Iran state media says country should start ‘burning’ US ceasefire agreement after Trump comments

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Iranian state media said it was “burning” the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, after U.S. strikes on the country and President Donald Trump’s declaration that the ceasefire was “over.”

Tasnim News Agency, an outlet that effectively functions as a mouthpiece for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, declared on Wednesday that the MOU was “dead,” blaming the “terrorist” Trump for its unraveling and interpreting his Wednesday remarks that he views the MOU as “over” as an announcement of its end.

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