ABC News
US national broadcast news division of the American Broadcasting Company, owned by Disney.
On 13 September, ABC News was cited as a source for the schedule of Iran's planned Oman talks on safe shipping through the strait of Hormuz.
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ABC News is The National broadcast news division of the American Broadcasting Company, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its television output includes World News Tonight, Good Morning America and This Week, alongside the streaming service ABC News Live.
Based in New York, ABC News reports for a national US audience through broadcast and digital formats. It was cited in reporting connected to Iran on 8 and 9 May, and as a source for the planned Oman talks on 13 September.
As a broadcaster, ABC News carries official claims, interviews and reported developments to viewers. It reports on diplomacy and conflict, rather than acting as a party to either.
ABC News reports contested diplomacy
On 28 July, reporting on disputed US-Iran contacts placed ABC News in the wider US broadcast environment as Donald Trump told Axios that Washington was in deep conversations with Iran. Iran's Foreign Ministry said that it was conducting no negotiations, while allowing that mediators might be carrying messages.
For ABC News, this thread concerns the reporting of competing public claims rather than the Conduct of diplomacy. Its citation as a source for the Oman talks schedule on 13 September fits that role: the planned meeting concerned safe shipping through the strait of Hormuz, while the nuclear file, sanctions and tanker exchanges remained outside the talks.
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