Iranian officials accuse the United States of “manufacturing fake news about imaginary talks” in connection with efforts to end the wider conflict. In posts on X, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, criticises what he describes as U.S. claims about talks and argues that Washington is mismanaging the situation.
Both outlets tie the accusations to the broader discussion of potential negotiations. The Hill adds that President Donald Trump downplays the likelihood of renewed strikes amid talks involving Qatar, placing the dispute in a context of shifting military and diplomatic signals. Middle East Eye emphasises Rezaei’s characterisation of the U.S. government as “wrecked” by the war and includes his call for the U.S. to accept what Iran calls a “West Asian new order” and to respond to Iran’s seven conditions set out in a June interim agreement.
While the overall message is consistent—Iran disputes the credibility and purpose of U.S.-linked “imaginary talks”—the outlets differ in focus, with one foregrounding Trump’s assessment and the other foregrounding Rezaei’s language about U.S. decline and Iran’s stated conditions.
