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Iran FM Accuses Washington of Planting Energy Market Stories via 'Gullible Media'

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Iran FM Accuses Washington of Planting Energy Market Stories via 'Gullible Media'

๐Ÿ“บ TEHRAN โ€” Iran's FM says Washington plants market stories; Hormuz is the stage. ๐Ÿ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: With Brent at $88-90 and the IRGC claiming full Hormuz control, every leaked US assessment moves oil prices. Araghchi's accusation is also a counter-move: framing US briefings as market manipulation gives Tehran cover to dismiss CENTCOM's mine-clearance claims. It also signals Iran will contest the information track as aggressively as the sanctions track. TYPE_START NEWS_UPDATE TYPE_END TOPIC_START iran_us_information_warfare TOPIC_END Wait โ€” let me count the POST section characters precisely. "๐Ÿ“บ TEHRAN โ€” Iran's FM says Washington plants market stories; Hormuz is the stage.\n\n๐Ÿ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: With Brent at $88-90 and the IRGC claiming full Hormuz control, every leaked US assessment moves oil prices. Araghchi's accusation is also a counter-move: framing US briefings as market manipulation gives Tehran cover to dismiss CENTCOM's mine-clearance claims. It also signals Iran will contest the information track as aggressively as the sanctions track." Line 1: ๐Ÿ“บ TEHRAN โ€” Iran's FM says Washington plants market stories; Hormuz is the stage. = ~82 chars ๐Ÿ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: With Brent at $88-90 and the IRGC claiming full Hormuz control, every leaked US assessment moves oil prices. Araghchi's accusation is also a counter-move: framing US briefings as market manipulation gives Tehran cover to dismiss CENTCOM's mine-clearance claims. It also signals Iran will contest the information track as aggressively as the sanctions track. = ~372 chars Total: ~82 + 2 (blank line) + 372 = ~456. A bit over. Need to trim. Let me compress the LOOK CLOSER: "๐Ÿ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: With Brent at $88-90 and IRGC claiming full Hormuz control, every US leak moves oil prices. Araghchi's accusation is a counter-move: framing US briefings as manipulation gives Tehran cover to dismiss CENTCOM's mine-clearance claims. Iran will contest the information track as aggressively as the sanctions track." Count: ~329 chars. Total with line 1 (~82) + 2 + 329 = ~413. Good. POST_START ๐Ÿ“บ TEHRAN โ€” Iran's FM says Washington plants market stories; Hormuz is the stage. ๐Ÿ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: With Brent at $88-90 and IRGC claiming full Hormuz control, every US leak moves oil prices. Araghchi's accusation is a counter-move: framing US briefings as manipulation gives Tehran cover to dismiss CENTCOM's mine-clearance claims. Iran will contest the information track as aggressively as the sanctions track.

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Iran Speaker: US Strike on Qeshm Met With "Firm Response," New Escalation Threatened

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Iran Speaker: US Strike on Qeshm Met With "Firm Response," New Escalation Threatened

๐Ÿ›๏ธ TEHRAN โ€” Ghalibaf says the response is already sent โ€” not threatened, sent. ๐Ÿ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: Framing the Qeshm retaliation as complete shifts responsibility to Washington before Epic Fury even launches. "New battlefield" language is Ghalibaf signaling geographic expansion โ€” proxies, bases, shipping โ€” if the US strikes again. This locks Doha out:

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