Washington destroys three Iranian tankers, Tehran says it hit three American ships

Australia

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Side-by-side reporting without arbitration · 8 of 14 countries

Canberra is first holding onto the cost of freight and marine insurance, two markets where Australia is paying a hefty price for an escalation it cannot arbitrate.

Canada

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Side-by-side reporting without arbitration · 8 of 14 countries

Ottawa is first assessing the economic cost of the escalation in the Strait of Hormuz, amid irreconcilable accounts from both sides and fears of an oil shock.

China

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Side-by-side reporting without arbitration · 8 of 14 countries

Beijing warns against the expansion of the conflict to other navies, starting with Seoul's, rather than taking sides between Washington and Tehran.

Colombia

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Side-by-side reporting without arbitration · 8 of 14 countries

Bogotá reads the night of Ormuz by the barrel: the Colombian economic press sizes up the shockwave before examining who fired.

South Korea

2 SOURCES

Alignment with the CENTCOM narrative · 4 of 14 countries

Seoul is gauging the risk of a deployment to the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran warns that such participation would be viewed as an act of war.

Egypt

2 SOURCES

Alignment with the CENTCOM narrative · 4 of 14 countries

Cairo is first measuring the oil shock rather than determining who struck first in the Gulf, between the CENTCOM account and that of the Revolutionary Guards.

United States

4 SOURCES

Washington: calibrated response claimed · 1 of 14 countries

The United States government claims a calibrated response: three Iranian oil tankers taken out of service for two American ships targeted, with no loss of life reported.

India

2 SOURCES

Alignment with the CENTCOM narrative · 4 of 14 countries

New Delhi is gauging the oil price impact of the escalation rather than its military outcome

Iran

2 SOURCES

Tehran: military victory claimed and legal condemnation · 1 of 14 countries

Tehran claims a nighttime military victory while condemning an American war crime, two stances maintained simultaneously in its dealings with the US.

Pakistan

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Alignment with the CENTCOM narrative · 4 of 14 countries

Islamabad views the strike on Iranian tankers in the context of the economic war it is prolonging, between American banking sanctions and cross-blockades around the Strait of Hormuz.

Qatar

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Doha, bordering the strait, believes that the pressure to secure it extends as far as Seoul and that the margin for third countries is narrowing.

United Kingdom

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Side-by-side reporting without arbitration · 8 of 14 countries

London is gauging the overnight escalation of Saturday, 5 September, less by the exchanged gunfire than by its cost: Brent at its highest since 24 July, a blockade against a counter-blockade, and a "shadow fleet" that the US says it has struck three times.

Russia

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Moscow is mirroring the claims of both sides, giving Tehran's claim the same status as Washington's.

Serbia

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Side-by-side reporting without arbitration · 8 of 14 countries

Belgrade is sticking to the record of reports and leaves two versions open that nothing in its corpus allows to distinguish.