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Trumps sends delegation to Pakistan for possible new round of Iran war talks

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 853 words · By Angela Giuffrida
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Donald Trump’s representatives will return to Pakistan on Monday for another possible round of talks aimed at ending the US-Israeli war in Iran, as the US president repeated his threats to Iranian infrastructure unless Iran agrees to a deal.

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What happened

Donald Trump’s representatives will return to Pakistan on Monday for another possible round of talks aimed at ending the US-Israeli war in Iran, as the US president repeated his threats to Iranian infrastructure unless Iran agrees to a deal.

Why it matters

The return of a US delegation to Islamabad, led by vice-president JD Vance, along with Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, comes after Iran on Saturday reimposed tight restrictions on the transit of commercial shipping in…

Common ground

The war, entering its eighth week, has killed thousands in Iran and Lebanon and sent oil prices surging because of the strait’s closure.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “More than one million Lebanese have been displaced by the Israeli invasion, which Israel said was in pursuit of Hezbollah, the powerful Shia armed group allied with Iran that fired across the border in support of Tehran.”
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Claim 2: “A phone call was also planned between Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif.”
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Claim 3: “By “deliberately inflicting collective punishment on the Iranian population, it amounts to war crime and crimes against humanity,” Baghaei wrote on social media.”
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Claim 4: “Trump then reiterated a threat made earlier in the day that the US would specifically destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges if it does not sign the agreement.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Trump reiterated threats to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges if an agreement was not signed.
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web search NEUTRAL — “If Iran does not sign this deal, the whole country is getting blown up,” he told Fox News. Trump then reiterated a threat made earlier in the day that the US would specifically destroy Iran’s power p…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/trumps-sends-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump renewed on 19 April his threats to attack Iranian power stations and bridges if the Islamic Republic does not agree to Washington’s terms for an agreement.
https://thecradle.co/articles/trump-renews-threats-to-knock-…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump has vowed attacks on Iran’s power plants and bridges if Iran does not move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 8 pm ET Tuesday. That is a vital channel that has been closed to abo…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/06/world/live-news/iran-war-us-t…
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Claim 5: “Washington’s envoy to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told ABC News that he believed a new round of talks would lead to an “incredibly consequential” outcome.”
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Claim 6: “Pakistan’s foreign affairs ministry said the country’s deputy prime minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, had spoken on Sunday with Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, during a phone call that included discussion on “the need for continued dialogue and engagement as essential to resolving the current issues as soon as possible for promoting the peace and stability in the region and beyond”.”
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Claim 7: “The war, entering its eighth week, has killed thousands in Iran and Lebanon and sent oil prices surging because of the strait’s closure.”
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Web search results mention the closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupting global trade and causing oil price concerns. Wikipedia entries detail the context of the 2026 Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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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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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Claim 8: “Esmaeil Baghaei, a spokesperson for Iran’s foreign ministry, said the US blockade of Iran’s ports or coastline had violated the ceasefire and was “both unlawful and criminal”.”
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Claim 9: “He said the deal the US is offering, which entails reopening the strait and ensuring Iran does not have enriched uranium, is a “very fair and reasonable deal” and unless Iran accepts, he promised to knock out “every single Power Plant” and “every single Bridge”.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the components of the US offer (reopening the strait and ensuring Iran does not have enriched uranium) and the associated threat to destroy 'every single Power Plant' and 'every single Bridge' if Iran refused.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 4, 2024 · CNN's poll of polls gives Trump a nearly 70% chance of winning the election (68.4% to Kamala's 30.9% to be exact). 32 days to Election Day. Harris-Walz was given almost the full backing …
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/10/04/cnns-poll…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 21, 2025 · President Donald Trump on Thursday held an event at the White House commemorating Black History Month. The event was attended by golfer Tiger Woods, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and other hig…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 5, 2025 · That’s it. President Donald J. Trump delivered his first address to Congress since winning the 2024 election. It was a rambunctious event where some Democrats were booted. Overall, it wa…
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Claim 10: “Trump accused Iran of violating the two-week ceasefire by firing at two merchant ships in the strait after a brief uptick in transit attempts on Saturday.”
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Claim 11: “In an interview aired on state television late on Saturday Iran’s chief negotiator, parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, had said “there will be no retreat in the field of diplomacy”, while acknowledging a wide gap remained between the sides.”
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The claim is based on a specific statement attributed to Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Saturday. While the evidence count suggests multiple sources, the provided evidence snippets do not independently corroborate this specific statement from Qalibaf; they only provide general context for Iran's stance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held in Iran on 19 May 2017 alongside local elections. Candidate registration took place from 11 to 15 April 2017. Incumbent president Hassan Rouhani was eligible to run fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Iranian_presidential_elec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–2026 Iranian protests are a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. The unrest followed a sharp dep…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iranian_protests
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iranian officials and institutions, both from the Islamic Republic and the opposition, as well as foreign governments, international organisations, and public figures, issued varied responses to the 2…
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Claim 12: “Trump said on Sunday that any talks in Islamabad, which would come before a fragile two-week ceasefire expires on Wednesday, were the “last chance” for Iran to agree to a peace deal.”
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The claim is based on Trump stating this on Sunday regarding a ceasefire expiring Wednesday. This specific combination of dates and quotes is found in the web search results, but corroboration from multiple independent sources is not established in the provided evidence set.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 5, 2025 · That’s it. President Donald J. Trump delivered his first address to Congress since winning the 2024 election. It was a rambunctious event where some Democrats were booted. Overall, it wa…
https://townhall.com/liveblog/2025/03/04/live-president-trum…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 4, 2024 · CNN's poll of polls gives Trump a nearly 70% chance of winning the election (68.4% to Kamala's 30.9% to be exact). 32 days to Election Day. Harris-Walz was given almost the full backing …
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/10/04/cnns-poll…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 21, 2025 · President Donald Trump on Thursday held an event at the White House commemorating Black History Month. The event was attended by golfer Tiger Woods, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and other hig…
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/02/21/trump-…
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Claim 13: “Apart from the two-week ceasefire in Iran, Israel and Lebanon announced a separate ceasefire last week.”
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Claim 14: “Iran on Sunday held firm that ships would not pass while the US blockade remained in effect.”
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Claim 15: “Roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil trade normally passes through the strait, and the global energy crisis threatens to deepen as the war drags on.”
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Claim 16: “As of early Sunday evening, Iranian media said Tehran had yet to decide whether it would take part in the talks, with the IRNA state news agency saying “there is no clear prospect of fruitful negotiations”.”
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A web search result directly quotes Iranian media, citing the IRNA state news agency, stating that Tehran had not decided on participating in talks and that there was no clear prospect of fruitful negotiations.
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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, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also 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 to th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–2026 Iranian protests are a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. The unrest followed a sharp dep…
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Claim 17: “Friday’s announcement that the strait would reopen caused the sharpest one-day drop in oil prices in years, while stock markets hit all-time highs on the expectation the disruption would soon end.”
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Claim 18: “The return of a US delegation to Islamabad, led by vice-president JD Vance, along with Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, comes after Iran on Saturday reimposed tight restrictions on the transit of commercial shipping in the strait of Hormuz, reversing an agreement made hours before to reopen the strategic waterway, over the US’s refusal to lift its naval blockade.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Iran reimposed restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, reversing a previous reopening. The context provided in the search results links this action to US actions or blockades.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article chronicles a list of ships attacked, damaged or sunk during the 2026 Iran war.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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Claim 19: “Donald Trump’s representatives will return to Pakistan on Monday for another possible round of talks aimed at ending the US-Israeli war in Iran”
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Multiple web search results report that Donald Trump announced or stated that US negotiators would travel to Pakistan for talks regarding Iran. The sources indicate this was for a round of talks aimed at ending the US-Israel war in Iran.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, developed a social and professional relationship with financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that began in the late 1980s and …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States. Donald Trump made 19 international trips to 25 countries (in addition to visi…
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Claim 20: “Two liquefied petroleum gas tankers were seen on ship-tracking websites moving eastbound towards the strait early on Sunday morning, but the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that Iran’s armed forces turned them back.”
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Claim 21: “For Tehran, the strait of Hormuz’s closure – imposed after the US and Israel launched the Iran war on 28 February during talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme – is perhaps its most powerful weapon, inflicting political pain on Trump.”
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