Entity

Iran

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

As of 14 Oct 2026Last evidence 14 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Bitcoin steadies near $82,500 after Trump rules out Iran strike before midterms

    Reported event · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

  • Trump says he does not believe China and Russia are helping Iran 'at all'

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Saudi Arabia says drones and missiles still targeting Kingdom as Iran-backed Houthis step up attacks

    Reported claim · first reported 12 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Iran's Araghchi offers to mediate Saudi-Houthi talks, calls for diplomatic end to hostilities

    Reported claim · first reported 12 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

  • Riyadh airport attacks signal major Iran war escalation

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Iran

What changed

  • Attention Fading: 392 mentions on 14 Oct 2026, against 497 on 23 Sept 2026 (-21%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from rising to steady on 10 Oct 2026 (2 changes recorded since 4 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 13 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will the U.S. invade Iran before 2027?” moved from 14% to 18% Yes since 30 Aug 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

9,126 documents · 519 publishers · 17% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 14 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.166: about 83% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 5 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.

OilTrumpHormuzMiddle EastIsraelUnited StatesSaudi ArabiaChinaYemen
  • Oil · 3,746 shared documents
  • Trump · 3,682 shared documents
  • Hormuz · 2,852 shared documents
  • Middle East · 2,662 shared documents
  • Israel · 2,648 shared documents
  • United States · 2,605 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 2,291 shared documents
  • China · 1,971 shared documents
  • Yemen · 1,902 shared documents
  • UN · 1,493 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Fading

The word compares 392 mentions on 14 Oct 2026 with 497 on 23 Sept 2026 (-21%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +182% from 30 Aug 2026 to 14 Oct 2026, between 107 and 497 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Iran, day by day.

Market price, cited

18% Yes

Polymarket · priced 14 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 14% → 18% Yes (+4pts, from 30 Aug 2026 to 14 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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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

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.

  • Bitcoin steadies near $82,500 after Trump rules out Iran strike before midterms

    Reported event · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • Bitcoin steadies near $82,500 after Trump rules out Iran strike before midterms · corroborated · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 9 separate publishers
    • Trump Says U.S. Will Not Strike Iran Again Before Midterms as Military Draws Up New Plans · corroborated · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 5 separate publishers

  • Trump says he does not believe China and Russia are helping Iran 'at all'

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Saudi Arabia says drones and missiles still targeting Kingdom as Iran-backed Houthis step up attacks

    Reported claim · first reported 12 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran's Araghchi offers to mediate Saudi-Houthi talks, calls for diplomatic end to hostilities

    Reported claim · first reported 12 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Riyadh airport attacks signal major Iran war escalation

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Pentagon raises official toll of troops who died during war with Iran to 21

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • U.S. Senator Questions Cantor Fitzgerald Over Tether’s Iran-Linked USDT Activity

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 8 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Sensex, Nifty start muted as inflation, oil prices and Middle East tensions weigh

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Tanker attacked off Qatar as Iran claims route transporting oil through strait of Hormuz will be ‘closed’

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • U.S. Sanctions 22 Vessels And 27 Companies Tied To Iran’s Shadow Fleet And Oil Sales

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Putin offers help to Iran to end Middle East war ahead of CIS summit | Hindustan Times

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 12 separate publishers

    corroborated

Walk the record from Iran

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Iran

Entity.

Evidence
9,126 documents · 519 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 14 Oct 2026
Measured
17% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
14 Oct 2026
26 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 (4)

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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

  • 10 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 7 Oct 2026

  • 7 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 3 Oct 2026

2 changes recorded since 4 Oct 2026, newest first.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 14 Oct 2026.