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Negotiating with Iran requires pressure, not goodwill | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 691 words · By YARON SCHWARTZ
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Iran lied to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the world for 18 years about its enrichment program.”
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A web search result specifically citing an IAEA report from November 2003 confirms that Iran had been developing an undeclared nuclear enrichment program for 18 years.
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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 — Iran's nuclear program began under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the 1950s as part of the U.S. Atoms for Peace initiative. In 1967, Iran established the Tehran Nuclear Research Center with a U.S.-supp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_nuclear_program…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; Persian: برنامه جامع اقدام مشترک, romanized: barnāmeye jāme'e eqdāme moshtarak (برجام, BARJAM)), more commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran dea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal
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“It signed the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (commonly known as the Iran deal) while hiding facilities and a nuclear weapons archive, which Israel smuggled out of Iran in 2018.”
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While the evidence confirms the existence of the JCPOA and the US withdrawal in 2018, the provided search results do not explicitly mention the smuggling of a 'nuclear weapons archive' by Israel in 2018.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 May 2018, the United States under the first Trump administration announced its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The JCPOA i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; Persian: برنامه جامع اقدام مشترک, romanized: barnāmeye jāme'e eqdāme moshtarak (برجام, BARJAM)), more commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran dea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The nuclear program of Iran consists of an extensive infrastructure of research sites, uranium mines, research reactors, uranium processing facilities, enrichment sites, the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran
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“In Gaza, Iran’s proxy Hamas signed ceasefires and used every one of them to breach and regroup.”
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The evidence shows a conflict of narratives: some sources report on ceasefire agreements, while others report that Israel is violating ceasefires and others that Hamas is accusing Israel of overturning agreements. There is no consensus on Hamas using them specifically to 'regroup'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal with Israel, Qatar and the United States have said, after more than 460 days of a war that has devastated Gaza.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/15/what-do-we-know-abo…
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web search NEUTRAL — In recent days, Israel has dramatically escalated its violations of the ceasefire in both Gaza and Lebanon, which have been met with utter silence from the United States. Could this mean a return to t…
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/11/israel-is-violating-ceasefire…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas reacted furiously, accusing Israel of having "decided to overturn the ceasefire agreement". The ceasefire has been under increasing strain for several weeks during which time indirect talks betw…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5klgv5zv0o
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“Iran and its proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, do not answer to voters or election cycles.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general descriptions of Iran and news about the Iran war, but does not specifically address the accountability of Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas to voters or election cycles.
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web search NEUTRAL — With a population of over 92 million, Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population. It is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's capital and largest cit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Iran is a mountainous, arid, and ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia. The heart of the Persian empire of antiquity, Iran has long played an important role in the region as an …
https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Real-time Reuters coverage of the Iran war: US-Israel strikes, Iranian retaliation, nuclear threats, oil market shocks, and regional war risks.
https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/
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“For nearly two decades after pulling out of Gaza in 2005, Israel faced the same cycle: Hamas fires rockets, war breaks out, international pressure on Israel mounts, a ceasefire begins – repeat.”
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The provided evidence for this claim is largely irrelevant (dictionary definitions of 'between' and general Gaza war history) and does not specifically corroborate the 'cycle' described between 2005 and the present.
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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 Israeli government has been involved in assisting or empowering the Palestinian political and military organization Hamas at various points in its history. This support continued during and in sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Hamas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The October 7 attacks were a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks
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“Hamas took 251 hostages”
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Four independent news sources (EuroNews, Krdo, Jpost, BBC News) all explicitly state that 251 hostages were taken during the October 7 attacks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the October 7 attacks, which initiated the ongoing Gaza war, there has been a spread of conspiracy theories, largely antisemitic and on social media, focused on the argument that the attacks or …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial_of_the_October_7_attack…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Middle Eastern crisis is an ongoing series of interrelated wars, conflicts, and heightened instability in the Middle East as a result of the Gaza war and genocide. It has primarily consisted of co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_crisis_(2023–pr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The October 7 attacks were a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel, carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks
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“Hamas official Musa Abu Marzouk eventually admitted that releasing the hostages would “remove Israel’s justification to continue the war.””
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The evidence provides biographical information on Musa Abu Marzook and general Hamas history, but does not contain the specific quote or admission regarding the justification for the war.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook (Arabic: موسى محمد أبو مرزوق‎; born 9 January 1951) is a Palestinian politician and senior member of Hamas who served as the first chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousa_Abu_Marzook
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Middle Eastern crisis is an ongoing series of interrelated wars, conflicts, and heightened instability in the Middle East as a result of the Gaza war and genocide. It has primarily consisted of co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_crisis_(2023–pr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau (Arabic: رئيس المكتب السياسي لحركة حماس, romanized: Ra’īs al-Maktab as-Siasi li-Ḥarakat Ḥamās), also known as the chairman of the Hamas Shura Council (Arabic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_Hamas
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“The outcome: all hostages home, Israel in control of roughly 60% of Gaza, Hamas badly hit and its disarmament pending.”
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The claim states 'all hostages home', but the evidence explicitly contradicts this, stating that Hamas is still holding around 50-59 hostages. Additionally, the claim of 60% control is contradicted by sources stating Israel controls 'more than half' or 'more than 30%'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel’s military now reportedly controls more than 30% of the Gaza Strip as it aims to put more pressure on Hamas to secure the release of 59 hostages still held by the militant group. The news comes…
https://san.com/cc/israel-controls-more-than-30-of-gaza-as-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas is still holding around 50 Israelis, who were taken captive in the attack on October 7, 2023, as hostages.He has said, however, that Israel will also then maintain an occupation of Gaza, which N…
https://swedenherald.com/article/netanyahu-calls-for-simulta…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas has been saying that, since it came into effect, more than 20 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire. According to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, four were killed in the past 24 hours. Th…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckgzndpnjl1t
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“the naval blockade, which is costing the regime up to $500 million a day.”
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Multiple sources mention the cost of the naval blockade; one specifically cites Trump's claim of $500 million a day, and another provides an estimate of up to $435 million per day.
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web search NEUTRAL — A US blockade at Strait of Hormuz could cost Iran up to $435 million or Rs 4,081 crore daily in damages. Blockade may disrupt oil, fertiliser, food exports, causing inflation in Iran.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-iran-war-news-435-million…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran has countered with a much shorter 5-year moratorium, a proposal President Trump has publicly rebuked as insufficient. U.S. officials emphasized that the President is unwilling to lift the "chokeh…
https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/iran-naval-blockade-nuclear…
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web search NEUTRAL — Other than to say - in another post - that the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is costing Iran $500m a day, which Trump says is destroying Iran. Trump is also under economic pressure to get …
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cly90l3ln30t
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