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When will the cease-fire end? World on edge with anticipation before Iran talks

Nypost · · 510 words · By Caitlin Doornbos
Impact on Local Infrastructure Geopolitical Instability US-Iran Diplomatic Tension
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Three Pakistani sources told The Post the cease-fire is scheduled to end at 7:50 p.m. ET Tuesday”
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While web results confirm a ceasefire exists and was proposed by Pakistan, none of the provided evidence mentions the specific time of '7:50 p.m. ET Tuesday' as the expiration date.
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web search NEUTRAL — Earlier Tuesday, Pakistan proposed the two-week ceasefire to allow for diplomacy. • Lebanon not included: Israel said it would suspend strikes against Iran but claimed Lebanon was not part of the ceas…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/world/live-news/iran-war-trum…
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web search NEUTRAL — Updated May 11, 2026, 6:46 p.m. ET. WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday that the month-long cease-fire between the US and Iran “is on massive life support” — but that it’s still in effect as he p…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/11/us-news/trump-says-iran-ceasef…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump says US-Iran ceasefire still in place after exchange of fire in Strait of Hormuz. Iran accuses the US of violating the truce, alleging it targeted an oil tanker and carried out attacks on coasta…
https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx2jyv8j8gwt
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“He [President Trump] told Bloomberg News on Monday that the cease-fire expires on “Wednesday evening Washington time.””
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Multiple independent sources (Bloomberg and a report citing Bloomberg) confirm that President Trump stated the ceasefire expires on 'Wednesday evening Washington time'.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump told Bloomberg that the ceasefire with Iran will expire on "Wednesday evening Washington time," a day after the two-week mark from the original announcement.
https://www.ibtimes.com/trump-reportedly-says-iran-ceasefire…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump told PBS News that Iran was "supposed to be there" at the talks in Pakistan. "We agreed to be there," he said, warning that if the ceasefire expired "then lots of bombs start going off". He sepa…
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/04/us-iran-talks-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump told Bloomberg on Monday that he is “highly unlikely” to extend the ceasefire with Iran if Wednesday evening comes and goes without a peace deal.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-highly-unlikely-ex…
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“The talks are happening, with the US delegation headed by Vice President JD Vance coming to Pakistan “soon.””
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Three independent sources (BBC, The New Yorker, and another web result) confirm that Vice President JD Vance is leading a US delegation to Pakistan for talks with Iran.
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web search NEUTRAL — US Vice-President JD Vance is on his way to Islamabad to represent the US in the discussions, along with special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyeg3224d9t
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web search NEUTRAL — The US delegation led by Vance was expected to leave from Washington for Islamabad on Tuesday, which had hosted a first unsuccessful round of talks earlier this month.President Donald Trump said he wa…
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa66zcm
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web search NEUTRAL — Vice President JD Vance is leading negotiations this weekend toward an end to a war that he had opposed starting.Mr. Vance departed for Pakistan on Friday to hold talks with the Iranians, as a cease-f…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/politics/vance-iran-ta…
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“Trump was confident on Tuesday morning — saying in a post to Truth Social that Iranian leaders “will soon be in negotiations with my representatives.””
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the US presidency and a local news report about a Las Vegas roundtable; none of these sources mention a Truth Social post regarding Iranian negotiations.
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web search NEUTRAL — List of presidents of the United States The White House, official residence of the president of the United States The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Un…
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web search NEUTRAL — What Happens if the President Dies? If the president of the United States dies, the vice president immediately assumes the office of president. The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, rat…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Presidents-of-the-United-St…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 14, 2026 · President Donald Trump will be Las Vegas to promote his administration’s tax policies at a roundtable discussion, according to the White House.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/presiden…
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“He also told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that he did not want to extend the cease-fire”
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One source confirms Trump appeared on CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss the Iran war, but the provided snippets do not explicitly confirm the specific statement that he 'did not want to extend the cease-fire'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The president joined CNBC’s Squawk Box by phone Tuesday morning where he spoke for more than 30 minutes about the Iran war, his pick for Fed chair Kevin Warsh, oil prices and the White House ballroom.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic…
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web search NEUTRAL — The president said the United States did not want to go down that route and would consider helping to rebuild Iran if they can strike a deal. He said the United States was working with an “active, wil…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/us/politics/trump-iran-ce…
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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump said Iran’s uranium will be “perfectly taken care of” in an interview with AFP news agency Tuesday following the ceasefire announcement. Some context: Iran’s large stockpile …
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/world/live-news/iran-war-trum…
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“Islamabad, which hosted the first round of talks and is expected to hold the second round soon.”
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The claim is confirmed by a Wikipedia entry ('Islamabad Talks') and corroborated by Deutsche Welle and other news reports stating that Islamabad hosted the first round of talks.
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web search NEUTRAL — Washington's 15-point proposal centres on Iran's enriched uranium, ballistic missiles, sanctions relief and reopening the Strait of Hormuz; uranium enrichment is Donald Trump's red line. "The first ro…
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/04/09/us-iran…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Islamabad Talks represented the first instance of direct high-level, in-person engagement between the United States and Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. [46][47] They were widely regarded a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Talks
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web search NEUTRAL — A reopened road on Sunday near the venue that hosted the first round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan. Credit...Aamir Qureshi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/asia/islamabad-talk…
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