CNN host Jake Tapper on Wednesday rebuked Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr and President Donald Trump over their threatening claims that the outlet had published “Fake News” on the U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal.

Tapper chronicled this ordeal on “The Lead” and explained that CNN ran a statement, after Tuesday’s announcement of a two-week ceasefire, from Iran’s Supreme National Security Council that “claimed Iran had achieved victory, forcing the U.S. to accept its 10-point plan.”

“It said in part, quote, ‘The enemy and its unfair, unlawful and criminal war against the Iranian nation has suffered an undeniable, historic and crushing defeat,’ unquote,” Tapper said. “CNN reported that statement online, in real time.”

CNN then ran a second statement from Iran’s minister of foreign affairs, which Trump shared shortly after his announcement Tuesday, stating Iran would agree to a temporary ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz for two weeks if U.S. attacks stopped, noted Tapper.

He said, “But President Trump apparently did not like that first statement that we reported on, the one from Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. So at 8:01 p.m. Eastern, the president posted on Truth Social, ‘The alleged statement put out by CNN World News is a fraud.’”

Trump went on to claim in his post that the statement was “linked to a Fake News site (from Nigeria)” and that CNN knew this. He added that authorities “are looking to determine whether or not a crime was committed” on behalf of CNN or “a sick rogue player.”

“Before I go on, let me just say: None of that is true,” said Tapper. “None of that is accurate.”

Carr nonetheless reshared Trump’s post and called for “change at CNN” over its supposedly “outrageous” act of “pushing out a hoax headline,” writing: “Iran put out an official statement that simply cannot be squared with the one CNN’s false headline attributes to them.”

Trump then doubled down in yet another post and claimed CNN misled viewers by painting the council’s statement as “made up,” that it didn’t come from the Iranian government, and that the outlet “just got caught cheating – A very dangerous thing to do!”

Tapper pushed back against the slew of allegations, stating, “Here’s what actually happened.”

“Iranian officials made that first statement,” he continued. “It was reported on multiple Iranian state media outlets and by other news outlets all over the world. CNN also received the statement from specific official Iranian spokespeople who are known to us.”

Tapper added, “Chairman Carr’s attack on CNN — that, quote, ‘Iran put out an official statement that simply cannot be squared with the one CNN’s false headline attributes to them,’ unquote — is quite revealing. But it doesn’t reveal anything about CNN.”

“The Lead” host concluded that while the Iranian government “speaks out of both sides of its mouth” and the council’s statement “did not fit the messaging” that Trump might want to project, the MAGA leader had undeniably claimed “falsely” that CNN made it up.

Carr was ultimately skewered by critics far more than Trump was for his “groveling” post.