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US-Iran diplomacy continues, but ‘significant’ differences remain on deal

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 125 words · By Lyndal Rowlands; Faisal Ali; Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
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What to know about US-Iran diplomacy continues, but ‘significant’ differences remain on deal

Live updatesLive updates, Iran war live: Tehran says diplomacy continues but no deal yet with US Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 3,111 people since March 2, with 9,432 injured, according to Lebanese Health Ministry.

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Live updatesLive updates, Iran war live: Tehran says diplomacy continues but no deal yet with US Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 3,111 people since March 2, with 9,432 injured, according to Lebanese Health Ministry.

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Published On 23 May 2026 - Pakistan’s powerful army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, arrived in Tehran on Friday as efforts intensified to mediate a peace agreement between Iran and the United States, but Iranian officials have tempered hope for a quick deal.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Iran’s state media quoted the Foreign Ministry’s spokesman as saying that differences in mediated talks between Tehran and Washington are “deep and significant”.”
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The claim is directly supported by a web search result stating that the IRNA news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei as describing differences with the U.S. as 'deep and significant'.
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web search NEUTRAL — 14 hours ago ... Despite the intensifying mediation efforts, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, was quoted by IRNA news agency as saying ...
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/2026-05-22/ty-…
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web search NEUTRAL — On February 25, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that a "historic" agreement with the United States to avert military conflict was "within reach" ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 days ago ... Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that ongoing US-Iran negotiations are “suffering from the lack of trust", ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYYbKApjdLg/
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Claim 2: “Pakistan’s powerful army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, arrived in Tehran on Friday”
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The claim is confirmed by multiple independent sources, including a cross-reference from The Hindu, an official ISPR statement, and two other news reports, all specifying the date as Friday, May 22, 2026, and the location as Tehran.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 hours ago ... Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is in Iran as part of ongoing mediation efforts to end Israel and the United States's war that ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/22/pakistans-army-chie…
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... Pakistan's powerful army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir arrived in Tehran on Friday (May 22, 2026), with Islamabad mediating as the Islamic ...
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-militar…
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 hours ago ... ISPR Friday, 22 May 2026 Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), HJ, COAS & CDF, arrived in Tehran as part of ongoing mediation efforts. On ...
https://www.facebook.com/ISPROfficial1/posts/isprfriday-22-m…
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Claim 3: “Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 3,111 people since March 2, with 9,432 injured, according to Lebanese Health Ministry.”
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The specific figures (3,111 deaths and 9,432 injured) are explicitly confirmed by a web search result citing a Lebanese Health Ministry report on X. Another source confirms the death toll topped 3,000, supporting the general scale and timeline.
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web search NEUTRAL — At least 3,468 people have been killed in US-Israeli attacks on Iran since February 28, according to Iran’s Ministry of Health. The victims were aged between eight months and 88 years. They included s…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/1/us-israel-attacks-on…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lebanon's Health Ministry said Monday that the cumulative death toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 has risen to 3,020, with 9,273 others wounded, as Israeli strikes and shelling across the countr…
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202605/1361432.shtml
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web search NEUTRAL — "The civilian death toll since the military escalation began on March 2 has risen to 3,111, with 9,432 others wounded," the ministry said in a report on X.
https://tass.com/world/2135203
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