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US-Iran talks crisis deepens as Israel ‘triggered blood feud’ – ex-adviser

RT News · · 326 words · By Russia Today
Geopolitical conflict escalation Critique of US Political Leadership
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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Israel has destroyed any chance of success in US-Iran talks by pushing Washington to kill Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to former senior foreign policy adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marine Corps veteran James Webb.”
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Multiple web search results attribute the claim that Israel destroyed US-Iran talks by pushing Washington to kill Khamenei to James Webb's statements in interviews with 'Going Underground' and RT. The evidence cites this claim from multiple web sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC; , AY-PAK) is a pro-Israel lobbying group that advocates its policies to the legislative and executive branches of the United States. It is one of s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIPAC
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action officially, was the international agreement reached on Iran's nuclear program in Vienna in 2015. The deal, made after severa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Iran_nuclear_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lawrence B. Wilkerson (born June 15, 1945) is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Since the end of his military career, Wil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Wilkerson
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“In an exclusive interview with Afshin Rattansi’s ‘Going Underground’ on RT, Webb argued that Khamenei’s killing on February 28 – the first day of the US-Israeli campaign – was “indicative of the Israeli planning cycle” and ran counter to how the US government or military has historically operated.”
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The specific details regarding Webb stating that Khamenei's killing on February 28 was indicative of Israeli planning and contrary to historical US operations are only present in the web search results, which are derived from a single source context (the interview). No other independent sources corroborate this specific framing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 August 1953, Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a coup d'état that strengthened the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. It was instigated by the United King…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'état
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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 — Reform UK, often known simply as Reform, is a radical right political party in the United Kingdom described as right-wing populist and far-right. It has eight members of Parliament in the House of Com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_UK
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“Earlier reporting by the New York Times said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was physically present in the White House Situation Room during a key meeting with US President Donald Trump on February 11.”
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Two separate web search results cite reporting from The New York Times stating that Netanyahu was physically present in the White House Situation Room during a meeting with Donald Trump on February 11. This corroboration comes from different web search result contexts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Book_Review
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Magazine is an American Sunday magazine included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Magazine
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“The assassination was “an Israeli move to effectively bloody the US and draw us deeper into the conflict, because when you do such a thing you don’t just remove the ability to negotiate state to state… you create essentially a blood feud between the two countries,” Webb said.”
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The statement that Webb argued the assassination was an Israeli move intended to create a 'blood feud' between the US and Iran, thereby hindering state-to-state negotiations, is reported in the web search results, corroborating the claim across multiple sources citing Webb's commentary.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, also known as the Iranian Armed Forces, include the regular armed forces (Artesh), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah) and the Police Command (Fara…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed…
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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 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC; , AY-PAK) is a pro-Israel lobbying group that advocates its policies to the legislative and executive branches of the United States. It is one of s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIPAC
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“Trump insisted over the weekend that talks would take place in Pakistan on Tuesday but Tehran has refused to confirm participation.”
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Multiple web search results report that Donald Trump insisted on talks taking place in Pakistan on Tuesday, and that Tehran's participation was questioned or refused, citing multiple sources covering the same event.
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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 — Pakistan has adopted a policy of official neutrality in response to the 2026 Iran war, which began on 28 February of that year after joint airstrikes on Iran by the United States of America and the St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_in_the_2026_Iran_war
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“Initial talks in Islamabad fell through earlier this month.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that initial US-Iran talks in Islamabad failed earlier in the month, citing reports from India Today and US-Israel sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — On the other hand, the US appears to be pressing ahead for the second round of talks, after the first one in Islamabad failed earlier this month. Trump said American negotiators would still reach Isla…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/iran-withdraws-from-us…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump has said that direct talks with Iran in Islamabad failed because "Iran is unwilling to give up its nuclear ambitions". He then told Fox News: "I predict they come back and they give us everythin…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn4v0xm9y0kt
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran state media says talks failed over ’unreasonable’ US demands.Israel is not present at the US-Iran talks in Islamabad. Donald Trump told reporters outside of the White House that it makes “no diff…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/11/middle-ea…
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“Meanwhile, the US Navy recently seized an Iranian vessel, a move Tehran has denounced as a violation of the ceasefire.”
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Three distinct web search results report that the US Navy seized an Iranian-flagged vessel near the Strait of Hormuz, and that Tehran denounced this action as a violation of a ceasefire.
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. says it attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz that tried to pass its naval blockade. Iran's military headquarters says the attack and seizure marks a cea…
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-19-2026
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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON -- The United States attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship it said had tried to evade its naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, and Iran's joint military command v…
https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/us-navy-seizes-irania…
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. has taken custody of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz after firing on its engine room, President Trump said in a post on social media.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/19/nx-s1-5790378/iran-us-hormuz-…
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“The two-week truce was agreed on April 7.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on April 8, 2026, with one source noting the agreement was on April 7th but the consensus points to the date of the agreement being around that time, and the core fact of the two-week truce is consistent across sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, [a] 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 framew…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian women wave national flags as people gather in Tehran's Revolution Square after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, on April 8, 2026.
https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-and-iran-struck-a-two-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, as the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reo…
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-apri…
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“Webb went on to argue that Trump is not getting the full picture and is being heavily influenced by vested interests.”
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““Access is very restricted in the White House to the President. He is being walled off by certain interests, who in effect have been creating an echo chamber of their ideas,” he said, adding that this is evident in how the war with Iran has been conducted.”
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