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Iran's Khamenei says enemy forces will be driven from Arabian Sea

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a warning amid heightened regional tensions.

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Iran's Khamenei says enemy forces will be driven from Arabian Sea

What this story says

  • Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei stated that 'enemy forces' would soon be driven out of the Arabian Sea.
  • Khamenei asserted that Iranian forces had already pushed enemy forces from waters off southern Iran into the Arabian Sea.
  • The remarks were made on the occasion of Iran's 'Sacred Defense Week'.
  • Some reports link Khamenei's statement to heightened tensions between Iran and the US over the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear program.

Who covered it

Left 8%(2)Centre 12%(3)Right 80%(20)

Percentages are shares of the 25 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 29 of the 54 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

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Craft

45/100

Hype

41/100

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Missing from the left

Only 2 of the 25 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has declared that 'enemy forces' will soon be expelled from the Arabian Sea. He stated that Iranian forces have already pushed adversaries from waters off southern Iran into the Arabian Sea and intend to drive them out of those waters as well. Khamenei made these remarks on the occasion of Iran's 'Sacred Defense Week'.

Khamenei asserted that Iranian forces had inflicted losses on adversaries in the waters around the country. He claimed that the southern seas of Iran were once a 'roaming ground for enemy forces' but that these forces now do not advance past the Arabian Sea due to 'painful blows' from Iranian warriors. He added that the Arabian Sea would soon be cleared of them.

Some reports connect Khamenei's statement to increased tensions between Iran and the United States concerning the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear program. The Times of India noted that Khamenei's message was issued amid heightened tensions after US President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian proposal related to reopening the strategic waterway.

Disagreement on the timing of the expulsion

While Khamenei stated that enemy forces would 'soon' be driven out of the Arabian Sea, the Times of India quoted him as saying, 'Soon the day will come when the Arabian Sea will be purged of their presence.' EADaily reported Khamenei declared, 'The enemies will not enter the Ormuz and the Persian Gulf, and we will drive them out of the Arabian Sea.'

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated reports below mention the anniversary of the death of Hezbollah leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, which the Times of India stated was the occasion for Khamenei's message alongside 'Sacred Defense Week'.

Coverage settled. We checked this 67 times and stopped on 4 Oct 2026, 07:00. The figures above are what it finished at.

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‘Arabian Sea will soon be purged of enemy presence’: Mojtaba Khamenei warns US
Times of IndiaRight
배우 고세원 스토킹·허위사실 유포한 40대 1심서 실형
연합뉴스-Yonhap News AgencyRight

How each side covered it

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  • Right-rated reports led on Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's warning that 'enemy forces' would soon be driven out of the Arabian Sea. The Times of India and Cyprus Mail both featured this statement prominently in their headlines. The Times of India also highlighted Khamenei's assertion that Iranian forces had already pushed enemy forces from waters off southern Iran into the Arabian Sea, and that these forces no longer dared to venture beyond the Arabian Sea. This report also noted the context of heightened tensions between Iran and the US over the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear program. Globo and Next News Network also focused on Khamenei's claim about expelling enemy forces from the Arabian Sea. Yonhap News Agency's headline stated, 'Iran's Supreme Leader: “Let's Not Go Back to the past... Drive the United States Out of the Arabian Sea”. News-pravda.com's headline stated, 'JUST IN: Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says the Arabian Sea will soon be cleared of "enemy forces."' EADaily's headline stated, 'Khamenei: The Enemies Will Not Enter the Ormuz and the Persian Gulf, and We Will Drive Them Out of the Arabian Sea.'

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Iran's Khamenei says enemy forces will be driven from Arabian Sea?
Of the 25 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 8% are rated left, 12% are rated centre, 80% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 54. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Iran's Khamenei says enemy forces will be driven from Arabian Sea left or right?
The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 80% of the 25 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage of this one has settled, so that is unlikely to move much now.
Is the coverage of Iran's Khamenei says enemy forces will be driven from Arabian Sea biased?
Iran's Khamenei says enemy forces will be driven from Arabian Sea is one event reported by 54 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Iran's Khamenei says enemy forces will be driven from Arabian Sea?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Iran's Khamenei says enemy forces will be driven from Arabian Sea?
54 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei say about enemy forces?
Mojtaba Khamenei stated that 'enemy forces' would soon be driven out of the Arabian Sea. He asserted that Iranian forces had already pushed these forces from waters off southern Iran into the Arabian Sea and would expel them from there as well.
When were these remarks made?
The remarks were made on the occasion of Iran's 'Sacred Defense Week'. The Times of India also noted that the message was issued amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear program.
Did all reports agree on the timing of the expulsion?
While Khamenei stated that enemy forces would 'soon' be driven out, the Times of India quoted him as saying, 'Soon the day will come when the Arabian Sea will be purged of their presence.' EADaily reported Khamenei declared, 'The enemies will not enter the Ormuz and the Persian Gulf, and we will drive them out of the Arabian Sea.'

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