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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

Country risk, from the local press

Iran · In the world’s press

Iran in the world’s press

Which countries’ presses mention Iran, how much against their habit, and what they said. Foreign presses only; the country’s own press is shown apart.

Mentions from foreign presses, 90 days

2,186 mentions yesterday · 31% above its 30-day mean · 5% of the world’s foreign attention

Who is watching

The presses that mentioned Iran most over the last 7 days: mentions, the share of that press’s foreign attention, and the change against its previous 30 days.

  1. United Kingdom’s press 976 mentions · 11% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  2. Russia’s press 876 mentions · 5% of its foreign attention · ×1.3 vs its habit
  3. Iraq’s press 716 mentions · 11% of its foreign attention · ×1.9 vs its habit
  4. Palestinian Territories’ press 713 mentions · 16% of its foreign attention · ×1.5 vs its habit
  5. Turkey’s press 697 mentions · 9% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  6. Israel’s press 653 mentions · 15% of its foreign attention · ×1.3 vs its habit
  7. United States’ press 518 mentions · 9% of its foreign attention · ×1.1 vs its habit
  8. Saudi Arabia’s press 402 mentions · 8% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  9. Pakistan’s press 372 mentions · 7% of its foreign attention · ×1.3 vs its habit
  10. Yemen’s press 321 mentions · 12% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  11. Austria’s press 294 mentions · 5% of its foreign attention · ×1.1 vs its habit
  12. Bulgaria’s press 291 mentions · 10% of its foreign attention · ×2.1 vs its habit

Iran’s own press: 7,168 mentions in 7 days.

Stories that reached the Iran press

The travelling stories this press carried, newest first, with the day it first did.

  1. Trump discusses Iran and potential war 58 presses · 14 days · on 31 Oct 2026
  2. Trump discusses potential Iran conflict 6 presses · 9 days · on 22 Oct 2026
  3. Gadi Eisenkot tasked to form Israeli government 72 presses · 19 days · on 28 Oct 2026
  4. Trump blames Iran for midterm defeat 18 presses · 2 days · on 4 Nov 2026
  5. Israeli elections begin amid uncertainty 8 presses · 2 days · on 27 Oct 2026

What they said

The latest foreign headlines naming Iran, as the outlets wrote them; the translation is ours when shown.

Collection outage, left blank: 17 Sep 2026, 18 Sep 2026, 28 Sep 2026, 29 Sep 2026, 30 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026, 2 Oct 2026, 3 Oct 2026.

Counted at fetch time from the titles and descriptions of every article read, by the outlet’s country. Shares, not raw counts, when presses are compared: a press that publishes more mentions everyone more. Coverage of the local press, not public opinion and not truth. Data since 17 September 2026. Method →

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