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THE SAME WORDS, PRINTED DIFFERENTLYFriday 25 September 2026

3 outlets quote this line 2 different ways.

channelnewsasia.com: “If certain conditions are met, the strait will be open within seven days and talks will start,”; cnbc.com: “If certain conditions are met, the Strait of Hormuz will be open at the end of seven…

As published

6 pages captured at the time, in each outlet's own typography. Open one to read the copy held outside the publisher's control.

Attributed to no one

Quoted verbatim from each outlet's own page. This site records what was published and who it was attributed to. It does not assess whether the claim is true.

cbsnews.com

  • U.S. troops hit by a deadly Iranian drone attack on a small Kuwaiti port in the opening days of the Iran war could have been relocated to safer positions in western Saudi Arabia, multiple sources told CBS News, but plans for a move were rejected by the unit's commander

no speaker named anywhere in the article

channelnewsasia.com

  • Japanese news agency Kyodo was the first to report the proposal, citing a senior Iranian official on Tuesday (Sep 22).

named elsewhere in the same article: Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister

rte.ie

  • Japanese news agency Kyodo was the first to report the proposal, citing a senior Iranian official on Tuesday.

no speaker named anywhere in the article

What this entry found

  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    Timeframe for reopening the Strait of Hormuz: six days or seven days

    • theguardian.com (six days)
    • aljazeera.com (seven days)
    • cbsnews.com (seven days)
    • channelnewsasia.com (seven days)
    the full text
  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    Whether nuclear talks are included as part of the proposal

    • cnbc.com (explicitly mentions 'resuming nuclear talks')
    • theguardian.com (mentions 'start talks on its nuclear program')
    the full text
  • ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS

    aljazeera.com carried 4 details no other outlet reported.

    • Qatar is facilitating indirect contact between Iran and the United States at the UN General Assembly
    • High fuel prices are putting pressure on Trump ahead of the U.S. midterm elections
    • Analysts told Al Jazeera that a firm peace deal remains unlikely, with Iran wanting to follow an earlier agreement approach that would give Iran and Oman a main role in managing the strait
    • Both sides have described the indirect contact facilitated by Qatar in New York positively but neither has indicated any diplomatic breakthrough as the war approaches its seven-month mark
6independent outlets
What happened, for context

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi proposed a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear talks within a specified timeframe, conditional on U.S. acceptance of Iranian conditions including sanctions relief and release of frozen assets. The proposal was presented at the UN General Assembly in New York, with Qatar facilitating indirect contact between Iran and the United States.

Who reported it

    • aljazeera.comINDEP
    • channelnewsasia.comINDEP
    one owner · DMGT (Daily Mail)
  • cbsnews.comINDEP
  • cnbc.comUNCLASSIFIED
  • rte.iePUBLIC
  • theguardian.comINDEP

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a specified timeframe (six or seven days depending on outlet)aljazeera.com, cbsnews.com, channelnewsasia.com, cnbc.com, rte.ie, theguardian.com
  • The proposal was announced on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New Yorkaljazeera.com, cbsnews.com, channelnewsasia.com, cnbc.com, rte.ie, theguardian.com
  • The proposal includes conditions such as release of frozen Iranian assets and lifting of sanctions on Iranian oilchannelnewsasia.com, cnbc.com, rte.ie, theguardian.com
  • The proposal calls for cessation of all hostilities in the Middle East for seven days, including in Lebanonchannelnewsasia.com, rte.ie, theguardian.com
  • Araghchi met with U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesdaychannelnewsasia.com, rte.ie
  • Japanese news agency Kyodo was the first to report the proposal, citing a senior Iranian official on Tuesday (Sep 22)channelnewsasia.com, rte.ie
  • and 6 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • Qatar is facilitating indirect contact between Iran and the United States at the UN General Assemblyonly aljazeera.com
  • High fuel prices are putting pressure on Trump ahead of the U.S. midterm electionsonly aljazeera.com
  • Analysts told Al Jazeera that a firm peace deal remains unlikely, with Iran wanting to follow an earlier agreement approach that would give Iran and Oman a main role in managing the straitonly aljazeera.com
  • Both sides have described the indirect contact facilitated by Qatar in New York positively but neither has indicated any diplomatic breakthrough as the war approaches its seven-month markonly aljazeera.com
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a defiant response to President Donald Trump's 'annihilation' threat at the UN General Assemblyonly cnbc.com
  • The Trump administration has previously said it will not return to the terms of the June agreementonly cnbc.com

Reported unevenly

  • Timeframe for reopening the Strait of Hormuz: six days or seven daysstated by theguardian.com (six days), aljazeera.com (seven days), cbsnews.com (seven days), channelnewsasia.com (seven days), cnbc.com (seven days), rte.ie (seven days)
  • Whether nuclear talks are included as part of the proposalstated by cnbc.com (explicitly mentions 'resuming nuclear talks'), theguardian.com (mentions 'start talks on its nuclear program') · absent from aljazeera.com, cbsnews.com, channelnewsasia.com, rte.ie

Not yet confirmed against a primary source

  • The Guardian states Iran offered to open the strait in 'six days', while five other outlets (Al Jazeera, CBS News, Channel News Asia, CNBC, RTE) state 'seven days'. Confirm which timeframe Araghchi actually stated, and whether The Guardian's 'six days' plus 'the day after' for nuclear talks equals seven total days or if this is a genuine discrepancy in reporting.

What was checked, and against what

Nothing here could be settled from a primary source. 1 cannot be established from public sources and is listed below. Every document is linked so you can read the same record we did. Anything not confirmed is listed as such rather than left out.

  • cannot be established The Guardian states Iran offered to open the strait in 'six days', while five other outlets (Al Jazeera, CBS News, Channel News Asia, CNBC, RTE) state 'seven days'.The disagreement between outlets is itself the finding. No primary source is needed to report that they differ.