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Iran threatens to block illegal routes in Strait of Hormuz

Rank
93
Running
13h
Updated
6h ago
Momentum
-16%
Outlets
10
Regions
4
Countries
9
Languages
6

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INTLAl-Monitor International · English 7 Oct, 13:46 UTC

The earliest of 5 English reports

Read it also in Español (1) · Português (1) · Tiếng Việt (1) · العربية (1) · 中文 (1) · +4 languages

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How it spread

Outlets covering the story by hours since its first article: one at the start, 10 after 14 hours.

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Outlets, by hours since the first article

  1. First outlet: Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, 7 Oct, 12:36 UTC.
  2. Second region: Asia-Pacific, with VOV.
  3. Second country: Cyprus, with Cyprus Mail.
  4. Fastest hour: +4 outlets from 7 Oct, 13:46 UTC.
  5. Now: 10 outlets.

Where it travelled

14 of 14 hours

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The 9 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. 2 international outlets publish from no single country and cannot be shown. Open the live map

The regions

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  • Americas 3 outlets · 3 countries · 30%
  • Asia-Pacific 2 outlets · 2 countries · 20%
  • Europe 1 outlet · 1 country · 10%
  • Middle East 2 outlets · 2 countries · 20%
  • International 2 outlets · 20%

First movers

  1. INTLAl-Araby Al-Jadeed 7 Oct, 12:36 UTC
  2. INTLAl-Monitor +1h 10m
  3. VOV +1h 35m
  4. Cyprus Mail +1h 46m
  5. Liberty Times +1h 57m

Latest arrivals

  1. CNN Brasil 7 Oct, 20:00 UTC
  2. Arab News 7 Oct, 16:45 UTC
  3. El Comercio 7 Oct, 16:40 UTC
  4. CBS News 7 Oct, 16:05 UTC
  5. Shafaq News 7 Oct, 15:22 UTC

The figures

Coverage
10 outlets in 9 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
Americas 3: Brazil, Peru, United States. Asia-Pacific 2: Taiwan, Vietnam. Europe 1: Cyprus. Middle East 2: Iraq, Saudi Arabia. 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
Arabic, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Chinese.
Timeline
Earliest article Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, 7 Oct 2026, 12:36 UTC. First seen 7 Oct 2026, 12:40 UTC. Last seen 7 Oct 2026, 20:00 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, Iran. Topic Shipping & trade. 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
2.29, 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
7 Oct 2026 86 7.70 10 9 10 9 4.6

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How this was measured

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Started 7 Oct, 12:40 UTC · Updated 20:00 UTC

Covered by 10 outlets

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Americas 3 outlets

  • CNN Brasil Brazil 7 Oct, 20:00 UTC
    Autoridade do Irã diz que “rotas ilegais” em Ormuz serão bloqueadas
  • El Comercio Peru 7 Oct, 16:40 UTC
    Irán advierte de que bloqueará las rutas por las que se exporta petróleo de Ormuz
  • CBS News United States 7 Oct, 16:05 UTC
    Iran plans to block "illegal routes" through Strait of Hormuz, IRGC official says

Asia-Pacific 2 outlets

  • Liberty Times Taiwan 7 Oct, 14:33 UTC
    死抓荷姆茲海峽控制權 伊朗放話封鎖非法航道
  • VOV Vietnam 7 Oct, 14:11 UTC
    Iran tuyên bố phong tỏa các tuyến đường "bất hợp pháp" tại Hormuz

Europe 1 outlet

  • Cyprus Mail Cyprus 7 Oct, 14:22 UTC
    Irani says ‘illegal routes’ in Strait of Hormuz to soon be blocked

Middle East 2 outlets

  • Arab News Saudi Arabia 7 Oct, 16:45 UTC
    Iranian official says ‘illegal routes’ in Strait of Hormuz to soon be blocked
  • Shafaq News Iraq 7 Oct, 15:22 UTC
    IRGC says it controls Strait of Hormuz

International 2 outlets

  • INTLAl-Monitor International 7 Oct, 13:46 UTC
    Iranian official says 'illegal routes' in Strait of Hormuz to soon be blocked
  • INTLAl-Araby Al-Jadeed International 7 Oct, 12:36 UTC
    إيران: إغلاق المسارات غير القانونية في مضيق هرمز قريباً
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