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Iran war updates: Trump says talks ongoing, says ‘last chance’ for a deal

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 53 words · By Ali Mustafa; Rached El-Moctar; Shola Lawal; Umut Uras; Edna Mohamed; Mariamne Everett
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Iran war updates: Trump says talks ongoing, says ‘last chance’ for a deal These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon from August 3, 2026.

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Iran war updates: Trump says talks ongoing, says ‘last chance’ for a deal These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon from August 3, 2026.

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Claim 1: “Trump says ‘last chance’ for a deal”
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Three independent news sources (AP, Al Jazeera, and another web search result) explicitly report that President Trump described the current talks as the 'last chance' for Iran to forge a deal.
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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war — but this time, he insists it’s different. The president on Monday said that new talks between Was…
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-gulf-allies-fb81a6…
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump also said that newly planned talks with Tehran – which again, Iran has denied – are the “last chance” for Tehran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of US strikes on the country. The …
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/aug/03/us-iran-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump says talks with Iran are ongoing, but warns that this is the “last chance for them to sign a good document”. Iran denies the negotiations, saying it’s speaking to Oman over t…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/8/3/iran-war-li…
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Claim 2: “updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon from August 3, 2026”
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The claim is directly confirmed by multiple authoritative reference sources, including Wikipedia ('2026 Iran war') and Britannica, which state that a war involving the US, Israel, and Iran began on February 28, 2026. Al Jazeera specifically provides updates dated August 3, 2026, regarding this conflict and attacks on Gaza and Lebanon.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 1956, the Gaza Strip was captured by Israel from Egypt for a period of four months during the Suez Crisis. Israel returned it back to Egypt in March 1957, due to heavy international pressure. Israe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Gaza…
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Claim 3: “Trump says talks ongoing”
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Multiple independent sources, including Al Jazeera and a Wikipedia entry regarding 2025-2026 negotiations, confirm that Donald Trump stated talks with Iran are ongoing.
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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 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 …
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