Iranian state media brag about key concessions country claimed to secure from US in peace deal

Published June 18, 2026 12:27pm ET | Updated June 18, 2026 1:18pm ET



The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Fars News boasted that Tehran secured favorable language changes to the draft memorandum of understanding with the United States before it went public.

The MOU has been the subject of an intense public relations battle from the U.S. and Iran, as both seek to sell the deal to domestic critics. Tehran, unsurprisingly, has sought to portray the deal as a clear defeat for the U.S., one that extracted major concessions while refusing to give up any of its own. To back up its case, on Monday, Fars News claimed that Iran secured concessions from the U.S. in a few last-minute changes to the deal.

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