{
  "id": 1444369,
  "title": "Iranian parliament advances bill to curb foreign influence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/iranian-parliament-advances-bill-to-curb-foreign-influence",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T07:23:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/iranian-parliament-advances-bill-to-curb-foreign-influence/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Iran’s parliament approved yesterday 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. Osman Salari, a member of parliament’s judicial and legal commission, said the individual provisions of … The…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Iranian parliament approves bill criminalising interviews with US and Israeli media",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/iranian-parliament-approves-bill-criminalising-interviews-with-us-and",
        "published": "2026-08-17T07:38:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}