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The Geopolitician

Country risk, from the local press

Iran country watch

Exposure to Iran means watching the rial and the multiple exchange rates, sanctions and snapback decisions, oil export volumes and the Strait of Hormuz, the ports of Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, power and water cuts that idle industry, and the oil, petrochemicals, steel, autos and banking groups under state control. We read the Financial Tribune, the Tehran Times, Donya-e-Eqtesad, IRNA, ISNA and Mehr every morning.

Mixed Latest Iran briefing: 3 November 2026 →

Vigilance

No active vigilance flag · rules: Heightened vigilance for staff and travel · Pressure surge · Media polarisation spike

Flare-up watch

Calm (0.5)

Composite of the day's departure scores (z) against the country's own history — internal tension 0.25, safety & health 0.20, agenda divergence 0.20, framing gap 0.15, media attention 0.20; a missing component drops out and the others are renormalised. Calm below 1.2 · Watch to 1.5 · High above. Needs 14 days of history on two components. Method →

Direction, last 30 days

Deteriorating 18 · Mixed 5 · Stable 4 · Improving 1 · No briefing 1

Risk pressure, last 30 days

Risk categoryLevelChange on the previous 30 days (points)Stories, 30 daysLast signal
Regulatory riskHigh▲ +29Car Prices Soar Amid Regulatory Delays
Operational riskHigh▲ +1311Trade Routes Shift Amid Southern Port Blockades
Stability riskLow=1Economic Protests Continue Across Iran
Safety & health riskHigh▲ +167Weather Warning for 13 Iranian Provinces
Corporate riskQuiet=0—
Financial riskHigh▲ +2222Oil prices drop 3% amid peace talks
Trade riskHigh▲ +212076% Increase in Imports via Northern Borders
Political riskHigh▲ +1212Iran Designates UK Military as Terrorist Organizations

Pressure index: Normal (+1.0) — driven by safety & health

Easing ≤ −0.5 · Normal to +1.6 · Rising to +1.8 · Surging above — the 30-day pressure read against the country's own history.

Pressure = sum of story severities reported by the local press over 30 days (1 minor · 2 material · 3 severe). A press signal, not a credit rating. Levels: Quiet 0 · Low 1–3 · Elevated 4–8 · High 9+ points. In the change column, — = no earlier 30-day window yet. Method →

Pressure over 90 days

Regulatory risk

High

Operational risk

High

Stability risk

Low

Safety & health risk

High

Corporate risk

Quiet

Financial risk

High

Trade risk

High

Political risk

High

Each curve is the 30-day pressure score of that category, recomputed every day. A press signal, not a forecast. Method →

Attention: Iran in the world's press

Yesterday 3,213 articles · 18% above the 30-day average · today so far 258 · led by the press of Iran, United Kingdom, Russia, Iraq, Turkey

Articles mentioning the country across the outlets we read, vs the 30-day average. Method →

Media polarisation

Normal · 100% of the smaller camp's topics not shared by the other · usually 100%

· opposition 128 · pro-government 35 articles

Framing gap on shared topics: 0.05 — Normal (0 = same reading · 1 = opposite)

Share of the day's topics covered by only one of the two camps read (opposition vs pro-government outlets; state outlets count as pro-government), from the outlets we read. Media polarisation, not public opinion. On the topics both camps covered the same day, the gap in reading — stance toward the government and tone, scored from the headlines, 0 same reading to 1 opposite. Media framing, not public opinion. Method →

What the press agrees on today

The day’s topics covered by both camps alike, named from the headlines — agreement of coverage, not truth. Same reading = gap below 0.33 · opposite = above 0.67. Headlines are quoted verbatim, in their original language. Method →

Media we read

20 outlets read every day

  • Aftabnews · independent
  • Asriran.com · independent
  • Donya-e-Eqtesad دنیای اقتصاد · independent
  • DW - Iran · independent
  • Eghtesad Online · independent
  • Gooya News · opposition
  • Hamshahri · independent
  • Iranpress · state
  • IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency · state
  • ISNA · independent
  • Khabar Online · independent
  • Mehr News · independent
  • Mehr News Economy · independent
  • Radiofarda.com · opposition
  • Rajanews · independent
  • Tabnak · independent
  • Tehran Times · independent
  • Tehran Times Economy · independent
  • Varzesh3 · independent
  • Voice of America - Iran · opposition

How we rate outlets →

Cited, last 30 days

  • IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency 27
  • Mehr News Economy 20
  • ISNA 18
  • Tehran Times Economy 14
  • Asriran.com 8
  • Donya-e-Eqtesad دنیای اقتصاد 8
  • Hamshahri 8
  • Aftabnews 7
  • Mehr News 7
  • Tabnak 7
  • Voice of America - Iran 5
  • Varzesh3 2
  • Eghtesad Online 1
  • Radiofarda.com 1
  • Tehran Times 1

Latest briefing

Mixed

Business conditions in Iran are mixed. Northern imports surged due to southern port closures, offering resilience in logistics, while car prices rise amid regulatory delays, affecting consumers.

parked vehicles
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Northern Imports Surge, Car Prices Soar

Read the latest briefing →

Previous briefings

  1. MixedOil Prices Drop, Iran-Africa Trade Surges3 stories
  2. DeterioratingIran Designates UK Forces, Tehran Stock Tumbles3 stories
  3. DeterioratingTehran Stock Plummets, Iran-Kazakhstan Trade MoU3 stories
  4. DeterioratingIRGC Stops Tankers, Iran-Turkey Trade Talks3 stories
  5. DeterioratingTankers Explode in Hormuz, Khamenei Sets Economic Priorities3 stories
  6. StableIran Tightens Emission Rules, Rial Stabilizes3 stories
  7. StableIran-Qatar Energy Talks, Economic Apology, Rial Stable3 stories
  8. MixedIran-Russia Energy Talks, US Naval Blockade Debate3 stories
  9. MixedIran-Pakistan Trade Resumes, Tehran Stock Falls3 stories
  10. DeterioratingIran Reviews Export Rules, Oil Prices Surge4 stories
  11. StableHormuz Traffic Halted, Forex Reserves Stable3 stories
  12. DeterioratingIRGC Hits Ships in Hormuz, Rial Falls, Trade Blocked3 stories
  13. DeterioratingDollar Rises, Khuzestan Trade Violations, Health Insurance Reform3 stories
  14. DeterioratingIran-Kazakhstan Rail Deal, Dollar Rises, UN Tensions3 stories
  15. DeterioratingDollar Rises, Hormuz Tanker Incident, Sanctions Impact3 stories
  16. MixedPakistan Halts Trade, Iran's Customs Eases, Dollar Falls3 stories
  17. DeterioratingHormuz Tanker Fire, New Customs Rules3 stories
  18. DeterioratingIran-Armenia Trade Plan, Oil Tanker Fire in Hormuz3 stories
  19. DeterioratingHormuz Closure, Dollar Rises, Oil Tanker Fire3 stories
  20. StableIran Eyes Kenya Trade, Central Bank Dismisses Collapse3 stories
  21. ImprovingIran-Azerbaijan Agreements, Dollar Declines3 stories
  22. DeterioratingHormuz Tanker Fire, Dollar Drops, Protests Persist3 stories
  23. DeterioratingHormuz Tanker Fire, Iran-Turkmenistan Road Deal3 stories
  24. DeterioratingIran Warns US, Dollar Rises, Tehran Stocks Surge3 stories
  25. DeterioratingHormuz Tanker Hit, Iran-Afghanistan Trade Expands3 stories
  26. DeterioratingHormuz Shipping Declines, Iran Eyes Russia Trade3 stories
  27. DeterioratingUS Attacks Disrupt Iran's Chemical Sites, Dollar Drops3 stories
  28. DeterioratingIran's Oil Exports Halt, Tehran Stocks Near 8 Million3 stories
  29. DeterioratingIran Protests Starlink, Gold Prices Rise3 stories

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