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Hours after US President Donald Trump claimed Washington was close to sealing a deal with Iran that would ensure “free oil and free Strait of Hormuz,” Iran’s state media hit back, mocking the remarks.

Iran’s state broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), in a post on X, shared a clip of Trump’s statement and said the US leader was “building castles in the air.”

The broadcaster also posted a Persian proverb, “The camel dreams of cottonseed, sometimes gulping it down, sometimes eating it grain by grain,” it said, a phrase commonly used to describe unrealistic expectations. The saying has earlier been used by Iran’s Late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to take a swipe at Trump.

'Very Close' To Peace Deal: Trump

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Washington and Tehran were “very close” to a peace deal and insisted that Iran had agreed to hand over its enriched uranium, a key sticking point in negotiations.

Trump claimed that, “there's a very good chance we're going to make a deal” with Tehran.

He also expressed confidence that the talks were progressing well and hinted that a breakthrough could come soon.

"I think we have a very successful negotiation going on right now," he said.

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"If it happens, it'll be announced fairly soon, and that'll give us free oil, free Hormuz Strait, everything will be nice. And I think your oil price will go down to lower than what it was before."

Trump’s comments came after Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir met Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Tehran, as part of Islamabad’s efforts to mediate between Washington and Tehran. Ghalibaf led Iran’s delegation in the first round of talks last week, which ended without a deal.

The US has maintained that any agreement must permanently prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, even as Tehran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.

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According to reports by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, Washington has proposed a 20-year freeze on Iran’s uranium enrichment. However, Tehran has indicated it is willing to pause enrichment only for five years.

Earlier proposals from Iran to suspend enrichment for up to five years were rejected by the Trump administration, which pushed for a longer-term commitment amid concerns over potential nuclear weapons development.

Iran, however, has repeatedly denied pursuing nuclear weapons, maintaining that its nuclear programme is strictly for peaceful and civilian purposes.


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