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Middle East live: Trump says Iran talks may resume as Israel, Lebanon open direct track

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 437 words · By Nicole TRIAN
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What to know about Middle East live: Trump says Iran talks may resume as Israel, Lebanon open direct track

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US-Iran peace talks could resume this week, while Israel and Lebanon agreed to launch direct negotiations, signaling movement on two key fronts in efforts to ease the Middle East conflict.

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What happened

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US-Iran peace talks could resume this week, while Israel and Lebanon agreed to launch direct negotiations, signaling movement on two key fronts in efforts to ease the Middle East conflict.

Why it matters

The parallel diplomatic openings came even as violence persisted, underscoring both the fragility of the process and Washington's push to stabilise a region shaken by the over-six-week war.

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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: “No ships have made it past a U.S. naval blockade of Iran's ports and coastal areas, and six merchant ships have followed orders to turn back, the U.S. military said on Tuesday, on day one of the blockade ordered by US President Donald Trump after peace talks between the U.S. and Iran broke down”
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Claim 2: “Israel and Lebanon agreed to launch direct negotiations”
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Three distinct web search results from different sources independently report Israel-Lebanon direct negotiations.
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web search NEUTRAL — ... agreement required Hezbollahtoremove its fightersandweapons from south ofLebanon’s Litani River, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of the ...
https://israelmyglory.org/article/israel-and-lebanon-begin-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — IsraelandLebanonhaveagreedtoopennegotiationstoresolve longstanding disputes over the land border between the countries, two U.S.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/israel-lebanon-border-talks…
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web search NEUTRAL — As cited in Anadolu ,directnegotiationsbetweenLebanonandIsraelare scheduledtobegin next Tuesday at the United States Department of State.
https://en.tempo.co/read/2097695/us-lebanon-urge-israel-to-h…
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Claim 3: “Lebanon's ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Moawad called for a ceasefire during 'constructive' talks on Tuesday with Israeli officials in Washington, she said in a statement”
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Claim 4: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US-Iran peace talks could resume this week”
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Multiple web search results and Wikipedia entries confirm Trump's statements about US-Iran talks. Web sources mention 'talk next week' and Wikipedia references 2025 negotiations, though dates differ.
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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 U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of United States president Donald Trump to make threats, only to later delay or renege on them as a way to incr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out
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Claim 5: “Canada and UK condemn killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon”
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Wikipedia confirms UNIFIL casualties and global condemnation of Israeli actions in Lebanon, aligning with web search reports of Canada/UK condemnation.
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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 Israel–Hezbollah conflict that …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, shortly after the announcement of a ceasefire to the 2026 Iran war and Hezbollah signalling a pause in attacks against Israel according to the ceasefire, Israel launched what it descr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_April_2026_Lebanon_attacks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Arabic: قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان; Hebrew: כוח האו"ם הזמני בלבנון), or UNIFIL (Arabic: يونيفيل; Hebrew: יוניפי״ל) is a United Nations peacekeeping…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Force_i…
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Claim 6: “The parallel diplomatic openings came even as violence persisted, underscoring both the fragility of the process and Washington's push to stabilize a region shaken by the over-six-week war”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about ongoing violence and diplomatic efforts.
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Claim 7: “The statement comes after the deaths of three peacekeepers last month that the UN said in preliminary findings were due to an Israeli tank projectile and an improvised explosive device most likely placed by Hezbollah”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about UN findings on peacekeeper deaths.
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Claim 8: “Italy has suspended the renewal of its defence agreement with Israel”
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Two cross-referenced sources (Deutsche Welle, Flipboard) independently confirm Italy suspending the defense agreement renewal with Israel.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Italy won't renew defense cooperation deal with Israel
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-imf-slashes-global-growth-for…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Italy’s PM suspended an automatic renewal of a defence cooperation deal with Israel
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Claim 9: “Trump told The New York Post a new round of talks with Tehran could take place in Pakistan 'over the next two days,' after saying the day before that unnamed Iranian officials had called him seeking a deal”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about Trump's Pakistan timeline.
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Claim 10: “Trump says Iran talks may resume as Israel, Lebanon open direct track”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about Trump's Pakistan talks.
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Claim 11: “At the same time, Israel and Lebanon agreed to open direct talks after meeting in Washington, in what amounted to a rare diplomatic breakthrough between two countries formally at war for decades”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington.
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Claim 12: “Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland and the United Kingdom remain deeply concerned by the worsening humanitarian situation and displacement crisis in Lebanon”
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No relevant evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results. Provided Wikipedia entries relate to unrelated topics (Fed Cup, Cairns Group).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2003 World Group play-offs decided which nations featured in World Group in the 2004 Fed Cup. The play-off winners went on to feature in World Group in 2004, while the losing nations joined Zonal …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cairns Group (Cairns Group of Fair Trading Nations) is an interest group of 20 agricultural exporting countries, composed of: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Ric…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eighteen countries have hosted the FIFA World Cup in the competition's twenty-two tournaments since the inaugural World Cup in 1930. The organisation at first awarded hosting to countries at meetings …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_hosts
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