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Iran 'calls Trump's bluff' as it denies negotiating with the US

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 313 words · By Video by Kethevane GORJESTANI
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Loaded Language 80% confidence
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Claim 1: “he is holding off on new massive strikes he had threatened to unleash on the country”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that Trump postponed threatened strikes. BBC News reports he postponed strikes on power plants for five days, and another web search result confirms he vowed to destroy power plants but then postponed the strikes.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump says the US and Iran have held talks on the "complete and total resolution of hostilities" in the Middle East. Writing on social media, Trump says he's postponed threatened stri…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce35wke27ynt
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran will retaliate resulting in destroying water desalination and effectively making the area uninhabitable as some states rely on desalination for up to 99% of their water supply. This whole thing h…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/newsmax-media-inc-_breaking-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran had been on the verge of massive escalation, two days after President Donald Trump vowed to destroy Iran’s power plant unless the country opens the Strait of Horm…
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-iran-war-trump…
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Claim 2: “U.S. President Donald Trump said new talks to wind down the war in Iran will start on August 3”
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While multiple sources confirm that Donald Trump believes the war with Iran will end 'pretty soon' and that talks are 'ongoing,' none of the provided evidence specifically mentions the date 'August 3' for the start of new talks. One source mentions talks set for 'Monday,' but does not link it to August 3.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — At 80 years old, Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, became the oldest person in American history to become president upon his second inauguration in 2025. In July 2024, fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been multiple alleged Iranian attempts to assassinate U.S. president Donald Trump. U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have tracked evidence for years of Iranian efforts to targe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_Iranian_attempts_to_as…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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Claim 3: “Trump has regularly announced ongoing talks after threatening agressive strikes on Iran”
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The evidence shows a pattern of Trump threatening aggressive strikes (e.g., on power plants) and subsequently announcing or pursuing negotiations. This is supported by reports from The Guardian, BBC, and Wikipedia's entry on the 2025-2026 Iran-United States negotiations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been multiple alleged Iranian attempts to assassinate U.S. president Donald Trump. U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have tracked evidence for years of Iranian efforts to targe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_Iranian_attempts_to_as…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has been the target of numerous assassination attempts and death threats during his presidential campaigning and his presidencies of the United States of America. The earliest known attem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_D…
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