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Proof: Officials say mediators are still working with Iran and the US on a possible deal

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SHA-256

6935e7c7e2c1811be64d353d0c30cb64cf2d53a809c3a48044743296cca833fb

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969002, mined 2026-09-28 13:30 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 13:13 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageThe Wayback Machine could not capture the story page: submit: <urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-6935e7c7e2c1.json prints 6935e7c7e2c1811be64d353d0c30cb64cf2d53a809c3a48044743296cca833fb. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-6935e7c7e2c1.json and headline-6935e7c7e2c1.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-6935e7c7e2c1.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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