IRGC says Trump trapped in self-made Iran quagmire

In a statement marking the anniversary of the 1998 martyrdom of Iranian journalist Mahmoud Saremi, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that the United States and the Israeli regime had failed to achieve their objectives in the second and third wars against Iran, despite all their military and media efforts.

The statement noted that world media, acknowledging Washington's failure to overcome the Islamic Republic, now clearly speak of Trump's 'defeat' and 'self-made trap' in the war. It said the war had exposed new dimensions of America's 'strategic dead end, rifts in the ranks of its Western allies and the manifest decline of its hegemony.'

The IRGC added that the ceasefire agreement was in fact a 'document of America's surrender to the realities on the ground and Iran's negotiating power.' The statement praised journalists who covered the war under fire, saying their work in countering enemy psychological operations and misinformation was an inseparable part of the 'honourable history' of this period.

According to Mehr News Agency (MNA), the IRGC's statement was issued on the anniversary of the martyrdom of Mahmoud Saremi, a journalist who was killed in 1998. The statement reflects the IRGC's assessment of the recent conflicts between Iran and the US-led coalition.