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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, is greeted by his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi prior to their bilateral meeting in Beijing, Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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The United States and Iran appear to be moving closer to an initial agreement to end the war, and U.S. President Donald Trump is pressuring Tehran with threats of a new wave of bombing if a deal is not reached. Trump posted Wednesday on social media that the two-month war could soon end and that oil and natural gas shipments disrupted by the conflict could restart. But he said that depends on Iran accepting a reported agreement that the president did not detail. Trump made his latest comments after he suspended a short-lived U.S. effort to force open a safe passage for commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
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