Tehran and Bessent are intensifying tensions as economic threats and calls for negotiation dominate recent discussions.

Entities

• Tehran (place) gravity 0.0096 · momentum -0.031 · Q3616
• Bessent (person) gravity 0.0007 · momentum +0.052 · Q28226691

Signals

• edge_weight_recent 88.6
• edge_weight_prior 3.9
• factor 22.72
• event_count_recent 178
• window_days 30

Confidence (57%) 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 Bessent 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 Watch for this signal move and the claim should weaken or be superseded.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 (20)

• 2026-09-02 10:45:00 · gdelt · 013 Make optimistic comment · tone -4.52
  Us forces hit iranian targets bessent claims hormuz will be worthless piece water 2
  Iran · Tehran · Vladimir Putin · Hormuz · Bessent · Iranian
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• 2026-09-02 09:00:00 · gdelt · 010 Make public statement · tone -3.52
  2087356151 bessent says iran must return to negotiating table
  Iran · Tehran · Bessent
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• 2026-09-01 21:45:00 · gdelt · 0841 Return, release person(s) · tone -2.41
  Bessent vows asphyxiate iran economically warns regimes offshore assets frozen
  Iran · Tehran · China · Bessent
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• 2026-09-01 17:15:00 · gdelt · 130 Threaten · tone -3.21
  Bessent vows to asphyxiate iran with sanctions taking away irgcs offshore accounts luxury homes
  Iran · Tehran · Bessent
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• 2026-09-01 00:00:00 · gdelt · 020 Make an appeal · tone -4.00
  At g20 bessent vows to intensify economic pressure on iran
  Iran · Tehran · France · Bessent
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• 2026-08-31 18:00:00 · gdelt · 020 Make an appeal · tone -3.99
  At g20 summit bessent vows to intensify economic pressure on iran
  Iran · Tehran · France · Bessent
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• 2026-08-31 15:30:00 · gdelt · 040 Consult · tone -1.51
  Bessent brings iran pressure to asheville
  Iran · United States · Tehran · Bessent
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• 2026-08-31 15:15:00 · gdelt · 045 Mediate · tone -2.59
  G20 countries should consider more trade barriers on china says bessent
  Tehran · China · Bessent · Iran
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• 2026-08-30 12:15:00 · gdelt · 100 Demand · tone -3.96
  Us treasurys bessent faces g20 diplomacy test amid tariffs iran war bond turmoil
  Iran · Tehran · Tariffs · Bessent
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• 2026-08-30 11:00:00 · gdelt · 190 Fight · tone -5.27
  Us treasurys bessent faces g20
  Tehran · Bessent · Supreme Court · Iran
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• 2026-08-30 10:30:00 · gdelt · 110 Disapprove · tone -3.64
  Us treasurys bessent faces g20 diplomacy test amid tariffs iran war bond turmoil
  Iran · Tehran · Tariffs · Bessent · Supreme Court
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• 2026-08-29 12:15:00 · gdelt · 046 Engage in negotiation · tone -5.90
  Iran us war stalemate six months military attacks economic sanctions trump khamenei bessent
  Iran · United States · Tehran · Donald Trump · Bessent
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• 2026-08-29 00:30:00 · gdelt · 040 Consult · tone -2.23
  Bessent has the knife out to start carving up irans stealth funding network
  Iran · Tehran · Bessent
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• 2026-08-26 03:30:00 · gdelt · 020 Make an appeal · tone -5.24
  Bessent just put a mystery financial institution in the crosshairs
  Iran · Tehran · Bessent
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• 2026-08-26 00:45:00 · gdelt · 130 Threaten · tone -4.61
  Ghalibaf targets us treasury secy bessent over economic'd day sanctions
  Iran · Tehran · Bessent
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• 2026-08-26 00:15:00 · gdelt · 031 Express intent to engage in material cooperation · tone -8.06
  Iran united states economic'd day bessent
  Iran · United States · Tehran · Bessent
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• 2026-08-26 00:15:00 · gdelt · 110 Disapprove · tone -4.17
  Ghalibaf targets us treasury secy bessent over economic'd day
  Iran · Tehran · Bessent
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• 2026-08-25 20:30:00 · gdelt · 015 Acknowledge or claim responsibility · tone -9.00
  Bessent iran leadership is feeling the economic pressure
  Iran · Tehran · Bessent
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• 2026-08-25 13:30:00 · gdelt · 014 Consider policy option · tone -7.16
  Bessent outlines plan irans economic asphyxiation tehran puts bounty barron trump
  Tehran · Donald Trump · Iran nuclear · Bessent · Iran · Israel
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• 2026-08-25 07:30:00 · gdelt · 050 Engage in diplomatic cooperation · tone -3.24
  Iran war us sanctions bessent operation economic outcast
  Iran · Tehran · Bessent
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Confidence history