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  "id": 1519644,
  "title": "IRGC rejects Trump’s claims of talks with the US",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/irgc-rejects-trumps-claims-of-talks-with-the-us",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T16:53:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irgc-rejects-trumps-claims-backchannel-talks-us"
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  "summary": "IRGC rejects Trump’s claims of talks with the US IRGC spokesperson Brigadier General Hossein Mohammadi rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that the US has been conducting talks with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. “There are no talks between IRGC officials and the Americans,” Mohammadi told the state-run Tasnim news agency on Monday. “This lie from Trump is simply a fantasy that he…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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