Trump orders criminal investigation into CNN story that said Iran claimed victory

President Donald Trump said authorities are investigating a CNN report that cited Iran‘s claim of victory in its war with the United States and Israel.

The White House pointed to an article about Tuesday’s two-week ceasefire agreement on CNN’s live blog titled “Iran claims victory, says it forced US to accept 10-point plan.” The White House wrote in an X post that the article used a statement that “is a FRAUD” and asked the outlet to “Correct immediately!”

“The alleged Statement put out by CNN World News is a FRAUD, as CNN well knows. The false Statement was linked to a Fake News site (from Nigeria) and, of course, immediately picked up by CNN, and blared out as a ‘legitimate’ headline,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The CNN article said the outlet obtained the statement, in which the regime claimed victory, from Iranian officials and that multiple Iranian media outlets reported the