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Iran war day 77: Trump, Xi discuss Hormuz as Tehran rallies BRICS

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 747 words · By AFP
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Iran war day 77: Trump, Xi discuss Hormuz as Tehran rallies BRICS The US and Chinese leaders agreed during talks in Beijing that the Strait of Hormuz should remain open to ensure global energy supplies.

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What happened

Iran war day 77: Trump, Xi discuss Hormuz as Tehran rallies BRICS The US and Chinese leaders agreed during talks in Beijing that the Strait of Hormuz should remain open to ensure global energy supplies.

Why it matters

United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the Strait of Hormuz during talks in Beijing, with the White House saying Xi agreed the strategic waterway “must remain open to support the free flow of energy” as tensions over…

Common ground

Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged fellow BRICS nations at a meeting in New Delhi, India, to condemn the US-Israel war on Iran as a violation of international law, insisting Tehran would “never bow to any pressure”.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/iran-war-day-77-trump-xi-discuss-hormuz…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Trump told Fox News... hunting down Iran’s enriched uranium was primarily for political optics”
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Three independent web search results confirm that Donald Trump suggested to Fox News and other outlets that retrieving Iran's enriched uranium was primarily for political optics/PR.
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web search NEUTRAL — US president says seizing Iran’s enriched uranium is mainly for PR value.US President Donald Trump suggested that hunting down Iran's enriched uranium was primarily for political optics, after Israel …
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/trump-suggests-wants-iran-ur…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump on Monday alluded to the U.S. sending troops into Iran to retrieve its highly enriched uranium (HEU). His comments follow similar words on the same topic from Israeli Prime Mini…
https://www.twz.com/news-features/possibility-of-operation-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Washington - President Donald Trump said he would not be much more patient with Iran as he urged Tehran to reach a deal with Washington while also suggesting that the quest to retrieve Iran's enriched…
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2026/05/14/trum…
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Claim 2: “Araghchi also accused the United Arab Emirates of playing an active role in the war against Iran”
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Three separate web search results confirm that Abbas Araghchi accused the UAE of playing an active/direct role in the war/aggression against Iran.
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web search NEUTRAL — Araghchi accused the United Arab Emirates, a US ally, on Thursday of direct involvement in military operations against Iran, in a rare moment when Iranian and Emirati officials have been in the same r…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/iran-urges-brics-na…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates of playing a direct role in military actions against Iran.
https://pakobserver.net/araghchi-accuses-uae-of-direct-role-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates of playing an active role in the US-Israeli war against his country. "The UAE is an active partner in this aggressio…
https://www.ndtv.com/video/uae-directly-involved-in-act-of-a…
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Claim 3: “Israel has also seized additional territory beyond the occupied Golan Heights, in violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement.”
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Claim 4: “Trump said Xi Jinping had offered China’s help to open the Strait of Hormuz and pledged not to send military equipment to aid Iran in its war against the US and Israel.”
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Three independent web sources report Trump's claims that Xi Jinping offered help to open the Strait of Hormuz and pledged not to provide military equipment to Iran, specifically citing a Fox News 'Hannity' interview.
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web search NEUTRAL — "He said he's not going to give military equipment… he said that strongly," Trump told the "Hannity" show on Fox News, after the two leaders met in Beijing. "He'd like to see the Hormuz Strait open, a…
https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/trump-says-xi-jinping-off…
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web search NEUTRAL — Chinese President Xi Jinping would like to see a deal reached on the situation surrounding Iran and has offered assistance in resolving the conflict, US President Donald Trump said in an interview wit…
https://tass.com/world/2131035
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web search NEUTRAL — Story highlights. US President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping offered China’s help to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and pledged not to supply military equipment to Iran.
https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-claims-xi-offered-help-t…
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Claim 5: “Amnesty urges Israel to conduct Syria war crimes probe”
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Claim 6: “Iranian media reported that more than 30 ships, including some linked to Chinese companies, were allowed to transit the Strait of Hormuz overnight”
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Two web search results confirm reports that over 30 ships, including Chinese-flagged vessels, transited the Strait of Hormuz, with one citing the Iranian revolutionary guard.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — Chinese-flagged vessels were among over 30 ships that crossed the waterway, according to Iran's revolutionary guard. The statement comes as Trump tries to rally Beijing against Tehran during a state v…
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-says-chinese-ships-passed-through…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tehran says it has agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks "if attacks against Iran are halted".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78n6p09pzno
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Claim 7: “Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged fellow BRICS nations at a meeting in New Delhi, India, to condemn the US-Israel war on Iran as a violation of international law”
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Web search results explicitly report that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the UAE and urged BRICS nations to condemn the US-Israel war on Iran. Wikipedia confirms Araghchi's role as Foreign Minister.
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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 US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abbas Araghchi (born 5 December 1962) is an Iranian diplomat and politician who has served as the foreign minister of Iran since August 2024. Araghchi served for nine years with the Islamic Revoluti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Araghchi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The minister of foreign affairs of Iran (Persian: وزیر امور خارجه ایران, romanized: Vazir Amor Kharjeh Iran) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran and a member of the Cabinet. The off…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(I…
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Claim 8: “A US official said talks in Washington on Thursday between Israel and Lebanon about an expiring ceasefire were “positive””
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Three independent web sources confirm that US officials described the Thursday talks in DC between Israel and Lebanon as 'positive' or 'productive and positive'.
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web search NEUTRAL — US officials described Thursday's session as 'productive and positive', with both sides due back at the table before a fragile US-backed ceasefire expires on Sunday. The talks are the third direct rou…
https://www.viory.video/en/videos/a3003_15052026/ceasefire-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States on Thursday sought to extend a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that has killed hundreds in strikes from both sides.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/productive-and-positive-tal…
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web search NEUTRAL — That’s particularly relevant, because Thursday talks were scheduled in DC between Israeli and Lebanese officials regarding extending the current “ceasefire” that expires this weekend.
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/05/14/israeli-and-lebanese-off…
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Claim 9: “Israel says it will sue The New York Times after the newspaper published an article by columnist Nicholas Kristof detailing rape allegations by Palestinian detainees against Israeli forces.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia to support or refute the claim regarding a lawsuit against The New York Times.
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Claim 10: “Hezbollah... claimed to have downed Israeli drones.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny Hezbollah's claims of downing Israeli drones.
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Claim 11: “a third round of direct talks between Lebanese and Israeli negotiators is under way in Washington, DC”
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Three independent web sources (Al Jazeera, Google News, and another news report) and Wikipedia (2026 Israel-Lebanon peace talks) confirm a third round of direct talks in Washington, DC.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israel–Lebanon peace talks are diplomatic contacts that opened between Israel and Lebanon during 2026, following the renewed fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. For the first time since the fai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israel–Lebanon_peace_talk…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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Claim 12: “The US and Chinese leaders agreed during talks in Beijing that the Strait of Hormuz should remain open to ensure global energy supplies.”
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Multiple independent sources (TRT World/Reuters, Al Jazeera, and a third web result) confirm that Trump and Xi agreed in Beijing that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open. Wikipedia also confirms the 2026 state visit took place.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 10 April 2024, Ma Ying-jeou, the former president of the Republic of China (Taiwan; ROC), and Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and president of the People's Re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_meeting_of_Ma_Ying-jeou_a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 13 to 15 May 2026, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is making a state visit to China. This visit is Trump's second state visit to China, and the first to occur during his second …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_state_visit_by_Donald_Tru…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 8 to 10 November 2017, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to China with his wife, the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump. This was Trump's first stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_state_visit_by_Donald_Tru…
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