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This frame portrays Iran as the instigator and villain, whose attacks on energy infrastructure and shipping are an unprovoked assault that destabilizes global markets and harms innocent consumers worldwide.

Coverage focuses neutrally on the economic and logistical consequences, policy tools, and market reactions, treating the conflict as a disruptive geopolitical event.

The US is framed as taking necessary, defensive actions to protect free energy transit and stabilize markets against Iranian threats and disruptions.

This cluster provides a largely neutral, fact-based framing focused on market data (production, prices, inventories), legal proceedings, and geopolitical maneuvers as strategic facts. It emphasizes the mechanics of supply, demand, and policy without assigning strong moral judgment. It omits sustained moral condemnation or advocacy, treating actors (governments, companies, courts) as players within a system rather than heroes or villains.