US President Donald Trump has accused CNN of reporting a “false statement” from Iran — allegedly picked up from a Nigerian news outlet — on the ceasefire reached last night.
The deal was announced roughly two hours before Trump’s
deadline to destroy Iranian “civilisation”.
“The enemy, in its unfair, unlawful, and criminal war
against the Iranian nation, has suffered an undeniable, historic, and crushing
defeat,” CNN reported, quoting a statement from Iran’s Supreme
National Security Council (SNSC) in the wake of the ceasefire deal.
According to the statement, the security council said Iran
achieved great victory and forced the US to accept its 10-point plan.
Trump kicked against the statement in a Truth Social post.
“The alleged Statement put out by CNN World News is a FRAUD,
as CNN well knows,” he said.
He added that the “false Statement was linked to a Fake News
site (from Nigeria) and, of course, immediately picked up by CNN, and blared
out as a “legitimate” headline”.
Trump did not name the “Fake News site” from Nigeria and did
not provide evidence for his claims.
In a separate post, the president claimed the outlet “was a new,
trouble making site from Nigeria”.
Trump posted a statement from Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign
minister, as the country’s official statement.
He ordered CNN to withdraw the reportage, adding that
authorities have commenced investigations to determine whether the “terrible”
reporting was a crime or not.
MULTIPLE STATEMENTS FROM IRAN
After the ceasefire between the US and Iran was announced,
Araghchi thanked Pakistan for its mediation efforts.
“If attacks against Iran are halted, our Powerful Armed
Forces will cease their defensive operations,” Araghchi said.
“For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait
of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces and with
due consideration of technical limitations.”
The foreign minister said he made the statement on behalf of
the SNSC.
Iran’s SNSC is the primary body tasked with overseeing
Iran’s national security interests and protecting its Islamic revolution. It is
stacked with senior figures from the country’s security, military, and clerical
establishment.
Tasnim, a news agency run by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps (IRGC), published a statement issued by the SNSC with excerpts from
the CNN report.
“The enemy has suffered an undeniable, historic and crushing
defeat in its cowardly, illegal and criminal war against the Iranian nation,”
the statement reads.
The SNSC added that “Iran achieved a great victory and
forced the criminal America to accept its 10-point plan”, congratulating
Iranians on the “victory”.
Brendan Carr, chairman of the US Federal Communications
Commission, threatened that broadcasters would lose their licences if they fail
to operate in public interest.
CNN defended its
report, saying the statement was obtained from Iranian officials and reported
on multiple Iranian state media outlets.
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