Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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63/100
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Iran said Sunday it struck an unmanned U.S. vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim that the U.S. military dismissed as a “total lie.”
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military → say → lie
The purported attack came a day after the U.S. military said forces struck three Iranian oil tankers in response to Navy warships being targeted with ballistic missiles.
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warships → come → missiles
Experts called it a dangerous escalation after Iran’s previous attacks at sea targeted commercial shipping.
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attacks → call → shipping
The war began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran on Feb. 28.
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war → begin → Feb.
But since a fragile ceasefire agreement was announced in June, on-and-off fighting has persisted, with both sides trying to inflict military and economic pain as negotiations have collapsed.
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negotiations → announce → pain
Strikes came about a week after fighting resumed
The United States and Iran resumed attacks last week, following a month of relative calm, with the Strait of Hormuz and areas along Iran’s southern coast again being targeted.
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Strait → come → coast
At least five people were killed earlier in the week during a U.S. bombardment that returned attention to the area where a school was hit in the war’s opening strikes.
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school → kill → strikes
The Trump administration appears to have adopted a dual-prong approach to the conflict, responding militarily to attacks on the strait while going after foreign financial institutions that handle Iran’s money.
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that → appear → money
Tehran’s hard-line new senior leaders have signaled a willingness to dig in after weathering decades of sanctions.
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leaders → signal → sanctions
Iran has found ways over the years to circumvent sanctions, and now a U.S. blockade of its ports, and get its oil to buyers to help ease growing economic pressures.
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Iran → find → pressures
That relies in part on a shadow fleet transporting its oil.
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That → rely → oil
US says million barrels of oil a day pass through the strait
Tehran’s new leverage focuses on the Strait of Hormuz that is crucial to global oil and natural gas shipments.
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that → say → shipments
It was seen as an international waterway before the war began.
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war → see → waterway
On Sunday, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that on average, 9 million barrels of oil a day are getting through the strait, which should help to relieve pressure on energy prices.
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which → say → prices
His estimate appeared to exceed average flows over the past 28 days through the strait, according to TankerTrackers.com and other sources.
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estimate → appear → TankerTrackers.com
Wright told CNN that with oil also flowing through pipelines in the region, “we’re probably two-thirds or more of pre-conflict flows.”
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we → tell → flows
But those flows depend on the presence of the U.S. Navy to help escort tankers and provide some protection against possible Iranian attack.
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flows → depend → attack
Wright said he expected that other countries would eventually support the Navy’s efforts.
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countries → say → efforts
Meanwhile, Iran’s nuclear program, the issue that contributed to the outbreak of the war, was meant to be addressed in negotiations that fell apart soon after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding in mid-June.
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U.S. → contribute → June
Diplomats say the U.S., Britain, France and Germany now seek to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council for failure to comply with its nuclear nonproliferation obligations.
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U.S. → say → obligations
—Magdy reported from Cairo and Frankel reported from Jerusalem.
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Frankel → report → Jerusalem
Associated Press writer Konstantin Toropin in Washington and Josh Boak in Bridgewater, New Jersey, contributed to this report.
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Toropin → contribute → report
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