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Al Jazeera EnglishNews report · Nov 12, 7:38 PM
Iranian men guilty of spying on British journalists
Two Iranian men were convicted under Britain's National Security Act for spying on dissident journalists.
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Iranian men guilty of spying on British journalists
Al Jazeera English and The Sun UK describe the same event in different terms.
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As of November 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened Two Iranian men were convicted under Britain's National Security Act for spying on dissident journalists.
The headline split The center frames it as "Iranian men guilty of spying on British journalists". The right frames it as "Iranian hitman illegal immigrant convicted of spying after being promised up to £150k to...".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 3 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium
3 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceStrong
77/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
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CenterIranian men guilty of spying on British journalists
Al Jazeera English · Center · News report
Right / center-rightUK Court Convicts 2 Iranian Men of Spying for Tehran
Epoch Times World · Right · News report
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Epoch Times WorldNews report · Nov 12, 7:56 PM
UK Court Convicts 2 Iranian Men of Spying for Tehran
The convictions come amid heightened concern over alleged Iranian intelligence operations in the UK.
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The Sun UKNews report · Nov 12, 9:00 PM
Iranian hitman illegal immigrant convicted of spying after being promised up to £150k to carry out violence against UK
TWO Iranians who got into the UK illegally were yesterday convicted of spying. Hitman Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, was recruited to target and attack two dissident journalists and a pro-Israel la...
Details77/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 3 sources
77/99 Wording GapMedium confidence3 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Nov 12, 7:38 PM: Al Jazeera English joined the source map.
Nov 12, 7:56 PM: Epoch Times World joined the source map.
Nov 12, 9:00 PM: The Sun UK joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 77/99 and story health is live match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.