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DEVELOPING · 5 OCT → 16 OCT 2026 · 12 EDITIONS · 28 OUTLETS

Iran’s oil minister resigns amid fuel shortages and export pressure

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 14 28 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 5 Oct 12:34 UTC · Iran’s oil minister resigns as Hamid Bovard takes acting role 5 Oct 18:18 UTC · Iran’s oil minister resigns amid fuel shortages and export pressure

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 2 HEADLINES

  1. 5 Oct, 12:34 UTC

    Iran’s oil minister resigns as Hamid Bovard takes acting role

  2. 5 Oct, 18:18 UTC

    Iran’s oil minister resigns amid fuel shortages and export pressure

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Mohsen Paknejad · 6 outlets
  • Masoud Pezeshkian · 5 outlets
  • Abbas Araghchi · 3 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.