Entity

Iran

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

As of 22 Oct 2026Last evidence 23 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • ‘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

  • Brent crude tops $112 on Middle East worries as U.S., Israel reportedly weigh fresh Iran strikes

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

  • Trump Says US Is Not Negotiating With Iran as Houthis Hit Saudi Airports

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

  • 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

  • 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

All 13 events and claims involving Iran

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 467 mentions on 22 Oct 2026, against 204 on 1 Oct 2026 (+129%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 22 Oct 2026 (5 changes recorded since 13 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 21 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will the U.S. invade Iran before 2027?” moved from 14% to 16% Yes since 7 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

11,265 documents · 546 publishers · 16% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 23 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.163: about 84% 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.

OilTrumpHormuzIsraelMiddle EastUnited StatesSaudi ArabiaRussiaYemen
  • Oil · 4,677 shared documents
  • Trump · 4,528 shared documents
  • Hormuz · 3,479 shared documents
  • Israel · 3,326 shared documents
  • Middle East · 3,265 shared documents
  • United States · 3,192 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 2,950 shared documents
  • Russia · 2,499 shared documents
  • Yemen · 2,447 shared documents
  • UN · 1,709 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 467 mentions on 22 Oct 2026 with 204 on 1 Oct 2026 (+129%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +292% from 7 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026, between 119 and 497 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Iran, day by day.

Market price, cited

16% Yes

priced 22 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 14% → 16% Yes (+2pts, from 7 Sept 2026 to 22 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

“Will the U.S. invade Iran before 2027?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

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.

  • ‘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

  • Brent crude tops $112 on Middle East worries as U.S., Israel reportedly weigh fresh Iran strikes

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

    reported by two

  • Trump Says US Is Not Negotiating With Iran as Houthis Hit Saudi Airports

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

  • US, Israel plan renewed Iran strikes after midterm elections, step up military exercises: sources

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran stalling on deal with US to hurt Trump politically ahead of midterms, Iranian officials say

    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

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

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 9 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

  • Super tanker ablaze after striking mine in Strait of Hormuz, IRGC says

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran says two tankers catch fire after hitting mines in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Offer to reopen Strait of Hormuz within 7 days is still on the table, says Iran FM

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

Walk the record from Iran

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Iran

Entity.

Evidence
11,265 documents · 546 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 23 Oct 2026
Measured
16% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
22 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 22 Oct 2026.