Iranian state television

IRIB is Iran's state broadcaster, controlled by the government and the main domestic source for official statements, casualty tolls and negotiating positions. Independent verification of its figures is rarely possible; outside reporting on the war treats IRIB output as the government's own framing rather than neutral fact.

Through the conflict IRIB has repeatedly carried competing narratives for different audiences. On 10 April, three days into the Ceasefire, it described the outcome as a "historic and crushing defeat" of the United States even as an internet blackout kept citizens from reading the actual terms. On 27 May it aired draft MOU language favourable to Tehran that the White House called fabricated, part of a pattern of publishing terms first and forcing Washington into a public denial.

IRIB also functions as the announcement channel for Iran's parallel military commands. Its 18 July report that the regular army's Saeqeh campaign, distinct from the Revolutionary Guard's own operations, had reached its 14th and 15th stages against bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain illustrates how Tehran uses state media to number and publicise each command's strikes separately.