Tehran’s state media moved quickly to frame the halt of Operation Prosperity Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz as an American humiliation. ISNA, the Iranian state news agency, characterized Trump’s announcement as an “American failure to achieve their objectives in the project,” attributing the reversal to “firm positions and warnings from Iran.” Tasnim, the news agency affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was more blunt: it posted on X simply, “Trump retreats.”