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‘Intense mediation’: Signs of progress amid efforts to reach US-Iran deal

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 146 words · By Lyndal Rowlands; Zaid Sabah
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Live updatesLive updates, Iran war live: Signs of progress amid efforts to reach US-Iran peace deal A new opinion poll in the US suggests that 60 percent of Americans now oppose President Donald Trump’s war on Iran.

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Live updatesLive updates, Iran war live: Signs of progress amid efforts to reach US-Iran peace deal A new opinion poll in the US suggests that 60 percent of Americans now oppose President Donald Trump’s war on Iran.

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Published On 22 May 2026 - Iran’s ISNA news agency says mediated discussions between Tehran and Washington are ongoing, with the two sides exchanging messages and draft texts in an effort to establish a formal framework for an agreement to end the conflict.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/5/22/iran-war-live-signs-of-progres…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a senior Iranian official said a deal was close”
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Evidence shows Iranian officials stated they are working on a short-term agreement to pause fighting, and other reports mention 'good signs' and responses to peace proposals, supporting the claim that officials believe a deal is being pursued/close.
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web search NEUTRAL — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says there are “some good signs” from mediated peace talks with Iran, but added that President Trump has been clear he has “other options” if a deal is not reached.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/5/21/iran-war-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal. The US is yet to formally confirm it has replied to Iran. However, Trump reportedly told Israel's Kan News on Sunday that the proposal was unac…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c775jevkyv2o
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian officials have said the two countries are working on a short-term agreement that would pause fighting for another 30 days and end Iran’s blockade of the strait. The officials said the United S…
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/10/us/trump-news
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Claim 2: “Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Tehran reports that Pakistani officials are engaged in “intense mediation activity””
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Al Jazeera and the Palestine Chronicle both report that Pakistani officials (including the Interior Minister and Army Chief) are engaged in mediation efforts between the US and Iran.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian media reported that the Pakistani interior minister is in Iran to help the US and Iran reach a peace deal. Published On 21 May 202621 May 2026.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/5/22/iran-war-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pakistani military and political officials intensified mediation efforts amid fears the fragile Iran-US truce could collapse. Key Developments. Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir arrived in Tehran as med…
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/iran-us-talks-enter-new-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pakistan Sends Its Interior Minister to Tehran. Iran’s FM Says the Mediation Is “On a Very Difficult Course.”ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi landed in Tehran on Friday for a two-…
https://houseofsaud.com/pakistan-naqvi-tehran-mediation/
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Claim 3: “Iran’s ISNA news agency says mediated discussions between Tehran and Washington are ongoing, with the two sides exchanging messages and draft texts in an effort to establish a formal framework for an agreement to end the conflict.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Iran's ISNA news agency reported ongoing mediated discussions involving the exchange of messages and draft texts for a formal framework.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s ISNA news agency says mediated discussions between Tehran and Washington are ongoing, with the two sides exchanging messages and draft texts in an effort to establish a formal framework for an …
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/5/22/iran-war-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's ISNA news agency said Munir would travel to Tehran on Thursday for consultations. The text being discussed in Tehran is on the general framework, and some details and confidence-building measur…
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/us-ira…
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. officials said the back-and-forth with Iran is slow because every message has to travel to and from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who remains in hiding for security reasons.
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/06/trump-iran-war-deal-framewo…
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Claim 4: “A new opinion poll in the US suggests that 60 percent of Americans now oppose President Donald Trump’s war on Iran.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly confirm that polls show 60% of Americans oppose the war/bombing of Iran.
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web search NEUTRAL — One survey found only 16% of adults, and 19% of Trump voters, support the U.S. bombing Iran. 60% oppose.
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-americans-oppose-us-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Recent public opinion polls indicate a significant majority of Americans are escalating military conflict with Iran, raising concerns over President Donald Trump’s war strategy. Several surveys show t…
https://chicagopatriotnews.com/morning-edition-over-60-ameri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump did almost none of this storytelling leading up to the Iran war. Five days before the war started, the president devoted three minutes to Iran in a nearly two-hour State of the Union Address.
https://dnyuz.com/2026/03/11/the-one-thing-missing-from-trum…
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