A dash marks incomplete coverage, including missing broadcasts or translations. Partial observations remain in the table and can be opened; they are not plotted as complete counts. Archive coverage does not certify upstream completeness.
Each story counts once per selected entity, using extracted mentions and confirmed aliases. Background mentions are included. Only processed stories with text in the selected language are available; missing extraction is unknown. This measures archive coverage, not active participation or public popularity.
U.S. President Trump said on November 8 that the U.S. military task force was fully operational and that, together with the naval blockade, almost no supplies could currently enter or leave Iran. He said that day that as long as U.S.-Iran negotiations made progress, the United States was unlikely to resume large-scale military operations against Ir…