Showcase 9
398 events in one day. The week before, the daily median was 237.
1 Sep 2026 is the largest of the three days since 28 Feb that the escalation measure flags across the whole war (z 7.8). The other two: 27 May and 8 Jul.
1 Sep is the largest of the war's three flagged days: 68% above the median day of the week before.
What the coverage showed
Critical Threats (CTP-ISW) (1 September 2026) reported the US strikes on Iranian radars and the retaliation, without a count for the day.
The figure
1 Sep 2026: 398 events against a median of 237 (robust z 7.8).
The chart, the window and the CSV: https://conflictgauge.com/showcase/escalation-day-1-september
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Conflict Gauge: Iran (MergeSeat). "398 events in one day. The week before, the daily median was 237.". https://conflictgauge.com/posts/escalation-day-1-september. Data as of 17 October 2026. Page version v1, published 2026-10-28. Accessed <date>.