Iranian Parliament Speaker Hits Back at Trump’s Fake News

24 August 2026 8:26 PM

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Speaker of Iranian Parliament. Social Media/ WANA News Agency

WANA (Aug 24) – Following Trump’s post and the publication of false news about Dr. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, the Media Center of the Iranian Parliament issued a statement. The full text of the statement is as follows:

The liar US president, whose number of false statements has been estimated at 32,000, once again is trying to cover up his military failures and restore his reputation in the eyes of the American people and the world public opinion by fabricating news and playing dirty media games. By openly publishing a false statement about the words of the Iranian parliament Speaker on his personal page, the US President continues spreading lies to get rid of the crisis he himself has created. He always tries to cover up his failures by lying and playing psychological games.

Although the world’s public opinion is familiar with Trump’s baseless claims and lies and does not attach importance to them, the full video of Dr. Qalibaf’s speech has been released to respect public opinion.

Iranian Parliament Speaker emphasized in a gathering of Iranian and Iraqi economic activists that the two countries should have a plan to win the economic war and defeat the sanctions by helping each other.

He also stressed that the Americans were defeated in the military war with the power of Iran and Iraq, and that is why they have resorted to cognitive and economic warfare. He clarified that overcoming the sanctions has a solution and a way out, and economic activists are the commanders of this economic war because just as we must maintain our honor and dignity against the enemy at any cost, you economic commanders must also maintain the honor and dignity of the people by solving economic problems and overcoming sanctions.

He further noted that the duty of governments is also to remove obstacles and facilitate the work of economic commanders. Qalibaf also added that security is more important than the economy because security is the cornerstone of the economy.

He said that we won the war, and now it is the turn of the economic commanders of the two countries to prevent the enemy from winning the economic war by overcoming sanctions and helping each other, and to this end, a clear roadmap should be prepared.

Using national currencies for trade, trusting the private sector and effective financial turnover with attention to their activities and motivation, strengthening bilateral relations between two countries based on common historical and civilizational issues, exchanging and interacting with aligned countries, paying attention to domestic resources, planning for the proper use of land and sea border points, using modern commercial tools and moving away from traditional methods, etc. were among the points raised by Dr. Qalibaf to economic activists in the meeting.

He also reminded the economic activists that no matter how powerful militarily we are, if people are hungry and we do not have financial turnover, economic growth, and national production, we will not survive.

He generally emphasizes the necessity of economic development alongside military power, and at the same time encourages economic activists in both countries, Iran and Iraq, for investment and development. What he says is clearly different from directly admitting that “now we are hungry, so we cannot survive.”

Lying, distorting reality, and resorting to fake news are among the methods that the enemy, particularly the delusional US President, uses to gain media attention.

By playing in Netanyahu’s game and resorting to false news, Trump has already dragged the US foreign policy into crisis, inflicted heavy damage on the country’s economy, including unprecedented inflation and high fuel prices by waging war against Iran, and stained his hands with the blood of innocent people of Iran and their Martyred Leader.

Despite Trump’s claims that he has defeated Iran, reopened the Strait of Hormuz, and destroyed the Iranian Navy, the world is witnessing that the opening of the Strait of Hormuz has become a dream for world transportation, even though it was open before Trump’s third war against Iran.

The countries of the region, which were supposed to be provided with security by US military bases, are now struggling to end the war and resort to regional agreements to maintain their security.

They say to their citizens that the US bases not only have not secured their interests but also have endangered their economy and brought insecurity to them.

The full video of Dr. Qalibaf’s meeting is available to the public, and the clear difference between the actual text of his speech and the false headlines of fake news is another scandal for the US President’s disinformation campaigns.

This is the clear reality: Iran is not only not in a position of weakness, but also has the upper hand. Trump must understand that tweeting fake news will not change the harsh realities of the region and the new order that is being formed by the power of the Islamic Republic. And as Dr. Ghalibaf emphasized in the aforementioned meeting, Trump’s illusory wish will not come true with wordplay, and the soldiers of Iran’s economic war, like Iran’s powerful military forces, will once again defeat and disgrace him.