Iran Tariffs is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 10, 20:20 UTC, we have counted 8 threads about it in 7 communities, led by r/news, r/politics and r/nottheonion. Combined, those threads hold roughly 7.7K upvotes and 1.5K comments so far.
What the sources report
The articles behind the biggest threads, quoted directly from each publisher’s own summary.
- CTV News: U.S. Treasury chief Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats, Reuters sources say
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has recently moved from his Washington, D.C. residence to a U.S. military base after Iranian threats against his life, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
- CNBC: France blames Iran for supermarket refrigerator cyberattacks, weighs sanctions
France said the cyber unit of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out an "unprecedented campaign" that caused millions of euros in damage.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/news | 1 | 5,089 | 483 | Nov 11, 15:31 UTC |
| r/politics | 2 | 1,480 | 432 | Nov 11, 12:35 UTC |
| r/nottheonion | 1 | 312 | 191 | Nov 11, 15:16 UTC |
| r/cybersecurity | 1 | 299 | 109 | Nov 11, 11:10 UTC |
| r/canada | 1 | 123 | 157 | Nov 10, 21:21 UTC |
| r/worldnews | 1 | 305 | 60 | Nov 11, 21:11 UTC |
| r/unitedkingdom | 1 | 87 | 84 | Nov 10, 20:20 UTC |
The biggest threads
- U.S. Treasury chief Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats, sources sayr/news · 5,089 upvotes · 483 comments · Nov 11, 15:31 UTC · ctvnews.ca
- Jeffries Refuses to Say If He’ll Support Holding Up Funding Bill to Stop Iran Warr/politics · 1,338 upvotes · 365 comments · Nov 11, 12:35 UTC · commondreams.org
- France blames Iran for a cyberattack that heated supermarket refrigeratorsr/nottheonion · 312 upvotes · 191 comments · Nov 11, 15:16 UTC · AP News
- France blames Iran for supermarket refrigerator cyberattacks, weighs sanctionsr/cybersecurity · 299 upvotes · 109 comments · Nov 11, 11:10 UTC · CNBC
- Ottawa restores sanctions on Iran it lifted a decade agor/canada · 123 upvotes · 157 comments · Nov 10, 21:21 UTC · ctvnews.ca
- Iran attacks shipping navigation systems on Oman's Didamar island, sources sayr/worldnews · 305 upvotes · 60 comments · Nov 11, 21:11 UTC · Reuters
- Trump, Netanyahu get into ‘shouting match from hell’ over Iran war, Israeli media reportsr/politics · 142 upvotes · 67 comments · Nov 12, 01:03 UTC · nypost.com
- ‘We will see what happens’: Iranian state media targets three UK airbases as US move aircraftr/unitedkingdom · 87 upvotes · 84 comments · Nov 10, 20:20 UTC · lbc.co.uk
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/unitedkingdom: “‘We will see what happens’: Iranian state media targets three UK airbases as US move aircraft”
- The story reaches r/canada: “Ottawa restores sanctions on Iran it lifted a decade ago”
- First link to CNBC shared, in r/cybersecurity.
- The story reaches r/politics: “Jeffries Refuses to Say If He’ll Support Holding Up Funding Bill to Stop Iran War”
- The story reaches r/nottheonion: “France blames Iran for a cyberattack that heated supermarket refrigerators”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/news (5,089 upvotes, 483 comments by our last count).
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/politics.
What people are asking
A selection of questions Redditors are asking in the top threads, quoted as written.
- “Why are supermarket fridges connected to the internet?” — asked in r/nottheonion
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.