Netanyahu says Iran war is 'not over' as peace deal remains elusive
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“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the war with Iran is "not over"”
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Multiple independent sources, including South China Morning Post, Anadolu Ajansı, and CBS News, confirm that Benjamin Netanyahu stated the war with Iran is 'not over' on a Sunday.
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— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the war with Iran "is not over."Early Sunday, Iran sent to Pakistani mediators its response to the latest US proposal for ending the war, Ira…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/us-israel-iran-war/war-with-iran-no…
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— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said the war with Iran was “not over” in a preview of a “60 Minutes” interview on CBS News, which is scheduled to air on Sunday evening. Last week, Secretar…
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/10/us/trump-news
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— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war with Iran is "not over" because there's still highly enriched uranium that needs to be removed from the country.Netanyahu says there's still "wor…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/netanyahu-israel-iran-war-not-o…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/netanyahu-israel-iran-war-not-o…
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“he said in a taped interview on CBS's "60 Minutes" that is set to air Sunday night”
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CBS News and other reports confirm the interview was conducted by '60 Minutes' and scheduled to air on Sunday night.
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— On 14 December 2025, an antisemitic Islamic State (IS)-inspired terrorist attack occurred at the Archer Park area of Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, during a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Han…
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— 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 Hezbollah–Israel conflict that b…
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— CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS headquartered in New York City. Along with ABC News and NBC News, it has long been among the big three broadcast news…
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“President Donald Trump's expected trip to China later this week, where he's expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping”
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Bloomberg and Al Jazeera both report Donald Trump's planned visit to China to meet with President Xi Jinping.
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— Donald Trump was the 45th and is the 47th President of the United States. He was first elected president in 2016, then was later elected to a second nonconsecutive term in 2024. Trump has repeatedly r…
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— The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States took place on Monday, January 20, 2025. Due to freezing temperatures and high winds, it was held inside the U.S. Capitol ro…
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— Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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“the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran have spiked global energy costs and sharply raised gas prices in the U.S.”
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While search results mention the 2026 Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz, there is no specific evidence in the provided text confirming that Iran closed the Strait, causing a spike in global energy costs and U.S. gas prices.
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— 10 hours 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 a…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran
https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran
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— Iran, [c] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, [d] also known as Persia, [e] is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian S…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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— 2 days ago · Iran has sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal to Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran's state-run media said Sunday. …
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“Washington and Tehran are trying to negotiate a peace deal through mediators in Pakistan”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that on 8 April 2026, the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire mediated by Pakistan.
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— Pakistan has adopted a policy of official neutrality in response to the 2026 Iran war, which began on 28 February of that year after joint airstrikes on Iran by the United States and Israel. The Minis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_in_the_2026_Iran_war
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— On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phased ceasefire framework …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire
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— Iran and Pakistan established relations on 14 August 1947, the day of the independence of Pakistan, when Iran became the first country to recognize Pakistan. Both countries generally maintain a cordia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Pakistan_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Pakistan_relations
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“The Wall Street Journal on Sunday reported details of Iran's latest response to the U.S. proposal to end the war”
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Bloomberg reports that the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) provided details on Iran's response to the U.S. proposal to end the war.
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— 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…
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— The editorial board at The Wall Street Journal writes opinion articles in The Wall Street Journal and selects opinion articles by outside parties for publication. The editorial board is known for its …
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— The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), commonly known as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and financ…
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“Iran did not agree to U.S. demands regarding its nuclear program and stockpile of highly enriched uranium”
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Multiple sources, including The Guardian and other reports, state that Iran refused to ship its highly enriched uranium stockpile abroad or agree to specific U.S. demands on its nuclear program.
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— 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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— Tehran refuses to ship all of its highly enriched uranium stockpile abroad or engage in discussions over its ballistic missile programme, two of the Iranian officials and a European diplomat said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-faces-u-without-plan-2201578…
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— No guarantee existed that the nuclear file can be resolved since Iran insists it must retain its right to enrich uranium inside Iran and that there is no need for its existing stockpile of highly enri…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/04/us-iran-talks-…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/04/us-iran-talks-…
“calling for separate nuclear negotiations and for some of its highly enriched uranium to be diluted and the rest sent to a third country”
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Al Jazeera and Bloomberg report that Iran suggested diluting highly enriched uranium or transferring it to a third country as part of its response.
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— The three Iranian officials, who are close to the negotiations and spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy, said a key obstacle was the U.S. demand for commitments in advance on…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/world/middleeast/iran-us-…
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— Iran’s atomic energy chief says Tehran is open to diluting its highly enriched uranium if the United States ends sanctions, signalling flexibility on a key demand by the US.Diluting uranium means mixi…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/9/iran-suggests-it-cou…
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— This calculation suggests that Iran could have transferred all of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to Isfahan via the truck seen in the satellite image the Bulletin obtained.
https://thebulletin.org/2026/03/analysis-iran-likely-transfe…
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“The uranium would be returned to Iran if the U.S. exits the deal”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the condition that uranium would be returned to Iran if the U.S. exits the deal.
“the U.S. would end its blockade of Iranian ports, while in return, Tehran would open the Strait of Hormuz for commercial traffic”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a specific deal to end a blockade of Iranian ports in exchange for opening the Strait of Hormuz.
“Iran reportedly agreed to suspend enriching uranium, but for a shorter period than the 20-year moratorium proposed by the U.S.”
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“Iran also rejected dismantling its nuclear facilities”
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