Anadolu Agency (English), on Iran, 27 July 2026

The headline editorialises, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.

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The double standard

US military action is described as plain "attacks" while Iranian military action is attributed through Iran's own framing as "counter-operations", granting Iran the benefit of its self-serving characterisation while leaving US action unqualified.

How it builds, in Load-bearing passage: Sunday military spokesperson quote through final summary sentence

US action named directly as attacks, no qualifier
the US had halted its attacks over the previous two nights
Journalist's own unattributed characterisation
Iranian action given Iran's own framing in quotes
Iran's "counter-operations" had also stopped
Iran's self-description reproduced, distanced by quotation marks
US action again named as attacks, no attribution
Washington carrying out attacks on Iran
Journalist's own unattributed characterisation
Iranian targets hedged with 'what it said were'
Tehran responding by targeting what it said were US military facilities and equipment
Claim attributed to Iran, reader warned it is unverified

The same decision, both sides

Whether the actor's characterisation of its own military action is reproduced or independently stated

US military action is described by the journalist directly as 'attacks', with no attribution to any source and no hedging.

ending nearly two weeks of daily attacks

Iranian military action is reproduced inside quotation marks using Iran's own preferred term, signalling it is Iran's characterisation rather than the journalist's.

Iran's "counter-operations" had also stopped

Whether the targets claimed by each side are treated as established fact or hedged

US attacks on Iran are stated as fact with no qualification about what was targeted or whether the targets were legitimate.

Washington carrying out attacks on Iran

Iranian claims about what it targeted are explicitly hedged, telling the reader the description comes only from Tehran.

Tehran responding by targeting what it said were US military facilities and equipment

What a reader is left with. A reader is left with the impression that the US is straightforwardly the aggressor conducting unambiguous "attacks", while Iran is a reactive party whose own account of its actions and targets is carefully flagged as self-reported and unverified.

Iran says it will not let US determine timing of war and peace

Iran will not let the US decide when war or peace takes place, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Monday. "We will not allow the United States to determine the time of peace and war," Baqaei said at a weekly news conference, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency. He also said the US was "stuck in a self-made quagmire after five months." On Sunday, Iranian military spokesperson Amir Mohammad Akraminia said the US had halted its attacks over the previous two nights and that Iran's "counter-operations" had also stopped. According to an Axios report on Saturday, US President Donald Trump had directed the US military not to launch new strikes on Iran, ending nearly two weeks of daily attacks. Tensions between the US and Iran have intensified in recent weeks, with Washington carrying out attacks on Iran and Tehran responding by targeting what it said were US military facilities and equipment in countries across the region.

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