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Spotlight - Opaque nature of US-Iran shadow war: Are they 'dancing their way out of a minefield' toward a deal?

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 324 words · By François PICARD; Ilayda HABIP
Geopolitical Strategy US-Iran relations China-Taiwan Relations Maritime Security
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Opaque nature of US-Iran shadow war: Are they 'dancing their way out of a minefield' toward a deal?

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Opaque nature of US-Iran shadow war: Are they 'dancing their way out of a minefield' toward a deal?

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Peter Apps, Global Defence Commentator, who writes a bi-weekly column for Reuters on national security, conflict, international affairs, and technology.

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Claim 1: “Peter Apps, Global Defence Commentator, who writes a bi-weekly column for Reuters on national security, conflict, international affairs, and technology”
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The provided evidence for this claim is completely irrelevant, returning results for Saint Peter, Pete Hegseth, and Peter Thiel. No evidence was found regarding a Reuters commentator named Peter Apps.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2026
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who has served since 2025 as the 29th United States secretary of defense. Hegseth studied p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Andreas Thiel ( ; born 11 October 1967) is a German and American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel
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Claim 2: “China’s growing diplomatic weight, positioning Beijing as a potential arbiter”
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The search results discuss 'Wolf Warrior diplomacy' and general US-Iran tensions, but none of the provided evidence confirms China's specific role as a 'potential arbiter' in the current context of US-Iran tensions.
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web search NEUTRAL — Wolf warrior diplomacy is a confrontational form of public diplomacy adopted by diplomats of the People's Republic of China in the late 2010s and early 2020s.[2][3][4] The phrase is derived from the C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_warrior_diplomacy
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web search NEUTRAL — Tensions between the US and Iran hit a boiling point this month, but they’ve been simmering for decades. It’s a long and complicated history, but let’s start in 1951 -- when tensions between Iranians …
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/06/world/us-iran-confli…
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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers. This empowers people to learn from each other…
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Claim 3: “the Strait of Hormuz emerges not only as a critical chokepoint for trade and global shipping”
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Multiple independent sources, including RT News, Reuters, and Wikipedia, explicitly describe the Strait of Hormuz as a critical maritime chokepoint for global trade and energy shipping.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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wikipedia 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, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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Claim 4: “the increasingly assertive posture of the UAE”
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Evidence from Al Jazeera and other web results indicates the UAE is taking assertive strategic steps, such as leaving OPEC and investing in the Habshan-Fujairah pipeline to bypass the Strait of Hormuz during the conflict with Iran.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Emirati dirham (symbol: ; currency code: AED; ;) Arabic: درهم إماراتي, abbreviation: د.إ in Arabic, Dh; is the official currency of the United Arab Emirates. The dirham is subdivided into 100 fils…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_dirham
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates consists of seven emirates (Arabic: إمارات ʾimārāt; singular: إمارة ʾimārah), which were historically known as the Trucial States. Each emirate maintains its own sovereignty …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Em…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates (UAE), also known simply as the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, situated at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal semi-constitutional monarchy made up…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates
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