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  "id": 1290107,
  "title": "Iranian parliament advances bill to curb foreign influence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/iranian-parliament-advances-bill-to-curb-foreign-influence",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T14:46:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/iranian-parliament-advances-bill-curb-foreign-influence"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "DUBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament approved on Sunday the general principles of a bill that would criminalise interviews and other communications with media deemed hostile to the Islamic Republic, including U.S. or Israeli media and outlets financed by either country, Iran's Shargh newspaper reported.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Iranian parliament advances bill to curb foreign influence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/iranian-parliament-advances-bill-to-curb-foreign-influence-1296852",
        "published": "2026-08-16T15:21:16.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}