'Time is on our side': Trump tempers expectations of a peace deal with Iran

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · May 24, 2026 · 919 words

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'Time is on our side': Trump tempers expectations of a peace deal with Iran US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he had told diplomatic representatives not to "rush into a deal" with Tehran to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, walking back earlier…

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What happened

Why it matters

The draft agreement would reportedly postpone talks over Iran's nuclear programme, instead starting with reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

Common ground

US President Donald Trump tempered expectations of a Middle East peace deal by saying on Sunday he had told his negotiators not to "rush", even after both Tehran and Washington signalled signs of progress towards an agreement to end the war.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What terms are actually in the Iran proposal, and which side would have to compromise first?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that talks on the issue of Iran's contested nuclear programme have been deferred for 60 days after any deal?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “talks on the issue of Iran's contested nuclear programme have been deferred for 60 days after any deal.”

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Claim 2: “Pakistan... mediated historic face-to-face negotiations between US and Iranian delegations in April”

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Claim 3: “The war erupted after the United States and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic on February 28”

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Wikipedia and multiple cross-references (Al Jazeera, Flipboard) explicitly confirm that the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, starting the war.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve-Day War was an armed conflict between Iran and Israel which lasted from 13 to 24 June 2025. It began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-Day_War

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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Claim 4: “Iranian officials confirmed the existence of a draft agreement”

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Claim 5: “Iran responded with missile and drone attacks at countries across the region hosting US military assets.”

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Multiple web search results and Wikipedia confirm Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israel, US bases, and regional countries hosting US assets.

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web search NEUTRAL — Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israel, US bases, and US-allied Arab countries in West Asia, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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web search NEUTRAL — Tehran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, as well as Jordan, Iraq, and Gulf countries hosting US military assets. Iran has also restricted the movement of ships through th…
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260410-iran-targeted-7-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — In response to the attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran on February 28, 2026, Iran launched retaliatory missile and drone strikes targeting U.S. embassies, military installations, and oil i…
https://www.britannica.com/event/2026-Iran-war

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Claim 6: “Trump had posted that the deal "has been largely negotiated, subject to finalisation between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the various other Countries".”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm this specific post by Donald Trump.

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Claim 7: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he and Trump had agreed that "any final agreement with Iran must eliminate the nuclear threat entirely".”

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Claim 8: “The draft agreement would reportedly postpone talks over Iran's nuclear programme, instead starting with reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz.”

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Multiple web search results describe draft proposals involving the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a negotiation window/postponement regarding the nuclear program.

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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 — 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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Claim 9: “Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir... visited Tehran on Friday and Saturday”

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Claim 10: “Tasnim news agency... said the US was still obstructing parts of a potential deal, including Tehran's demand for the release of frozen funds.”

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Web search results confirm that Tasnim news agency reported the US was obstructing the deal, specifically regarding the release of blocked/frozen Iranian assets.

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web search NEUTRAL — After a session lasting more than two hours, Iran's Mehr News Agency reported that Washington had agreed to release Iran's frozen funds, a claim the United States subsequently denied.
https://staging-en.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-excessive…

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web search NEUTRAL — Almost $2 billion of Iran's assets are frozen in the United States. According to the Congressional Research Service, in addition to the money locked up in foreign bank accounts, Iran's frozen assets i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_frozen_assets

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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s Tasnim news agency said that the US government is still obstructing some clauses of the agreement to end the war, including the issue of releasing blocked Iranian assets, according to Reuters.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/24/iran-deal…

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Claim 11: “Iran's Lebanese ally Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2 after US-Israeli strikes killed Iran's supreme leader.”

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The provided evidence for this claim discusses Hezbollah's general history and 1983/2006 conflicts, but does not mention an attack on March 2 following the death of Iran's supreme leader.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hezbollah has been involved in several high-profile attacks; it is believed to be responsible for the bombing of the US embassy and the US and French barracks bombings in Beirut in 1983, the assassina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Hezbollah is a militant group and political party that emerged in Lebanon following the Israeli invasion of that country in 1982. The group gained prestige after a 34-day war with Israel …
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hezbollah

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 14, 2025 · What is Hezbollah and why has it been fighting Israel in Lebanon? Hezbollah is a Shia Muslim political and military group in Lebanon which has been involved in a series of violent confl…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67307858

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Claim 12: “According to Iran's Fars news agency, "sanctions on oil, gas, petrochemicals and their derivatives would be temporarily lifted during the negotiation period"”

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Claim 13: “Leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, as well as representatives from Turkey and Pakistan, joined a call with Trump to discuss the deal on Saturday.”

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Claim 14: “US Secretary of State Marco Rubio... told The New York Times that an agreement with Iran had garnered regional support”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm this statement by Marco Rubio to The New York Times.

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Claim 15: “US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he had told diplomatic representatives not to "rush into a deal" with Tehran to end the US-Israeli war on Iran”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Donald Trump stated on a Sunday that he instructed representatives 'not to rush' into a deal with Iran.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American public. Trump was raised in his Scottish-born …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_religion

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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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Claim 16: “Iran has imposed controls on Gulf shipping and the US has blockaded Iran's ports.”

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Web search results explicitly state that Iran imposed a blockade on foreign shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and Trump imposed a counter-blockade of Iranian ports on April 13.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

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Claim 17: “The United States and Iran have observed a ceasefire since April 8”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about United Airlines and general history of US-Iran relations; no mention of a ceasefire since April 8 is found in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States in modern-day are unsettled and have a troubled history. They began in the mid-to-late 19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Pers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations

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