Patrick Wintour

Writing for The Guardian, Western Mainstream.

13 scored articles in the last 180 days, each topic set against The Guardian's own median on the same topic. A topic appears here once 10 of their articles have been scored under the weights now in use.

Updated 22 Oct, 18:41 UTC.

Iran

1.1Byline score, out of 10

13 articles scored. The band shows the middle half of their article scores, and the tick is the median.

The Guardian median
2.5
Below The Guardian's median
1.3
Desk headline score
6.1

1.3 below The Guardian's own median on this topic. Measures anti-Iran framing in Iran coverage. 0 means none detected, 10 means severe. Headline framing is left out of the byline score and shown separately, because subeditors write headlines, not reporters.

The articles behind the number

Every scored Iran article under this byline in the window, newest first. The score on each row is that article's full composite, headline included, which is the number its own page shows; the median above excludes headline framing.

  1. 22 Oct 2026Iran threatens to strike oil and AI facilities across Gulf if US and Israel renew attacksScored 1.1
  2. 19 Oct 2026People scour strait of Hormuz for spilt cargo after Iran attacks container shipsScored 3.7
  3. 23 Sept 2026Iran denies dropping preconditions amid ‘very productive’ three-hour UN talks in New YorkScored 2.4
  4. 22 Sept 2026Iran and US have held talks on sidelines of UN summit, says Donald TrumpScored 0.0
  5. 31 Aug 2026Trump threatens further action as US and Iran exchange fire in new flare-upScored 4.9
  6. 31 Aug 2026Iran’s economy in crisis as US launches new sanctions campaignScored 1.7
  7. 26 Aug 2026Iran faces strait of Hormuz paradox as strategic value of chokehold erodesScored 0.0
  8. 24 Aug 2026Iran vows to retaliate against countries that cooperate with fresh US sanctionsScored 0.0
  9. 04 Aug 2026Iran’s president denies threatening to resign during talks over strait of HormuzScored 2.6
  10. 03 Aug 2026Fresh US-Iran talks are ‘last chance’ for Tehran to avoid war escalating, Trump saysScored 3.7
  11. 30 Jul 2026Iran’s war with the US is not its only conflict as internal crises mountScored 3.5
  12. 27 Jul 2026Trump warns of return to ‘strong military action’ if Iran diplomacy failsScored 3.3
  13. 22 Jul 2026Iran’s foreign minister describes moment of attack that killed KhameneiScored 4.2

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