Iran's Mizan news agency, affiliated with the judiciary, issued a rare official denial Friday of a widespread rumor that authorities had banned anti-American chants or flag burning following the signing of the US-Iran agreement. The agency stated the rumor, which gained millions of views on social media, originated from a satirical tweet and is entirely false, reaffirming that anti-Western incitement remains official state policy.
Iran's judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency on Friday issued an unusual official denial of a widespread rumor on Persian-language social media that authorities had banned chants of 'Death to America' or the burning of American flags following the signing of the US-Iran understanding. The rumor, which accumulated at least seven million views on two Instagram pages alone, was described by Mizan as entirely baseless, originating from a satirical tweet by a human rights activist that was taken out of context. The agency reaffirmed that anti-American incitement remains an integral and official policy of the Islamic Republic, enshrined in the education system and state media.
As The Zioneer previously reported, on June 23 an Iranian state TV host claimed such chants had been banned under US-Iran understandings. The new denial from the judiciary effectively retracts that claim, clarifying that no such directive has ever been issued. The episode highlights the friction between unofficial speculation about diplomatic shifts and the regime's continued official stance of hostility toward the United States. No further statements from Iranian executive or military branches have been published.
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