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Proof: Hegseth says US not seeking nation-building in Iran

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T00:41:05Z","headline":"Hegseth says US not seeking nation-building in Iran","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"gulfnews","url":"https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/trump-says-no-us-strikes-on-iran-before-midterms-as-houthis-target-riyadh-1.500702560","v":1}

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6fa26a9a89e9b903643ea698c74706ab6d89e46b55bab0a111bd4ecbd38e5b61

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970559, mined 2026-10-09 00:57 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-09 00:44 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 00:00 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-6fa26a9a89e9.json prints 6fa26a9a89e9b903643ea698c74706ab6d89e46b55bab0a111bd4ecbd38e5b61. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-6fa26a9a89e9.json and headline-6fa26a9a89e9.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-6fa26a9a89e9.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.