Iran’s regime spins nuclear and Strait of Hormuz deal with Trump as victory over US, Israel

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s state-controlled media is promoting nan memorandum of knowing pinch nan U.S. to re-open nan Strait of Hormuz and reside Tehran’s illicit atomic weapons programme arsenic its triumph complete nan U.S. and Israel.

The awesome negotiated breakthrough, known arsenic by its initials MOU, is slated to beryllium sealed astatine a signing ceremonial connected June 19 successful Switzerland. Iranian state-controlled TV boasted that nan "U.S. is forced to motion statement to extremity nan war."

The State Department has classified Iran arsenic nan world’s worst state-sponsor of coercion and its state-controlled media servants of nan state is notorious, according to Iran experts, for spreading anti-U.S. propoganda.

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A female walks past a advertisement showing a subject manus holding nan Strait of Hormuz pinch Farsi matter which reads, "In Iran's hands forever," "Trump couldn't do a damn thing," "The power of Strait of Hormuz will beryllium Iran's forever," successful Vanak Square, successful bluish Tehran, Iran, connected April 16, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said, according to nan country's Tasnim News Agency, "This memorandum does not mean trusting nan enemy; it has been written pinch progressive distrust. We will show nan implementation of U.S. commitments." 

Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that nan nation’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, "emphasized that nationalist cohesion and nan progressive beingness of nan group service arsenic important superior and a superior pillar of Iran’s negotiated authority."

Araghchi said, according to IRNA," that nan existent image of Iran’s powerfulness connected nan world shape stems not only from its military capabilities but besides from nationalist cohesion, resilience, and nan progressive engagement of its people."

Members of information forces watch complete nan crowd during a ceremonial convoy held for IRGC Navy Chief Alireza Tangsiri, alongside different elder naval commanders and their families who were killed successful US-Israeli strikes successful precocious March, connected April 1, 2026 successful Tehran, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Tehran's apical diplomat stated that the,"Iranian federation achieved not only tactical victories during nan 12-day imposed warfare successful June past twelvemonth and nan caller war, but besides important strategical accomplishments whose effect tin beryllium observed successful some location and world equations."

President Trump announced immoderate of nan elements of nan MOU connected Sunday. He wrote connected societal media. "The Deal pinch nan Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete." He noted that "I hereby afloat authorize nan toll free opening of nan Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize nan contiguous removal of nan United States Naval blockade. Ships of nan World, commencement your engines. Let nan lipid flow!"

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There are further components of nan MOU that person not been confirmed, including nan timetable for sanctions relief and nan extremity of Iran’s enrichment of uranium for nan building of atomic weapons.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said successful a Sunday connection that each subject operations crossed aggregate fronts, including those successful Lebanon, will cease "immediately and permanently" starting Sunday night.

A female is seen holding an Iranian emblem during a belief ceremonial during Eid al-Adha connected May 26, 2026 successful Qom, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Lisa Daftari, nan laminitis and editor-in-chief of The Foreign Desk told Fox News Digital that, "Inside Iran, authorities media is trading this arsenic a victory, not a compromise. The connection connected Iranian tv is that a ‘strong and proud’ Islamic Republic has forced Washington to admit its power complete nan Strait of Hormuz and to easiness subject pressure, while Tehran supposedly gives up very small successful return."

Daftari, a starring master connected nan Islamic Republic, added "The Islamic Republic’s very DNA is built connected delay, deceit and deniability. Every statement it has signed has been treated arsenic a tactical region connected nan measurement to much missiles, much proxies and much leverage, not a existent alteration successful behavior. So while it’s important to publication nan good people of this caller deal, it’s moreover much important to retrieve who is signing it. A strategy that survives by holding deadly weapons complete its neighbors and by lying to its ain group is not abruptly going to go a trustworthy partner."

She concluded, "The Trump management should presume from time 1 that Tehran will trial each loophole, hide each capacity it can, and resume its atomic program, amass its drones and missiles, money its deadly proxies while continuing to torture nan Iranian group astatine home."

A advertisement showing a image of nan precocious Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looms complete an quiet quadrate successful Tehran, Iran, connected March 5, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)

Vice President JD Vance told Fox News' "The Big Weekend Show" Sunday that "I deliberation it's a large infinitesimal for nan United States of America. Thanks, of course, to nan President's activity and nan difficult activity of nan full team. Three things that I deliberation are important for nan American group conscionable to admit astir what this woody does for each of america arsenic Americans."

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He stressed that" Number one, this is nan contiguous opening of nan straits of Hormuz and, of course, nan lifting of nan naval blockade that we've had connected Iran on pinch it. The number 2 point that it intends is that Iran will ne'er person a atomic limb and not conscionable prosecute a atomic limb for procure aliases effort to bargain a atomic limb arsenic well."

Cameron Khansarinia, nan main of unit for Reza Pahlavi, nan leader of nan Iranian antiauthoritarian guidance and exiled erstwhile crown prince of Iran, wrote connected x: "Deal aliases nary deal, nan group of Iran will not extremity nan conflict for freedom. Iran’s early has ever been for Iranians for determine. And they will. With aliases without help, Iranians will topple nan Islamic Republic. The conflict continues. Prince Reza Pahlavi will lead Iran to freedom." 

An Iranian emblem is placed amid rubble adjacent to a destroyed residential building adjacent Ferdowsi Square successful Tehran connected March 3, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

Another starring Iranian guidance group's leader, Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of nan National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said successful a connection that, "The Iranian Resistance, which for astir 5 decades has sought state and peace, welcomes immoderate knowing to extremity nan warfare and nan suffering of nan Iranian people. In Iran, nary 1 isolated from nan remnants of nan mullahs and nan Shah has wanted aliases wants war."

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She added that "The effort to nutrient atomic weapons, warmongering, and meddling successful nan countries of nan region are portion of nan endurance strategy of nan belief fascism ruling Iran, and it will not wantonness them arsenic agelong arsenic it can. War is this regime’s shield against celebrated uprisings, while bid and a ceasefire are, arsenic Khomeini put it, for illustration "poison" for it. The overthrow of nan authorities is nan work of nan Iranian group and their organized Resistance. I reiterate erstwhile again that immoderate world statement to extremity nan warfare must see an extremity to nan execution of governmental prisoners and nan sidesplitting of protesters."