Iran’s state media has ridiculed US President Donald Trump’s claim that the US was close to a deal with Iran, which would give the US free oil and independence of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s government channel Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) shared a video of Trump’s conversation with the media on its official X account and claimed that the American leader is building castles in the air. IRIB also shared a Persian proverb, “A camel dreams of a cotton seed, sometimes swallows it, sometimes eats it piece by piece.”

Building castles in the air!

Or in Persian we have a similar proverb:
‘The camel dreams of cottonseed; sometimes gulping it down, sometimes eating it grain by grain!’

cotton seeds in the dream
Ghee Liplap Eat Ghee Grain Grain pic.twitter.com/HA15h1aQVU

— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) April 16, 2026

This proverb is often used to describe a person whose wishes or dreams are far from reality and are unlikely to be fulfilled. In the past, Iran’s last supreme leader Ali Khamenei had also used it to make fun of Trump. Khamenei was killed in the American-Israeli attack on Iran on 28 February.

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