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

Al Jazeera · · 125 words · By Lyndal Rowlands; Faisal Ali; Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“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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“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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“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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