Iran rules out talks with US until interim deal breaches end, says minister

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How did the left and right cover Iran rules out talks with US until interim deal breaches end, says…?

Of the 29 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 28% are rated left, 27% are rated centre, 45% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 61. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Iran rules out talks with US until interim deal breaches end, says… left or right?

Neither side dominates it. Of the 29 rated outlets on this story, 28% are rated left, 27% are rated centre, 45% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.

Is the coverage of Iran rules out talks with US until interim deal breaches end, says… biased?

Iran rules out talks with US until interim deal breaches end, says minister is one event reported by 61 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 rules out talks with US until interim deal breaches end, says…?

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 rules out talks with US until interim deal breaches end, says…?

61 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 foreign minister say about US talks?

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on 9 August 2026 that Iran and the United States are not engaged in direct talks. He stated negotiations will not resume until the US addresses breaches of an interim deal signed in June. Messages are exchanged through intermediaries.

What is the status of the Strait of Hormuz agreement?

Araghchi said an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman is in its final stages. He indicated the waterway will not reopen until the United States fulfils unspecified conditions. The left and centre-rated reports carried this detail; the right-rated digests did not.

Which outlets reported the Strait of Hormuz agreement?

The left-rated report from Cumhuriyet and the centre-rated reports from WTVB and Reuters mentioned the Strait of Hormuz agreement. None of the five right-rated digests included it.