Iranian outlet says Trump and Netanyahu staged a deception before the strike

The Iranian site Raja News, which is identified with intelligence figures in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the wave of reports about a dispute between U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the attack on Iran was part of a coordinated deception designed to lull Tehran and lower its alert level.

According to the report, the media space was flooded last night with stories that made it seem the Israeli strike had been canceled or at least postponed. Raja News cited reports of Trump opposing the move, quotes saying, "the decision is mine," and Israeli reports suggesting Netanyahu was considering holding back and ready to delay action.

The outlet said these were all part of a "big lie" and a "tactical deception." It argued that the pre-dawn strike on targets in Iran showed the claims of a split between Washington and Jerusalem did not reflect a real disagreement, but were meant to create a false sense of security in Tehran.

Raja News described the operation as a classic "good cop, bad cop" exercise, with Trump playing the "good cop" by calming the scene and presenting himself as restraining Israel, while Netanyahu worked quietly under a cover of complacency until the attack was carried out. The site also criticized Iranian reformist media for quickly adopting the narrative of a sharp U.S.-Israel divide, saying they became "infantry of the enemy in the war of perception." In its conclusion, it said the strike again proved that Israel and the United States act in full coordination against Iran, adding, "The United States and Israel are two sides of the same coin."