Farsi news channels are widely circulating a statement from an unnamed former US Congressman and Trump supporter who strongly criticized American military involvement in the recent escalation with Iran.
In the wake of the March 16 joint US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks on American bases in the Gulf, Farsi-language news channels are highlighting domestic American opposition to the conflict. The channels have prominently featured a statement from an unnamed "former Congressman and Trump supporter" who sharply criticized the US administration's military involvement.
خبرفوری ࡆ اخبارفوری مذاکره ࡆ جنگ فوری, a breaking news and conflict-focused Iranian channel, shared a translated tweet expressing deep frustration with Donald Trump's foreign policy. According to the channel, the unnamed politician stated, "This is what we thought MAGA was going to put an end to. We believed Trump would end it because he told us he would."Highlighting a sense of betrayal among elements of Trump's political base regarding his alignment with Israel during the recent Middle East escalation, the former representative renounced the current trajectory of the movement. "This is the new MAGA of Trump and I don't want to have any connection with it," the quote reads.
The widely circulated post concluded with a dire warning regarding the safety of deployed American forces, urging followers to "Pray for our soldiers, because Trump is sacrificing them for Israel."
This identical messaging was echoed by اخبارفوری خبرفوری جنگ امریکا فوری and the IRGC-aligned کانال اخبار سپاه پاسداران 🏴 (IRGC News Channel), underscoring a concerted effort by Iranian media to emphasize internal US political fractures over the ongoing war.
The source messages do not identify the specific former US Congressman who authored the tweet. The Farsi channels appear to be leveraging American domestic political divides to emphasize opposition to the recent US-Israeli strikes on Iran.