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News & Current Events Apr 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM

Iranian state media slams Foreign Minister Araghchi's Hormuz opening tweet, say it let US claim victory

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State media slam Araghchi's Hormuz tweet, say it let Trump claim victory
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State media slam Araghchi's Hormuz tweet, say it let Trump claim victory
Iran's state media issued rare and sharply worded criticism of Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the negotiating team after he declared the reopening of Hormuz Strait on X, saying the move created confusion and gave Trump an opening to claim victory.

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pisteoffpvalue 1 day ago +83
Totally stable Iranian state with no fractures.
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gayphilantropist 1 day ago +19
During times like this, is where ruthless dogs make their millions. Same thing happened in the Soviet Union, once the government fell, Gangsters became the govt. If I am some sketchy person in Iran, and I have the resemblance of authority, I am only thinking about myself, and how to scam, steal, and extort money by all means necessary.
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Juano_Guano 1 day ago -10
Sounds like the US.
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Public-Position7711 1 day ago +13
Relax there, Xi.
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Juano_Guano 1 day ago -6
What gave you the impression I wasn't relaxed?
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Public-Position7711 1 day ago +8
Because you’re Chinese and you play jokes.
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Being-Common 21 hr ago +1
[ Removed by Listnook ]
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Juano_Guano 1 day ago -8
Oh.... Interesting. I am not, but I love your certainty. It what gets our country in trouble.
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Public-Position7711 1 day ago +2
Why is China in trouble? You guys are doing great! Kudos.
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Juano_Guano 1 day ago
Why do you think I’m Chinese? I was born and raised in California… for real.
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Public-Position7711 23 hr ago +1
Explains a lot.
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gayphilantropist 1 day ago +1
Your unhinged take.
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Juano_Guano 1 day ago +1
If you're divorced from the transformation of the US for the last 40 years it might seem unhinged... but it seems to be pretty spot on.
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gayphilantropist 20 hr ago +1
Some grass touching is in order.
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Juano_Guano 20 hr ago +1
Word.
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gayphilantropist 20 hr ago +2
I encourage you to leave the US, I'm afraid it's too dangerous for your rights.
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gayphilantropist 1 day ago +3
Yes. US and Iran are analogous. Slam dunk.
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Juano_Guano 1 day ago -2
They kind of are: theocratic government, oligarchs controlling economy, media companies friendly to state messages, bureaucrats that enrich themselves at the cost of their nation's population... There is a lot in common between the two countries in 2026.
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gayphilantropist 1 day ago +3
There's a lot in common between airplanes and birds too. Stop spewing regurgitated listnook gibberish.
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Juano_Guano 1 day ago +1
OK now we're just getting silly. I wasn't comparing a machine to an animal... I was comparing two countries that have more in common than most would tend to believe.
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gayphilantropist 22 hr ago +1
A bird and a plane have more in common than most would tend to believe.
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Juano_Guano 21 hr ago +1
They do, but your comparison wasn’t relevant.
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gayphilantropist 20 hr ago +1
Neither was yours, that's the whole point.
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Zealousideal_Yak_671 1 day ago -8
 If I am some sketchy person in US, and I have the resemblance of authority, I am only thinking about myself, and how to scam, steal, and extort money by all means necessary. Ah I get it.
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Extension-Toe-7027 1 day ago +1
You can try winning the house in a few months that is a recourse that might aliviate part of the Madness, advantages of democracy.
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feral0101 1 day ago +7
I mean, it’s not like we’re not getting constantly conflicting statements from the US either
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Taxing 1 day ago +12
Yeah! Whatabout that!
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pisteoffpvalue 1 day ago +12
At least ours are from the same person.
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feral0101 1 day ago +17
Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Rubio, and Leavitt are constantly contradicting each other
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Swimming_Rock_8536 1 day ago -2
Im mocking the gentleman above me
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gayphilantropist 1 day ago -1
It’s like hydra, one body, many heads. But they’re the same entity lol
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p_pio 1 day ago +7
2 days ago Bessent assured there won't be any further extemptions fur russian oil. Today Treasurie announced that sanctions relief will hold for another month. Departament literally acted in opposite way to what Secretary was declaring.
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Swimming_Rock_8536 1 day ago -2
Gold star for USA. All our bullshit is spouted from the same deranged mouth.
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SawToothKernel 1 day ago +4
I was thinking they're surprisingly cohesive given the amount of bombs dropped on them over the last 6 weeks.
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PolygonMan 22 hr ago
Considering all their leaders were murdered, they're doing pretty good. Is this some kind of gotcha? As long as they maintain the requisite command structure to fire on vessels in the Strait and demand more concessions, they're on track. The fact that America kept their blockade active was more than enough justification to keep the Strait closed. A ceasefire with the blockade active isn't much of a ceasefire. Trump himself kept pushing for the Strait to open fully. If Trump decides that Iran needs to be punished by blocking their ships then everyone is going to understand that Trump is the one sabotaging diplomatic efforts.  From my perspective it's pretty clear that Trump is set on escalating at this point. He understands he can't actually get a good propaganda outcome from exiting right now, and his only remaining path is escalation in the hopes he can find a better exit.
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Weak-Subject9376 21 hr ago -1
I mean, you're looking at this through the lens of someone w/o understanding of the middle east. You assume the media can't contradict or criticize government the same way the West does, and that's not actually true. Especially not now. It is, in fact possible, for a random government official to be criticized by the media. Lol
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Virtual-History-6099 1 day ago +37
The regime doesn't know what the right hand is doing while it tears itself apart with things like its internet shutdown. 
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gayphilantropist 1 day ago +1
I wonder why the US can't just parachute a few million's worth of starlinks in Tehran.
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pisteoffpvalue 1 day ago +10
Iran is jamming it to the best of their ability.
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IntelArtiGen 1 day ago +7
They already did it, there has been articles about it. Maybe not with parachutes but there are many starlink terminals in Iran.
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Fit-Ad-835 1 day ago +4
Owning starlink is a crime in iran. Plus it's not like normal citizens to know how to set it up either.
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gayphilantropist 1 day ago +1
Revolting against a tyrannical govt is also a crime. That’s how tyranny works.
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Agreeable_Weight_160 1 day ago
Which one?
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gayphilantropist 1 day ago +28
Tons of infighting happening. Could. be good, could be bad. What is true however, is that it is difficult to negotiate with a fractured government.
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cate4d 1 day ago -6
IRGC is in control. Media criticizing FM just means he took a step without asking IRGC. IRGC is basically a group of hardliners tasked with protection of Islamic Republic. If I check all the targets struck by Israel, I see all the mildly rational people of Iran who could negotiate with IRGC, hence, the difficulty to negotiate.
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hurdurnotavailable 1 day ago +11
But who in the IRGC? Because most of their leadership has been killed. There's no one person that has the say. There's most likely several who THINK they have the say.
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Future-Ad-5901 16 hr ago +1
keep an eye on someone called Vahidi
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cate4d 23 hr ago
Not that simple. AFAIK, the new Supreme Leader is in power but he is propped up by IRGC, which has made a symbiotic relationship there. He calls the shots but it is mostly the collective will of IRGC leaders.
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hurdurnotavailable 20 hr ago +2
He's most likely not in power. The fact that there is no video or voice recording means with high certainty that he is incapacitated and only used for legitimacy.
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SHITBLAST3000 1 day ago -5
The collapse of Iran in to a civil war would put the world on edge more than a stable Iran. Imagine a state the size of Iran ending up like Yemen, terrorism in the region would spread and the strait would be continuously closed.
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gayphilantropist 1 day ago +12
The issue is, and has always been, that a “stable” iran is also an Iran that’s stressing people out with their proxy terorism. 
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Full-Fox-361 1 day ago +3
Nah Iran in civil war would actually take pressure off everyone else. It would turn into a proxy war in about 5 seconds, but the fighting would be contained to Iran, and the Strait would be completely overtaken by the West without any of the baggage we see today.
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gayphilantropist 22 hr ago +1
I would agree with one caveat, all it takes is a threat of a drone for insurance companies to stop insuring cargos through the strait.
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No_Iron_8087 1 day ago +14
Vahidi has seized effective control, there’s no doubt about this. He’s been outright rejecting Pezeshkian’s authority both publicly and in his frequent dismissal of government supported candidates — most recently he knocked back all nominees for the Intelligence Minister position. He also directly instructed Araghchi and Ghalibaf on what exactly the IRGC would need to surrender any uranium to the United States, thus clipping their wings prior to the Islamabad negotiations. It appears Araghchi’s Hormuz announcement was either premature or a move to reassert Parliamentary power. Either way it backfired and has pushed the government into a public battle for control against the IRGC. A few weeks back, when Zarif wrote the op-ed for Foreign Policy magazine, the same thing happened. Vahidi, the IRGC and the state-run media publicly denounced Zarif with some even calling for his arrest. On top of this, rumours about Khamenei’s ill-health/coma are launching many IRGC-supported conspiracy theories about whether the instructions - most notably the ceasefire instructions - are even coming from Khamenei at all. There are questions about whether Ghalibaf/Araghchi actually presented the IRGC’s ten-points to the Americans or not, and what they, personally, have to gain from all of this. For a long while now, since as far back as Rafsanjani, many in the IRGC have claimed the Reformists (and Ghalibaf, Araghchi and basically anybody who seeks a diplomatic solution between the U.S., Iran and Israel) are actually Pro-Western spies with a mass amount of wealth tied up in the United States, and it is this narrative that appears to be at the forefront of the IRGC pushback. For them it’s either war or you’re a spy. If this in-fighting continues, I believe a Vahidi-led coup will take place where he officially anoints himself leader, otherwise the country is at a stalemate.
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5p4c3c4t5 11 hr ago +1
Interesting
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Fit-Ad-835 1 day ago +7
Bit of political context for those who are unfamiliar with what's going on in iran. Basically, Iran's political scene from the start of the regime was divided into two parties. One was conservatives (Hard liners) who believe iran should stick to islamic values, get more isolated and believe in the power of "resistance and independence against the west". IRGC is made up of those. The second group is called "Eslahat" who believes the political playbook of iran should change, and they should open up the world more than before. The current president is from this group, as people have voted for his party multiple times by now in hope of iran being more moderate (the obama deal was struck when this group was in power, they got Blasted for doing so many many times) As you can guess, conservatives inside iran are made up of religious and over-religious people, and eslahat is made up of less radical and more moderate political figures. Though this has changed from 1398 (2019) protest. People now know that as long as the Hardliners are the ones holding the real power, it doesn't matter how many times you elect a moderate president, iran will never be peaceful again. You can see proof of this, as the president apologizes to gulf countries after the attack against them by IRGC, or how foreign minister says Strait is open while IRGC shoots the tankers. Although, i doubt foreign minister has done anything without informing the New supreme leader. Either the new supreme leader is having a Ben Salman moment where he wants to open up to the world unlike his father, or there is a shady deal going on behind IRGC back
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5p4c3c4t5 11 hr ago +1
Thank you
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Ultra_Metal 1 day ago +18
This is more proof that the regime is falling apart and close to collapse. It appears that the regime is divided and there is no single leader telling everyone what to do. It seems the hardliners want to kill the "moderates" for trying to negotiate with the US.
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Colbert2020 1 day ago +3
In times like this, I highly suggest you look at the facts and ignore the rhetoric. Do not be reactionary to what people say on "TruthSocial" or "X". What they say there is not policy or politics. Instead, look at what is happening. The military buildup, the strategy, the strikes. The movement of the tankers, etc. Many people on Listnook have had their brain mind's warped by the Strait of Hormuz. "It's open!" "It's closed!" "Trump said it was open!" "Trump is blockading it!" They say these things as memes of the in-cohesion and confusion but they themselves are adding to it. Suddenly all these people who didn't even know where Iran was on the map have become experts in this global shipping lane. When I saw Trump's tweet about the blockade, I looked into it. And it seemed like sensible strategy, even though he has mischaracterized it by calling it a "blockade": It would prevent Iran from exporting oil. This strategy is relatively nonviolent, low-risk, and has increasing pressure on the Iranian regime. In fact, the blockade does not include cargo vessels supplying things like food and medicine, etc. If Iran lets this blockade persist, their oil storage will fill to maximum and they'll be forced to either somehow dump their oil or turn off their pumps; both of which mean they are destroying wealth. And yet, Listnook chided it. They didn't have the facts; they just reacted to headlines. Be the change you want to see and stop reacting uncritically to headlines, clickbait and rhetoric.
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trossi 1 day ago +2
💯. All the Listnook armchair generals laughing about “blockading a blockade” when actually this was the most sensible move available.
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Colbert2020 1 day ago +3
Yeah, that was the most cringeworthy thing I've seen on Listnook in a while. All these people who couldn't point to Iran on a map in January are suddenly experts in global shipping and naval warfare.
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Stellewind 1 day ago +2
US naval blockade Iranian ships is actually the wisest move they've done in this entire conflict, they should've done this right after Iran close the strait, and the situation would have been so much different. My way of looking past the headline is look at marine traffic. For all the headlines of strait open and closed, the traffic in the strait has never fully recovered.
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AyiHutha 1 day ago +5
Foreign Minister and President of Iran don't have the power. They are just managers for the Ayatollah and the IRGC.
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Shot-Toe-2884 1 day ago +7
So Israel is going to keep pushing into Lebanon now and their ports will remain closed. IRGC has zero discipline. It’s a chicken running around with its head cut off.
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closing-the-thread 1 day ago +6
So a blue moon happened and Trump wasn’t lying this time?
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Full-Fox-361 1 day ago +8
Iran is done. The fractures are too obvious even with their total media blackout and internet shutdown. Theyre gonna tear themselves apart in the next few months. Now it's just sit back and contain it while they self destruct and pick up the pieces in the aftermath 
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Dark_World_Blues 1 day ago +4
What a pathetic state media. The demands of the ceasefire is to open the strait. There is no point of the ceasefire if the strait is still closed.
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CorrupterOfYouth 1 day ago -2
the US blockade is breaking the ceasefire. Iran waited until Israel had a ceasefire with Lebanon to "open" the strait. they were abiding to the ceasefire giving the US a chance to also abide by the ceasefire. Trump said he'd keep the blockade. they have turned around 13+ Iranian ships. so that means each side gets to choose what parts of the ceasefire to agree to. The wording by the Iranian post was greatly misleading. Open strait just had a lot of clauses from the original 10 point plan
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CaRzOonn 1 day ago +3
This looks more like messaging for internal audiences than actual policy change.
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Fortune_Fus1on 1 day ago +2
After actually reading the article I have to say the criticism is not unreasonable, Araghchi's criticism was indeed confusing. Now why would the IRGC controlled media be publicly feuding with Araghchi like this is another question
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bitchcoin5000 1 day ago +2
Minutes later, US President Donald Trump said "Iran has just announced that the Strait of Iran \[sic\] is fully open and ready for full passage." You're forgetting that President Trump has no credibility whatsoever
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pepe_acct 1 day ago +1
I just realize Iranian regime may be just as chaotic as trump… or trump is as chaotic as Iranian regime.
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waxingeloquence 15 hr ago +1
You just realized this now?
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sumregulaguy 1 day ago +1
Both US and Iran will claim victory regardless of what happens so make it quick.
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captain_adjective 1 day ago
The Speaker of the Parliament is a massive dickhole. Wish we could put him and Vance in a room with small tables and crayons and let the rest of the delegations worth things out like adults.
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Shot-Toe-2884 1 day ago +4
Vance and Aragchi might be the only literate negotiators
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Baystars2025 1 day ago
With Vance's track record only one would come out alive.
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lastpassonright 1 day ago
Almost like western media can't read English, and the original tweet from the FM mentioned passage using IRGC approved route.
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