Iranian Media Hails U.S. Deal as a Diplomatic Victory
Iran’s state media celebrated the agreement with the United States, giving prominent coverage to top regime figures who described it as a major achievement. President Masoud Pezeshkian called it a “diplomatic victory” and said it was “a document of pride for the nation against global coercion.” Parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said, “Thanks to historical resistance, Iran has taken a big step toward final victory.”
Iran’s ambassador in Islamabad, Pakistan, which mediated between the sides, joined the celebrations and said, “All of Pakistan is proud of the victories of the Iranian people,” after receiving congratulations in the Pakistani parliament. Former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who served from 2013 to 2021, urged “solidarity and national support to cement the great victory.” All of these remarks came from the official IRNA news agency.
The article also describes how different Iranian and opposition-aligned outlets framed the deal. A media-monitoring site run by Amitai Cohen translates and aggregates news from Persian and Western sources, allowing readers to compare pro-regime media, exiled opposition outlets, and coverage from Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Iranian outlets quoted former prime minister Naftali Bennett as saying he had a plan to bring down the Iranian regime, while assessing it as a pre-election move.
Other Iranian coverage highlighted inconsistencies in U.S. statements about when sanctions would be lifted, with one report saying the embargo should end this coming Friday. Tasnim, which is tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, stressed that the negotiations would not cross the red lines set by the supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, whose condition remains unclear after he was wounded in the attack that killed his father, former supreme leader Ali Khamenei. The agency also suggested Trump had “left Israel alone without an answer.”
By contrast, Iran International emphasized Trump’s statement that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would be free, without fees from Iran or Oman, and also quoted Ghalibaf’s “big step toward final victory” remark. It cited a senior U.S. official saying Oman was removed as mediator because of a “double-faced approach” during the talks, claiming, “They acted almost like employees of the Iranians in the way they manipulated things, so we kind of threw them out of the process.” The report also quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Iran will not obtain nuclear weapons, with or without a deal.
