Trump threatens CNN over its Iran coverage moments after announcing ceasefire plan

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 07 April 2026 23:39 EDT


President Donald Trump fired off a seething threat against CNN Tuesday night in response to its reporting Iran had claimed a "great victory" over the U.S. following the president's announcement to delay his ceasefire deadline by two weeks.

Trump had originally given Iran until 8 p.m. ET Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, warning a refusal would mean a "whole civilization will die."

Around 90 minutes before that deadline, Trump and the White House released statements saying the U.S. and Iran had agreed to negotiate an end to hostilities that would include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the suspension of fighting for two weeks. Following the announcement, CNN published a post to its online live blog detailing the Iranian response.

"Iran says it has achieved a great victory and forced the United States to accept its 10-point plan, according to a statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council report by Iranian state media," the post read. Trump then lashed out on Truth Social, threatening to investigate CNN for committing "a crime" and accusing the outlet of knowingly publishing incorrect statements.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-cnn-threat-iran-ceasefire-b2953429.html

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Why the histrionic whining? It'll soon be chewed up, digested, and shat out of the Ellison family assholes. It's only a matter of time.

[Lovie777]

1. Saudi Arabia is monetary helping Ellison in buying Warner................

CNN will be bought and paid for RWers of America.

[underpants]

2. "Iran says...." that's just reporting a fact

Fox almost never leads with a THIS HAPPENED to start their stories. They start with what “some people say” or an opinion that just aired on their network or the third extrapolation of a RW influencer

[lastlib]

3. Reporting a TRUE FACT is what rankled the Cankle Guy......

He doesn't like facts he doesn't make up in his own sick mind. He's diseased that way.

[GiqueCee]

4. What a petty...

... pitiful, playground bully. To commemorate his passing, the Pantone Matching System, or PMS, should issue a sickening shade of orange, and call it "Terminal Trumpitis", and it number should be 666. The pale violet that currently has that designation could be retired, or renamed "Trump's Bruise".

[wolfie001]

5. America's march to fascism continues unabated

Thanks of course to the "SHIT 6"!!!!! Most important contributor.

[mdbl]

6. Don't worry Dump. Your corrupt FCC will handle this.

They'll approve the unlawful merger of Skydance with the rest of our media and you can have Bari Weiss do your bidding.

[republianmushroom]

7. Iran has handed trump his ass and he is

having a hard time dealing with it.

TACO Tuesday.

[underpants]

8. He was yelling from the corner he boxed himself in to

making outlandish threats. He had nowhere to go so he had to take anything Iran offer ….and they knew it.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221157517

[republianmushroom]

9. Yup

[AZJonnie]

10. So, I still haven't figured out from the numerous posts on this matter whether the story is factual

"Iran says it has achieved a great victory and forced the United States to accept its 10-point plan, according to a statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council report by Iranian state media,"

Did that actually happen, or is it made up by someone somewhere and wrongly published as fact?

I see a lot of posts rightly bashing IQ47 for trying to declare this reportage as "illegal", but what I'm not seeing is anyone addressing whether he's right in his claim that there was no such statement and/or whether it was reported on by Iranian state media.

What's the situation on the report's veracity, does anyone actually know?

[BumRushDaShow]

11. The OP article linked to CNN's "Live Updates" post

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-us-israel?post-id=cmnp8b6kb0001356sct0yez8e

In that post, CNN updated with a link to their post quoting the statements noted in an earlier post - https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-us-israel#cmnpe5czs00023b6pcs0tt456

The narrative was that their Supreme National Security Council issued the statements in English and Farsi, regarding the agreement.

Their Foreign Minister - Seyed Abbas Araghchi - actually had a Xitter post with the statement that CNN refers to in their "Live Updates". I did find it here -

Link to tweet

Seyed Abbas Araghchi
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Statement on behalf of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran:
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7:11 PM · Apr 7, 2026

And as a BONUS, that guy JUST sent out another Xitter post within the past hour -

Link to tweet

Seyed Abbas Araghchi
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The Iran–U.S. Ceasefire terms are clear and explicit: the U.S. must choose—ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both.

The world sees the massacres in Lebanon. The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments.
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1:23 PM · Apr 8, 2026

These are the English versions but I haven't gone searching for the Farsi ones.