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Proof: Iran prepared for war but open to talks with Trump

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T03:41:20Z","headline":"Iran prepared for war but open to talks with Trump","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"gulfnews","url":"https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/us-iran-conflict-tehran-ready-for-diplomacy-or-war-as-trump-expects-new-talks-1.500690117","v":1}

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SHA-256

9808cbe1018389ecaffb977ec2fd16363263c0f806699b73ad735e3ace07f852

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968929, mined 2026-09-28 03:57 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 03:42 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 03:42 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9808cbe10183.json prints 9808cbe1018389ecaffb977ec2fd16363263c0f806699b73ad735e3ace07f852. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9808cbe10183.json and headline-9808cbe10183.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-9808cbe10183.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.