IEThe Irish Times
Iran signals intention to retaliate after United States widens sanctions
US threatens Iran’s trading partners but makes no mention of China
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- #2617
- First seen
- 25 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
- Last checked
- 26 Aug 2026, 07:59 UTC
- Version history
- 2 versions
- Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata

- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 25 Aug 2026, 16:32 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Not supplied
- Section
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Source-supplied excerpt
US threatens Iran’s trading partners but makes no mention of China
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Iran signals intention to retaliate after United States widens sanctions
US threatens Iran’s trading partners but makes no mention of China
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Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions
US threatens Iran’s trading partners but makes no mention of China
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Interpretation layer
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Publisher categories are copied from source metadata. Machine signals report observable wording or format and do not determine truth, intent, ethics, or wrongdoing.
- machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Evidence layer
Capture provenance
- Capture ID
- #2638
- Observed
- 26 Aug 2026, 05:13 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
- Raw payload
- 643,161 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt