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Iranian official says renewed war with US ‘likely’ after Trump rejects renewed talks proposal

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13 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A senior Iranian military officer said on Saturday that renewed fighting with the US was "likely"”
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Three independent web sources (including Türkiye Today and others) confirm that a senior Iranian military officer stated on Saturday that renewed conflict with the US was 'likely'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel’s security is not up for negotiation,” he concluded. After Trump on Friday revealed he was “ not satisfied ” with Tehran’s proposal, a senior Iranian military officer on Saturday said that rene…
https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/trump-iran-war-could-be-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — A senior Iranian military official stated on Saturday that renewed conflict between Iran and the United States was "likely," declaring that the armed forces were "fully prepared for any new adventures…
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/renewed-us-iran-conflict…
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web search NEUTRAL — A senior Iranian military officer said on Saturday that renewed fighting with the US was "likely", hours after President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with an Iranian negotiating proposal.
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260502-iran-milit…
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“Iran delivered the new draft to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening”
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Multiple sources, including France 24 and reports citing the IRNA news agency, confirm that Iran delivered a new proposal to Pakistani mediators on Thursday evening.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran delivered its new proposal for US talks to Pakistani negotiators, Iranian state media reported Friday. While details of the proposal have not yet been released, President Donald Trump said he was…
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260501-iran-delive…
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web search NEUTRAL — TEHRAN -- Iran has delivered a new proposal for peace talks with the United States to Pakistan, which is mediating the negotiations, the official IRNA news agency reported Friday. The report said Iran…
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202605/01/WS69f49deea310d686…
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web search NEUTRAL — “The Islamic Republic of Iran delivered the text of its latest negotiating proposal to Pakistan, as the mediator in talks with the United States, on Thursday evening,” the official IRNA news agency re…
https://www.forexfactory.com/news/1396338-iran-delivers-new-…
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“The war, launched by the United States and Israel in late February, has been on hold since April 8”
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The claim is supported by a Wikipedia entry ('2026 Iran war') stating the war began February 28, 2026, and is corroborated by The Hindu and The Standard stating it has been on hold since April 8.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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web search NEUTRAL — The war, launched by the United States and Israel in late February, has been on hold since April 8, with one failed round of peace talks having taken place in Pakistan since then.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/africa/article/2001546807/ir…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran responded by launching attacks on Israel and US-allied states in the Gulf. The fighting escalated quickly, spreading to Lebanon, with casualties and damage mounting on all sides. The US and Iran …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dyz6p3weo
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“one failed round of peace talks having taken place in Pakistan”
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BBC News and other sources confirm a first round of peace talks took place in Pakistan (April 11-12) and were either aborted or failed due to disagreements over the nuclear program.
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web search NEUTRAL — The first round of talks, attended by US Vice-President JD Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, took place over the weekend of the 11 and 12 April.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cly90l3ln30t
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web search NEUTRAL — For Washington, the first round of peace talks in Pakistan on April 11–12 were aborted because Iran refused to compromise on its nuclear program. And Iran has long argued it has an inalienable right t…
https://theconversation.com/3-reasons-the-war-between-the-us…
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web search NEUTRAL — In the end — at least, from Iran’s perspective — Mr. Trump blinked first. By late Tuesday, Iranian and American mediators had not traveled to Pakistan for a second round of peace talks, and Mr. Trump …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/world/middleeast/iran-tru…
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“Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior figure in the Iranian military's central command, said "a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely"”
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Multiple sources specifically name Mohammad Jafar Asadi (deputy commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters) as the official who made the statement regarding the likelihood of renewed conflict.
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web search NEUTRAL — This morning, Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior figure in the Iranian military's central command, said "a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely", in quotes published by Iran's Far…
https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0502/1571420-iran-war/
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web search NEUTRAL — “Renewed conflict between Iran and America is likely,” said Mohammed Jafar Asadi, deputy commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, as quoted by Iran’s state news agency.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/020520261
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web search NEUTRAL — On Saturday, Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior figure in the Iranian military's central command, said "a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely."
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/iran-military-official-says-…
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“US envoy Steve Witkoff had submitted amendments to a previous one putting Tehran's nuclear programme back on the negotiating table”
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While Wikipedia confirms Steve Witkoff's role as special envoy, the specific detail about him submitting amendments to put the nuclear program back on the table is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent news reports in the provided evidence; the evidence mentions a general MoU and a proposal where the nuclear program was left for later.
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web search NEUTRAL — Steven Charles Witkoff is an American real estate developer, investor, former attorney, and founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States special envoy to the Middl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran sent the US a new peace proposal through Pakistani mediators on May 1, 2026. The offer: reopen the Strait of Hormuz, lift the US naval blockade, and end the war — with Iran’s nuclear program left…
https://www.worthview.com/irans-new-peace-proposal-explained…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US and Iran are reportedly nearing a draft memorandum outlining nuclear limits, sanctions relief, and steps toward de-escalating regional tensions.
https://staging-en.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us--iran-inc…
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“News of the new Iranian proposal had briefly pushed oil prices down nearly five percent”
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The web search results provided for this claim are generic oil price chart pages (OilPrice.com, Markets Insider) and do not contain the specific factual claim about a 5% drop linked to the Iranian proposal.
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web search NEUTRAL — Crude oil prices & gas price charts. Oil price charts for Brent Crude, WTI & oil futures. Energy news covering oil, petroleum, natural gas and investment advice
https://oilprice.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Oil Price: Get all information on the Price of Oil including News, Charts and Realtime Quotes.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?ty…
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web search NEUTRAL — Crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, diesel, propane, and other liquids including biofuels and natural gas liquids. Exploration and reserves, storage, imports and exports, production, prices, sales. Sale…
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/prices.php
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“they [oil prices] remain about 50 percent above pre-war levels amid the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz”
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The web search results provided are generic price trackers and do not mention the 50% increase relative to pre-war levels or the specific impact of the Strait of Hormuz closure.
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web search NEUTRAL — Crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, diesel, propane, and other liquids including biofuels and natural gas liquids. Exploration and reserves, storage, imports and exports, production, prices, sales. Sale…
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/prices.php
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web search NEUTRAL — Crude oil prices & gas price charts. Oil price charts for Brent Crude, WTI & oil futures. Energy news covering oil, petroleum, natural gas and investment advice
https://oilprice.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Oil Price: Get all information on the Price of Oil including News, Charts and Realtime Quotes.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?ty…
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“Iran has maintained a stranglehold on the strait since the war began... while the United States has imposed a counter-blockade on Iranian ports”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the specific blockade details.
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“Ali Nikzad added that under legislation before parliament for managing the waterway, 30 percent of tolls collected would go towards military infrastructure, with the rest earmarked for "economic development"”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Ali Nikzad or the specific legislation for waterway tolls.
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“fighting has continued in Lebanon, where Israel has carried out deadly strikes despite a separate truce with the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah”
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“There has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026”
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“inflation surging past 50 percent [in Iran]”
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