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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

Iran Rejects Trump's Peace Announcement Hours After He Made It: 'Incomplete and Inconsistent With Reality'

Iran's state-affiliated media flatly rejected Donald Trump's claim that a peace deal ending the US-Iran war had been 'largely negotiated,' calling his announcement hours old and factually wrong.

The rebuttal came via Fars news agency, which is affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The agency dismissed Trump's Truth Social post of 23 May 2026 as 'incomplete and inconsistent with reality,' and said the Strait of Hormuz would remain under Iranian control according to the latest text exchanged between the two countries.

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