Tehran and North Korea are intensifying cooperation on nuclear weapons development.

Entities

• Tehran (place) gravity 0.0096 · momentum -0.031 · Q3616
• North Korea (place) gravity 0.0029 · momentum +0.026 · Q423

Signals

• edge_weight_recent 60.3
• edge_weight_prior 2
• factor 30.15
• event_count_recent 93
• window_days 30

Confidence (60%) is computed numerically from these signals. The sentence prose was written by an LLM given only the structured signals as input, the LLM never sees or chooses the confidence number.

What would change our mind

Edge weight between Tehran and North Korea returns to its 30-day baseline, or two clean weeks pass with no fresh co-mention from a tier-1 source.

Inversion conditions are a property of the pattern detector, not the LLM. Watch for this signal move and the claim should weaken or be superseded.

Where the contributing events happen

Contributing events (15)

• 2026-08-23 13:00:00 · gdelt · 031 Express intent to engage in material cooperation · tone -1.73
  Donald trump has made the world go nuclear
  Iran · Tehran · Donald Trump · North Korea
  source ↗
• 2026-08-21 17:15:00 · gdelt · 040 Consult · tone -4.87
  Irans president time to end war in position of strength
  Iran · Tehran · North Korea
  source ↗
• 2026-08-21 11:30:00 · gdelt · 010 Make public statement · tone -3.55
  Article 45a685d9 166f 5f47 ba46
  Iran · Tehran · North Korea
  source ↗
• 2026-08-20 21:15:00 · gdelt · 062 Cooperate militarily · tone -2.04
  Trump north korean iran nuclear weapons
  Iran · Tehran · Donald Trump · North Korea · Iran nuclear
  source ↗
• 2026-08-20 14:30:00 · gdelt · 138 Threaten with military force · tone -0.10
  Nuclear weapons trump said quiet part out loud north korea
  Iran · United States · Tehran · Donald Trump · North Korea
  source ↗
• 2026-08-20 12:45:00 · gdelt · 010 Make public statement · tone -4.47
  Iran fm dismisses trumps economic'd day as failed policy
  Iran · Tehran · North Korea
  source ↗
• 2026-08-19 19:45:00 · gdelt · 026 Appeal · tone -0.91
  Trump says he will meet north koreas kim later this year 20260819 1061
  Tehran · Donald Trump · North Korea · White House
  source ↗
• 2026-08-19 18:30:00 · gdelt · 164 Halt negotiations · tone -1.26
  Trump north korea kim jong un russia putin china xi
  Iran · Tehran · Donald Trump · China · North Korea · Kim Jong Un · Russia · Vladimir Putin
  source ↗
• 2026-08-19 15:00:00 · gdelt · 194 Fight with artillery and tanks · tone -2.99
  Kim jong uns european front
  Iran · Tehran · North Korea
  source ↗
• 2026-08-18 12:15:00 · gdelt · 020 Make an appeal · tone -1.44
  What trumps concession to north korea means for us alliances
  Iran · Tehran · South Korea · North Korea · United States · White House
  source ↗
• 2026-08-18 05:15:00 · gdelt · 050 Engage in diplomatic cooperation · tone -2.85
  Facing quagmire in iran trump turns to familiar face kim jong un 126081800094 1
  Iran · Tehran · Donald Trump · North Korea · Kim Jong Un
  source ↗
• 2026-08-18 01:30:00 · gdelt · 020 Make an appeal · tone -2.95
  Trump south north korea military drills iran israel hamas deals
  Iran · Israel · Tehran · Hamas · Donald Trump · North Korea · Israel-Gaza · Russia
  source ↗
• 2026-08-17 15:30:00 · gdelt · 060 Engage in material cooperation · tone -1.25
  Trump south korea joint drills kim north nuclear iran analysis
  Iran · Tehran · Donald Trump · South Korea · North Korea
  source ↗
• 2026-08-16 04:45:00 · gdelt · 040 Consult · tone -5.82
  How china russia iran north korea team up to crush christians
  Iran · Tehran · China · North Korea · Russia
  source ↗
• 2026-08-15 04:45:00 · gdelt · 040 Consult · tone -5.82
  How china russia iran north korea team up to crush christians
  Iran · Tehran · China · North Korea · Russia
  source ↗

Confidence history