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Israeli opposition leader says killing of Khamenei was a mistake

Rank
Ran
38h
Updated
10h ago
Closed
Outlets
10
Regions
4
Countries
8
Languages
4

INTLMiddle East Eye International · English 9 Oct, 13:27 UTC

The earliest of 6 English reports

Read it also in Indonesia (2) · Melayu (1) · Shqip (1) · +2 languages

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How it spread

Outlets covering the story by hours since its first article: one at the start, 10 after 39 hours.

5 10
0h 12h 24h 36h

Outlets, by hours since the first article

  1. First outlet: Middle East Eye, 9 Oct, 13:27 UTC.
  2. Second region: Africa, with Zambian Observer.
  3. Second country: Pakistan, with The Express Tribune.
  4. Fastest hour: +2 outlets from 10 Oct, 11:14 UTC.
  5. Last article: 10 outlets.

Where it travelled

39 of 39 hours

Earlier Later

The 8 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. One international outlet publishes from no single country and cannot be shown. Not drawn: Kosovo. Open the live map

The regions

60%

  • Africa 1 outlet · 1 country · 10%
  • Asia-Pacific 6 outlets · 4 countries · 60%
  • Europe 1 outlet · 1 country · 10%
  • Middle East 1 outlet · 1 country · 10%
  • International 1 outlet · 10%

First movers

  1. INTLMiddle East Eye 9 Oct, 13:27 UTC
  2. Zambian Observer +7h 34m
  3. The Express Tribune +13h 4m
  4. Daily Times +16h 21m
  5. Anadolu Agency +17h 29m

Last to join

  1. Koran Sindo 11 Oct, 03:58 UTC
  2. Telegrafi 10 Oct, 17:54 UTC
  3. Republika 10 Oct, 11:40 UTC
  4. Utusan Malaysia 10 Oct, 11:14 UTC
  5. Times of India 10 Oct, 08:18 UTC

The figures

Coverage
10 outlets in 8 countries, across 4 regions. The article links are kept for good for every story that reaches the map. Of the 10 outlets, 1 state-owned, 9 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region
Africa 1: Zambia. Asia-Pacific 4: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan. Europe 1: Kosovo. Middle East 1: Turkey. International 1: the outlets that publish from no single country, counted as one. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages
English, Indonesian, Malay, Albanian.
Timeline
Earliest article Middle East Eye, 9 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC. First seen 9 Oct 2026, 13:30 UTC. Last seen 11 Oct 2026, 03:58 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification
Region Middle East, Israel. Topic Politics. Hard news Judged hard news. On the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score
0.17, as of now. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Day by day

Outlets and countries are the story’s whole life as of that midnight; the 24-hour columns are that day’s own coverage; the last column is the methodology version the day was measured under, and a day that spans a change of version shows the first and last, linked to the changelog that lists every version between. A day marked partial is one Loudest read only in part: fewer than 130 of its 144 ten-minute runs, or more than 30 minutes missed at its start or end.

Day Rank Score Outlets Countries 24h outlets 24h countries Method
10 Oct 2026 114 4.77 9 8 8 7 4.7

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How this was measured

This page describes measured coverage: which of the outlets Loudest reads carried the story, from how many countries and in how many languages, and when. It says nothing about whether the story is true, important or well reported.

Started 9 Oct, 13:30 UTC · Updated 11 Oct, 03:58 UTC · Final figures at midnight UTC

Covered by 10 outlets

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  • Koran Sindo Indonesia 11 Oct, 03:58 UTC
    Politisi Israel: Membunuh Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Adalah Kesalahan
  • Telegrafi Kosovo 10 Oct, 17:54 UTC
    Opozitari izraelit, Golani: Vrasja e Khameneit ishte gabim
  • Republika Indonesia 10 Oct, 11:40 UTC
    Pemimpin Oposisi Israel: Membunuh Ali Khamenei adalah Sebuah Kesalahan
  • Utusan Malaysia Malaysia 10 Oct, 11:14 UTC
    Israel buat kesilapan besar bunuh Ali Khamenei
  • INTLMiddle East Eye International 10 Oct, 09:48 UTC
    Israeli politician says assassinating Ali Khamenei was a ‘mistake’
    +1 more articleHide 1 more article
    • Yair Golan says killing Khamenei was a ‘mistake’ for Israel 9 Oct, 13:27 UTC
  • Times of India India 10 Oct, 08:18 UTC
    ‘Khamenei’s killing was a mistake’: Israeli opposition leader
  • Anadolu Agency Turkey 10 Oct, 06:56 UTC
    Israeli Democrats leader says killing of Iran’s Ali Khamenei was a 'mistake'
  • Daily Times Pakistan 10 Oct, 05:48 UTC
    Former Israeli military official calls assassination of Ali Khamenei serious mistake
  • The Express Tribune Pakistan 10 Oct, 02:31 UTC
    Israeli Democrats leader says killing of Iran’s Ali Khamenei was a 'mistake'
  • Zambian Observer Zambia 9 Oct, 21:01 UTC
    Former Israeli Military Deputy Chief Says Killing Ali Khamenei Was a Major Mistake
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