SAEDNEWS: While those who praised negotiating with the United States claimed partnership with Trump and attracting two thousand billion dollars in investment through this, investigations show that Trump was seeking to extort countries and bring their capital to America.
According to Saeed News, Kayhan newspaper wrote in its special news column:
The United States is grappling with tens of trillions of dollars in budget deficits and massive debt. Therefore, instead of investing in other countries, Trump pressures his closest allies, partners, and subordinate countries through tariffs and other threats to invest in the U.S.
He announced yesterday that Japan will invest $550 billion in the U.S. according to an agreement. A few months ago, during his visit to three Gulf countries, Trump forced them to transfer several trillion dollars to the U.S. under the name of investment, despite the fact that Saudi Arabia itself is facing severe budget deficits.
Given these facts, it is crucial to investigate why, two months ago, individuals such as Elyas Hazrati and Fayyaz Zahed (head and member of the government's information council) along with Hossein Marashi (Secretary-General of the Executives of Construction Party) falsely claimed an imminent agreement with the U.S., economic partnership, and the attraction of $1,000 to $2,500 billion in investment to Iran.
On April 10, 2025, Hazrati said: “We are going to negotiate to remove the scourge of war from the country and region... A few months ago, when Mr. Pezeshkian became president, the country was on the brink of war; but today, the discussion is about dialogue and negotiation. This action took place with Mr. Pezeshkian’s presence... We have defined two thousand billion dollars worth of projects in the country and want to negotiate to facilitate the entry of investors into the country.”
However, recently he claimed about the negotiation process:
“We came back and restarted talks with the U.S. despite all the uncertainty and distrust we had. We knew that promises would be made whose substance was unclear, how much they would be implemented, or even possible; we had doubts about them. We were distrustful and kept saying so in meetings... We went up to the fifth round of talks. In the middle of talks, just as the sixth phase was about to start, they began attacking. When you are entering negotiations, attacks don’t make sense. Mr. Whitakoff told Mr. Araqchi several times that we warned Israel, and they can’t take a step without our permission, so don’t worry. But they attacked anyway. It became clear that Israel and the U.S. are working together. We knew they were in cahoots.”
Now it must be examined in what dark corner and with what purpose the unrealistic rhetoric of attracting $1,000 to $2,500 billion in foreign investment through an imminent agreement with the U.S. was fabricated and propagated — especially at a time when Trump and Netanyahu were finalizing military operation plans and using negotiations as a cover to surprise Iran.
The front page of Etemad newspaper during those weeks was filled with misleading headlines such as:
“Breaking the taboo of negotiation, first round of diplomacy; $2 trillion investment helps the deal with the U.S.”,
“Meeting with negotiation mediator,”
“Pezeshkian’s manifesto in negotiation,”
“New negotiation table,”
“Time to untangle negotiations,” and so on.
It is worth recalling that when the JCPOA was being promoted, the same faction claimed that the agreement would bring $200 billion in foreign investment to Iran (while in reality, even $5 billion was not attracted, marking one of the lowest foreign investment records during Rouhani’s administration). Yet this same faction, with ten times the previous exaggeration, claimed during recent negotiations that $2 trillion in foreign investment was on the way to Iran.
It should be noted that Trump said in Riyadh:
“I will never forget your generosity. Bin Salman is an extraordinary man... Saudi Arabia will invest over one trillion dollars in the U.S....”
He also said:
“In the United States, we are probably talking about creating about two million jobs as a result of this visit. So first, I enjoy meeting you, and secondly, we have brought massive investment to the U.S.”
At the same time, The New York Times reported that Saudi Arabia is currently facing a severe budget deficit due to Bin Salman’s ambitious projects, and with falling oil prices, this deficit is expected to reach $70 billion.
