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An Iranian to negotiate with: Who is Mohammad Qalibaf?

Deutsche Welle · 🇩🇪 public Germany · · 684 words · By Shabnam von Hein
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What to know about An Iranian to negotiate with: Who is Mohammad Qalibaf?

Deutsche Welle reports: An Iranian to negotiate with: Who is Mohammad Qalibaf?.

Claims checked 29
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What happened

Deutsche Welle reports: An Iranian to negotiate with: Who is Mohammad Qalibaf?.

Why it matters

March 25, 2026US President Donald Trump said on Monday that talks with Iran were taking place, raising hopes for a possible agreement to end the war.

Common ground

According to the US news website Axios, Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey had all mediated between the US and Iran on Sunday and attempted to arrange a phone call with Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of Iran's parliament, and his team for Monday.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 29 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “His daughter and her family made headlines for a trip to Turkey”
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Claim 2: “In 2013, he ran for president again, this time losing to Hassan Rouhani”
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Claim 3: “In 2005, he lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was then mayor of Tehran”
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Claim 4: “According to the US news website Axios, Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey had all mediated between the US and Iran on Sunday”
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Wikipedia entries reference Iran-US negotiations and Egypt's geography but do not mention mediation by Egypt, Pakistan, or Turkey as claimed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
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Claim 5: “Iranian journalists report that during his tenure in Tehran, many government-owned properties were reportedly sold well below market price”
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Claim 6: “He holds a doctorate in political geography and his dissertation explored the relationship between space, power, the state and security policy”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm Qalibaf's academic credentials or dissertation topic.
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Claim 7: “He became the country’s police chief a year later”
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Claim 8: “Qalibaf is a 64-year-old former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a pilot”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm Mohammad Qalibaf's background as claimed.
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Claim 9: “Qalibaf subsequently took over as mayor of the capital, a position he held from 2005 to 2017”
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Claim 10: “Qalibaf was driven by political ambition and ran for president three times”
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Claim 11: “According to the Wall Street Journal, thousands of US Marines will be deployed to the Middle East this Friday to secure the Strait of Hormuz”
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Claim 12: “He became head of the Khatam al-Anbiya, the IRGC's engineering arm”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm Qalibaf's role in the IRGC's engineering corps.
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Claim 13: “He signed a threatening letter to then-president Mohammad Khatami warning the government not to continue 'tolerating' the protests”
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Claim 14: “Qalibaf is considered highly influential within the IRGC”
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Claim 15: “Photos were published showing them returning from Istanbul loaded with items for children described as 'newborn baby kits'”
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Claim 16: “The foundation’s operations are not transparent”
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Claim 17: “Journalists who reported on the matter were imprisoned”
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Claim 18: “Buyers are said to have included government officials as well as members of the Qalibaf family”
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Claim 19: “His son Eshaq’s attempt to obtain permanent residency in Canada sparked debate among the Iranian public”
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Claim 20: “Corruption allegations against Qalibaf were never fully probed due to his close relationship with Khamenei”
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Claim 21: “In 1997, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed Qalibaf as commander of the IRGC air force”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm Qalibaf's 1982 appointment as IRGC engineering chief.
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Claim 22: “His application was denied in Canada”
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Claim 23: “US President Donald Trump said on Monday that talks with Iran were taking place”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of US president Donald Trump to make threats, only to later delay or renege on them as a way to increase time f…
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Claim 24: “Qalibaf is alleged to have transferred substantial sums from the city treasury to his wife’s foundation”
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Claim 25: “He fought in the Iran-Iraq war between 1980 and 1988 and climbed the ranks of the IRGC”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm Qalibaf's military service or IRGC career progression.
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Claim 26: “He was key in repressing Iran's 1999 student protests”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm claims about Qalibaf's involvement in the 1988 Iran–Iraq War.
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Claim 27: “In 2017, he eventually withdrew his candidacy to support another conservative candidate”
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Claim 28: “The leadership in Tehran, however, denied any such talks”
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Claim 29: “He has so far survived the US and Israeli attacks in Iran”
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