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West Asia war updates: Netanyahu vows Iran will 'not have nuclear weapons' with or without deal

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · · 1857 words · By The Hindu Bureau
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West Asia war updates: Netanyahu vows Iran will 'not have nuclear weapons' with or without deal "I want to emphasise once again: with an agreement or without an agreement, as long as I am Prime Minister, Iran will not have nuclear weapons," Mr.

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West Asia war updates: Netanyahu vows Iran will 'not have nuclear weapons' with or without deal "I want to emphasise once again: with an agreement or without an agreement, as long as I am Prime Minister, Iran will not have nuclear weapons," Mr.

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Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr [resigned] from his position as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and web search results, confirm that Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr resigned from his position as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council in August 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (born 23 August 1961) is an Iranian politician, pilot, and former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) brigadier general, who has served as Speaker of the Parliament of Ir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Ghalibaf
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr (born 1954) is an Iranian politician and former military officer who serves as a political advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran. He previously served as secretary of the Supr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Zolghadr
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC; Persian: شورای عالی امنیت ملی, romanized: Showrā-ye Āli-ye Amniyat-e Mellī), also known as the Supreme Council for National Security, is the national secur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_National_Security_Coun…
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Claim 2: “Rezaei, 71, led the Guards from 1981 to 1997”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that Mohsen Rezaei commanded the IRGC from 1981 to 1997.
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web search NEUTRAL — From underground activist to IRGC commander. Rezaei was born on September 1, 1954, in the village of Benehvar Baba Ahmad near Masjed Soleyman in northern Khuzestan province, as members of the Bakhtiar…
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/08/09/774024/profile-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mr Rezaei, who commanded the IRGC from 1981 to 1997, was earlier a member of the Expediency Discernment Council – an advisory body to the supreme leader – and as secretary of the Supreme Council for E…
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/08/09/irans-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — From revolutionary militant to Guards commander. Born Mohsen Sabzevar Rezaei Mir-Ghaed in 1954, Rezaei became involved before Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution with Mansouroun , an armed Islamist group o…
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/profile-mohsen-rezaei-71-ira…
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Claim 3: “Iran and the U.S. are not engaged in talks, and Tehran will not start them as long as Washington breaches an interim deal signed in June”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding a June interim deal or the current status of talks between Iran and the US.
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Claim 4: “Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have resumed attacks on the Red Sea port city of Mocha”
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Three independent web search results confirm that Houthi forces resumed missile and drone attacks on the port city of Mocha on August 9, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — SANAA, Aug 9: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement has resumed missile and drone attacks on the Red Sea port city of Mocha, launching several ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, according…
https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/houthis-resume-missile-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran-backed Houthi militants have resumed attacks on Yemen's Red Sea port city of Mocha, a Yemeni military spokesperson said.
https://www.daily-sun.com/world/891459/iran-backed-houthis-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Yemen’s Houthis have resumed attacks on the Red Sea port city of Mocha, killing seven people and wounding 30, according to the Yemeni military. Four members of the armed forces and three civilians wer…
https://trendsmena.com/houthis-resume-red-sea-attacks-as-tru…
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Claim 5: “Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the agreement [Mecca Joint Defence Agreement] on Friday”
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Claim 6: “Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said today they had struck an oil facility on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast... the Aramco refinery in Jazan”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 7: “President Donald Trump said on Sunday (August 9, 2026) that his administration is watching economic pressure mount on Iran”
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Web search results confirm Donald Trump's statements regarding monitoring Iran's economic state, specifically mentioning inflation and lack of funds to pay troops.
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web search NEUTRAL — We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money." He stressed that Iran "is in very bad shape" economically and has no money to pay its troops. The U.S. naval blockad…
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/09/trump-iran-interview
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web search NEUTRAL — United States. US-China. South Asia.The Trump administration is once again threatening to carry out “regime change” in Iran, this time using what President Donald Trump described as “economic warfare”…
https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/oil-importer-china-wont-aid-tr…
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web search NEUTRAL — The IRGC spokesman says the US economic pressure campaign against Iran amounts to an implicit admission of failure on the military front.
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/08/23/774932/Iran-US-I…
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Claim 8: “Israeli troops infiltrated a Lebanese village placed under the control of Lebanon’s army as part of a June agreement, building an earthen barrier there overnight”
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Claim 9: “Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait since the United States and Israel attacked in late February”
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Wikipedia entries for '2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis' and '2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign' explicitly state that shipping has been largely blocked by Iran since February 28, 2026, in response to US and Israeli attacks.
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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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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 — Following the 2026 Iran war, Iran has asserted sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, increasing its total area and adding to its territorial waters. Iran has asserted this control over the strait by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_sovereignty_over_the_S…
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Claim 10: “a drone last month hit US assets at an Egyptian port on the Mediterranean”
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Claim 11: “The former commander in chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Mohsen Rezaei, has been named head of the country’s highest national security body”
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Web search results explicitly state that President Masoud Pezeshkian named Mohsen Rezaei as the head of the Supreme National Security Council following the resignation of Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, 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 Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohsen Rezaee Mirgha'ed (Persian: محسن رضایی, born Sabzevar Rezaee Mirgha'ed (Persian: سبزوار رضایی میرقائد); born 1 September 1954) is a senior Iranian politician and former military officer who has …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsen_Rezaee
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC; Persian: شورای عالی امنیت ملی, romanized: Showrā-ye Āli-ye Amniyat-e Mellī), also known as the Supreme Council for National Security, is the national secur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_National_Security_Coun…
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Claim 12: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he rejected the U.S.-backed agreement [on Gaza]”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of a US-backed agreement on Gaza.
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Claim 13: “the UAE accused Iran on Saturday (August 8, 2026) of targeting a tanker belonging to its state-owned oil company in the Strait of Hormuz”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference from The Hindu and multiple web search results reporting that the UAE accused Iran of attacking ADNOC (state-owned) vessels in the Strait of Hormuz around August 6-8, 2026.
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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 Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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Claim 14: “Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday (August 9, 2026) they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz... until the United States met Tehran’s conditions”
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Three independent web search results explicitly confirm that on August 9, 2026, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards stated the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen until the US met Tehran's conditions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known domestically as Sepah or Pasdaran and internationally as Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary force of the Iranian Armed Fo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following individuals have been identified as commanding officers (currently or in the past) of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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