84% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 4 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Iran

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

OilTrumpHormuzIsraelMiddle EastUnited StatesSaudi ArabiaRussiaYemen
  • Oil · 4,781 shared documents
  • Trump · 4,642 shared documents
  • Hormuz · 3,551 shared documents
  • Israel · 3,426 shared documents
  • Middle East · 3,346 shared documents
  • United States · 3,265 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 3,027 shared documents
  • Russia · 2,561 shared documents
  • Yemen · 2,519 shared documents
  • UN · 1,742 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 453 mentions on 24 Oct 2026 with 351 on 3 Oct 2026 (+29%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +33% from 9 Sept 2026 to 24 Oct 2026, between 175 and 497 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Iran, day by day.

Market price, cited

18% Yes

Polymarket · priced 24 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 14% → 18% Yes (+4pts, from 9 Sept 2026 to 24 Oct 2026)

on “Will the U.S. invade Iran before 2027?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Iran

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

On the desk: Geopolitics Desk

For developers

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Events involving Iran

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • US could launch strikes on Iran this weekend, envoy warns

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • US could end war on Iran now, but wants outcome to 'last for a long time', Trump says

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran Says 7 Oil Tankers Hit In One Night In Strait Of Hormuz As Fears Of Return To War Grow

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Turkey Cuts Interest Rate for First Time Since Start of Iran War

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 19 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • How Netanyahu could attack Iran to force Israel into unity government after elections

    Reported claim · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • ‘Not a single gram’ of enriched uranium will be removed from Iran, says Iranian NSC Secretary | LOVE BLOG

    Reported claim · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 8 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • IRGC claims it downed US drone, set two tankers ablaze near Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Challenges Senate Probe, Says Proactive Stablecoin USDT TX Freezes Drove 94% Drop in Iran Linked Volumes

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran war latest: Hegseth 'meets Netanyahu' in unannounced Israel visit amid Iran war concerns

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • U.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After Elections

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran says Strait of Hormuz reopening, seven-day ceasefire conditions still on the table

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Trump Endorses Netanyahu Days Before Israeli Election as Iran War Tests Friendship

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 10 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 17 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

Walk the record from Iran

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Iran

Entity.

Evidence
11,534 documents · 550 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 13 Mar 2026, last seen 24 Oct 2026
Measured
16% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
24 Oct 2026
24 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.

Situations it is named in (2)

For machines: this record as JSON

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Iran, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Other markets materially about Iran

Markets whose question is about Iran or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Iran and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

What it connects to

Related records.

Recorded history

  • 22 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 21 Oct 2026

  • 21 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 18 Oct 2026

  • 18 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 16 Oct 2026

  • 16 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 15 Oct 2026

  • 15 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 10 Oct 2026

5 changes recorded since 13 Oct 2026, newest first.

Ask about IranWatch Iran

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 24 Oct 2026.