Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Americans and people across the West Asia region are fed up with Israel’s role in dragging successive US administrations into “forever wars.” In a post on his X account on Monday, Araghchi said US President Donald Trump clearly recognized that the vast majority of Americans were “disgusted with Israel,” but appeared confused about the reasons behind the sentiment. “Americans are evidently sick and tired of Israel bamboozling US administrations into Forever Wars,” he wrote.
The region was equally exhausted by the prolonged conflicts, the top Iranian diplomat emphasized. POTUS clearly recognizes that the vast majority of Americans are disgusted with Israel. Strikingly, he seems confused about why that's the case. — Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) November 9, 2026 Americans are evidently sick and tired of Israel bamboozling US administrations into Forever Wars. They had enough. So has our region. pic.twitter.com/3vihdkqiP7 Araghchi’s post comes in response to earlier remarks by the US president, who said in an interview with CBS News’ 60 Minutes on Sunday that a “great dislike” for Israel, public opposition to the war against Iran, and rising gasoline prices were the main reasons Republicans suffered sweeping losses in last week’s midterm elections.
Despite acknowledging the political costs of the war, Trump defended his decision to attack Iran, saying he would make the same choice again. He claimed the US had won the war and that Tehran was interested in reaching an agreement. Democrats secured control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in Tuesday's elections, dealing a major setback to Trump's administration. The United States and the Israeli regime waged their first illegal war against Iran, which lasted 12 days, in June 2025.
Their second aggression began on February 28, 2026, and came to a halt in early April after 40 days. In both wars, Iran’s resistance and decisive retaliatory operations forced the aggressors to accept a ceasefire. Iran has also maintained a tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz since the early days of the second imposed war amid acts of mischief by Washington in the region.
Press TV reports Abbas Araghchi's X post on Trump's midterm remarks with his words attributed throughout. In its closing background paragraphs it switches to its own voice and states contested claims as fact: that the June 2025 war was illegal, and that Iran's operations forced the 'aggressors' into a ceasefire, though its own S9 reports Trump's claim that the US won. It also uses loaded words such as 'the Israeli regime' and 'acts of mischief' in its own narration.
States one side's claim as fact
Serious
“Iran’s resistance and decisive retaliatory operations forced the aggressors to accept a ceasefire”
Why this matters
Press TV states in its own voice that Iran's operations 'forced' the US and Israel to accept a ceasefire in both wars.
The impression it gives
The reader comes away believing it is settled that Iran compelled both ceasefires.
The context
Who ended the wars and on whose terms is contested. The article itself reports that Trump says the US won. Press TV gives Iran's account as fact and leaves Trump's as a claim.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“He claimed the US had won the war”
Press TV calls the June 2025 war 'illegal' in its own voice, with no court, body or official named as the source of that judgement.
The impression it gives
The reader takes the war's illegality as an established legal finding.
The context
Nothing in the article attributes the legal judgement to anyone. It is the outlet's assertion, and it should have been credited to Iranian officials or to a named legal authority.
How we know
Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “court”.