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Middle East war live: Pakistan offers to host next Iran-US peace talks 'very soon'

France24 · · 670 words · By FRANCE ; Louise NORDSTROM
US-Iran Diplomacy Middle East Conflict Pakistan's Role as Mediator
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said his country hopes to host the next round of Iran-US peace talks”
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Multiple independent sources (The Hindu, Mehr News Agency, and another live update source) confirm that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed hope to host peace talks between Iran and the US.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has served as the prime minister of Pakistan since 2024, having previously been in the role between …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shehbaz_Sharif
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The prime minister of Pakistan is the head of the Government of Pakistan. The prime minister is vested with the responsibility of running the administration through his appointed federal cabinet, form…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Pak…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sharif family is a Pakistani political family of Punjabi Kashmiri background. They have played a prominent role in Pakistani politics, especially in Punjab, since the 1980s, the family held the le…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharif_family
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“President Donald Trump said a largely negotiated agreement could soon reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz”
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Three separate web search results report that President Donald Trump stated an agreement with Iran has been 'largely negotiated' and would involve reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 hours ago ... US President Donald Trump says an agreement with Iran has been "largely negotiated" and details will be announced soon. The deal would ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmp121z3z8o
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 hours ago ... President Donald Trump said Saturday that a broader agreement between the United States and Iran has been "largely negotiated," and announced ...
https://www.facebook.com/cnninternational/posts/president-do…
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... Iran and the United States are "getting a lot closer" to finalizing an agreement between the two countries, President Trump told CBS News on ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-us-peace…
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“The US and Iran are close to signing a deal involving a 60-day ceasefire extension, during which the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened, Iran would be able to freely sell oil and negotiations would be held on curbing Iran’s nuclear program, Axios reported, citing a US official”
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While the general context of a deal is corroborated by other sources, the specific attribution to an Axios report citing a US official is not explicitly confirmed by the provided evidence snippets, which only describe Axios as a news site.
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web search NEUTRAL — Axios (styled ΛXIOS in the logo) is an American news website based in Arlington, Virginia. It was founded in 2016 and launched the following year by former Politico journalists Jim VandeHei, Mike Alle…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axios_(website)
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web search NEUTRAL — Smart, efficient news worthy of your time, attention, and trust. Covering local news, politics, health, climate, tech, media, business, sports, world, science and more.
https://www.axios.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Browser Requests: Make XMLHttpRequests directly from the browser. Node.js Requests: Make http requests from Node.js environments. Promise-based: Fully supports the Promise API for easier asynchronous …
https://github.com/axios/axios
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“during the 60-day period, the Strait of Hormuz would be open with no tolls and Iran would agree to clear the mines it deployed in the strait to let ships pass freely”
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Evidence from Wikipedia and other web results confirms the 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis and mentions the toll-and-control regime and the need to clear the strait, aligning with the claim's details about tolls and mines.
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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, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — May 3, 2026 ... U.S. President Donald Trump announced a project that will start on Monday to help stranded ships leave the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-says-u-s-will-help-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 days ago ... Tehran says it retaliated by launching attacks on US military vessels. At the center of the crisis is the Strait of Hormuz, a route through ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYcJlPvjuZW/
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“the US would lift its blockade on Iranian ports and issue some sanctions waivers to allow Iran to sell oil freely”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that the US would lift its blockade on Iranian ports and issue sanctions waivers to allow Iran to sell oil freely as part of the deal.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago ... In exchange, the US would lift its blockade on Iranian ports and waive some sanctions it had imposed, allowing the country to sell oil freely.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-897072
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... There are reports the United States has offered Iran a temporary waiver on sanction targeting Iranian oil, in a bid to reopen the Strait of ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYfwngsnYiN/
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web search NEUTRAL — As of 2025, United States sanctions against Iran include a comprehensive trade embargo and a prohibition on the sale of aircraft or repair parts to Iranian ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_sanctions_agains…
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“The draft agreement also includes commitments from Iran to never pursue nuclear weapons and to negotiate over a suspension of its uranium enrichment program and the removal of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium”
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Both Anadolu Ajansı and another source detailing the 'inside the Iran deal' confirm the draft includes commitments to forgo nuclear weapons and negotiate the suspension of uranium enrichment.
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web search NEUTRAL — The draft MOU includes commitments from Iran to never pursue nuclear weapons and to negotiate over a suspension of its uranium enrichment program and the removal of its stockpile of highly enriched ur…
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/24/iran-deal-strait-hormuz-san…
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web search NEUTRAL — The draft also includes Iranian commitments not to pursue nuclear weapons and to negotiate suspending uranium enrichment and removing its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-iran-near-60-day-ceasef…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran will never, under any circumstances, seek to develop nuclear weapons; at the same time we Iranians will never forgo our right to benefit from peaceful nuclear technology,” he added. “Achieving an…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/25/us-iran-nuclea…
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“Iran has executed a person for charges related to sending information to the United States and Israel during the war, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported”
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Multiple sources, including Reuters and other news outlets, confirm the Mizan news agency reported the execution of individuals for spying for Israel/US.
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web search NEUTRAL — TEHRAN -- Iran on Saturday executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's intelligence agency Mossad, the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202605/02/WS69f5ef63a310d686…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian media report that a man has been executed on charges of espionage and intelligence cooperation with Israel. The Mizan News Agency said on Wednesday, May 13, that the individual, identified as …
https://8am.media/eng/iran-executes-man-accused-of-spying-fo…
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web search NEUTRAL — DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran executed on Saturday an individual accused of spying for Israel, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Sunday citing an Iranian prosecutor.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/10/iran-executes-i…
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“The individual, identified as Mojtaba Kian, was sending data about Iran’s defence industry to “the enemy””
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The claim identifies the executed person as Mojtaba Kian. However, the evidence provided mentions an individual named Ehsan Afrashteh being executed for similar charges, and a different Mojtaba (Khamenei) who is a political leader, creating a contradiction or lack of confirmation for the name 'Mojtaba Kian'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the third supreme leader of Iran since 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojtaba_Khamenei
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran has declared a "historic and crushing defeat" of the US and the Israeli regime after 40 days of war, announcing that Washington has been forced to accept a 10-point Iranian proposal that includes…
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/07/766472/iran-declare…
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay on top of Iran latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
https://www.aljazeera.com/where/iran/
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“Lebanon’s civil defence agency said early on Sunday its regional facility in the southern city of Nabatieh had been destroyed by an Israeli strike”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the strike on the civil defence agency in Nabatieh.
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“The Directorate General of Civil Defence said the building had collapsed and a large number of vehicles and equipment had been damaged by a “direct hit in a hostile Israeli strike””
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the specific details regarding the building collapse and vehicle damage in Nabatieh.
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“there were no reports of casualties among its personnel, who had been moved to another location before the incident”
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“Trump posted on social media that the emerging agreement would reopen the strait, the vital shipping passage whose closure upended global energy markets after the conflict started in February when the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran”
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““Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly,” Trump wrote on Truth Social”
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“US President Donald Trump on Saturday told US broadcaster CBS that Tehran and Washington were "getting a lot closer" to finalising an agreement”
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“An Israeli strike killed five police officers and a child in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, said rescuers and the Palestinian territory's police force”
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