Trump's Peace Deal May Not Stop Iran Casting America as the Enemy

An agreement has been signed between the US and Iran, officially ending their protracted war and offering a collective sigh of relief to global economies. The deal, however, has been met with starkly different reactions domestically within Iran.

While the international community and many Iranians may welcome the cessation of hostilities, hardline supporters of the regime in Tehran have mobilized against the country's negotiators. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf faced protests, with videos circulating on social media showing demonstrators chanting slogans against them.

Some protesters went as far as to burn effigies of Iranian officials alongside images of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This faction views any cooperation with the US as a shameful capitulation, a message reinforced by clerical leaders for decades. The religiously conservative segment of the population remains deeply entrenched in an anti-American stance.

Analysts suggest that the US's long-standing portrayal as Tehran's enemy is a crucial element of the image Iran's government projects to its people. A peace deal could complicate this narrative, potentially challenging the established anti-US propaganda that permeates the country, from giant billboards to the "US Den of Espionage Museum" and even sermons during Friday prayers.

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His disgraceful death will be delivered by one of [sex offender Jeffrey] Epstein's own victims, inshallah. Let me tell the American people and their elites, with this lunatic in charge, your superpower downfall is coming faster than you think.