🧵 Saga file #84
U.S. considers military action against Iran
Oct 15, 8 AM ET to Oct 27, 1 AM ET
- 4parts so far
- 34outlets carried a part
- 🫏12 · 7 · 15🐘left · center · right
- 11.7 daysrunning so far
- 14 minof TV captions
- 13radio newscasts
- 24people retold it online
🧵 One running story, told across days: each part is a story of its own on the front pages, joined to the others because our tools judged them one case, event or investigation as it developed. A part can be joined wrongly; the saga tracker says how they're made.
- Oct 15, 8 AM ET · on the front pages 3 daysU.S. military weighs use of 'mother of all bombs' against Iran
- Oct 24, 11 AM ET · on the front pages 14 hoursTrump says U.S. may launch another military operation against Iran
- Oct 24, 1 AM ET · on the front pages 2.9 daysU.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots against Americans have reached advanced stages
- Oct 26, 8 AM ET · on the front pages 17 hoursTrump weighs deal with Iran or military action
📰 Spread
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🧩 The parts
each one opens its own page
1. U.S. military weighs use of 'mother of all bombs' against Iran
Oct 15, 8 AM ET · 21 outlets · on the front pages 3 days
“CNN Exclusive US considering using ‘mother of all bombs’ against Iran, sources say” first: CNN, Reuters
📺 Fox News 52 s · 📻 1 newscast
2. Trump says U.S. may launch another military operation against Iran
Oct 24, 11 AM ET · 6 outlets · on the front pages 14 hours
“Trump says U.S. may launch ‘another little Epic Fury’ if Iran doesn’t agree to a deal” first: NBC News, Newsmax, Reuters
📺 Fox News 19 s
3. U.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots against Americans have reached advanced stages
Oct 24, 1 AM ET · 22 outlets · on the front pages 2.9 days
“Scoop: U.S. intel memo warns of "advanced" Iranian plots to kill officials abroad” first: Axios
📺 Fox News 8 min, CNN 5 min · 📻 11 newscasts · 🧶 retold by 24
4. Trump weighs deal with Iran or military action
Oct 26, 8 AM ET · 8 outlets · on the front pages 17 hours
“Trump Says Decision Nearing on Iran: Deal or ‘Finish It Off’” first: Bloomberg
· 📻 1 newscast
🧩 How it's been told
the stories under the saga, day by day, from our motif index (✨ new to the saga that day)
- 2026-10-25 Assassination plot ×1
- 2026-10-24 ✨ Assassination plot ×1
- 2026-10-16 ✨ The war is escalating ×1 ✨ Saber-rattling ×1
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it, part by part
- U.S. intelligence warns that Iran is in advanced stages of planning attacks on Americans in the Middle East. told by 17 people, on “U.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots against Americans have reached advanced stages”
- U.S. intelligence warns that Iran is in advanced stages of planning assassination plots against American officials. told by 7 people, on “U.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots against Americans have reached advanced stages”