Trump says Iran agreement ‘largely negotiated’ after call with Middle East allies: ‘The Strait of Hormuz will be opened’
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Trump says Iran agreement ‘largely negotiated’ after call with Middle East allies: ‘The Strait of Hormuz will be opened’ See more of our coverage in your search results.
Why it matters
Add The New York Post on GoogleAn agreement with Iran has been “largely negotiated,” President Trump said in a Truth Social post.
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The announcement came hours after it was reported that the two countries were working on a truce.
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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.
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- What terms are actually in the Iran proposal, and which side would have to compromise first?
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Claim 1: “An agreement with Iran has been “largely negotiated,” President Trump said in a Truth Social post.”
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Two independent news sources (Al Jazeera and BBC News) confirm that Donald Trump posted on Truth Social stating that an agreement with Iran has been 'largely negotiated'.
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Claim 2: “the Strait of Hormuz will be opened”
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While Wikipedia entries describe a '2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis' and military campaigns to reopen the strait, none of the provided evidence explicitly links the 'largely negotiated' agreement mentioned by Trump to the specific outcome of opening the Strait of Hormuz. The evidence discusses the state of the strait but not the terms of the specific agreement mentioned in the claim.
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— 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…
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— 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 …
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— 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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Claim 3: “The president had a “very good call” with officials from Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates”
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Multiple sources (Al Jazeera, a news report, and an Instagram post citing Fox News) confirm a call involving leaders from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, and Jordan (and Pakistan).
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— The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
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Claim 4: “He also said he spoke separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”
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Three independent sources (WSJ, and two other web search results) confirm that President Trump held a separate, contentious/tense conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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