ShareThe Trump administration denounced CNN on Thursday for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader’s public statement, the second time in three days that he’s targeted the network for reporting on how the regime is responding to the American attacks. Burnett asked Mousavian what he had been hearing about the Iranian government’s interest in having talks with the United States. “Ever notice how CNN just regurgitates quotes and unverified information from Iranian terrorists?” Cheung wrote on X. It’s not the job of government leaders to pick apart what CNN is reporting, she said. “We’ve always faced this,” she said, about when reporters interview leaders or other figures hostile to American interests.

Source: CNN March 13, 2026 05:37 UTC