Late night host Bill Maher on Friday rebuked President Trump's comments about the U.S.'s military operations against Iran, after initially backing the strikes.
"The problem is he keeps saying we won, and we didn't. We didn't,"
the comedian said during his Friday show "Real Time."
"Hormuz is not open," he continued, referring to the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil-trading waterway that has been effectively closed during the conflict.
"The people did not do an uprising," Maher continued. "The regime is still in place. We did not win. Sorry."
Trump has touted his administration's strikes against Tehran, claiming the military operations have effected "regime change" in the country.
Initial joint strikes from Israel and the U.S. at the end of February killed Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and severely wounded his son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei.
"They're all dead. The next regime is mostly dead,"
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One a day after this initial strike.
"It's a whole different group of people. So I would consider that regime change,"
he added.
In the aftermath of the joint military operation's launch, the president urged the Iranian people to stage an uprising against their country's regime. Tehran's paramilitary force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, led a bloody crackdown on civilian protests in the country that began at the end of last year.
"And in social media, he keeps rubbing their noses in the victory we don't have," Maher said. "Every day he tweets out stuff that's inflammatory and contradictory, all these bull -- - claims. I gotta say, you can say what you want about his negotiating tactics. One tactic you can't get him on is the silent treatment."
This week, the president announced an indefinite extension to a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran, amid negotiations between the two sides. Pakistan is mediating these ongoing talks.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Friday that special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, were traveling to Islamabad on Saturday to take part in "direct" talks with Iranian officials.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei disputed the notion of face-to-face talks.
"No meeting is planned to take place between Iran and the U.S. Iran's observations would be conveyed to Pakistan,"
Baqaei wrote in a social media post Friday afternoon.
Iranian media reported on Saturday morning that Tehran's delegation had departed Islamabad after meeting with Pakistani officials.
The Hill has reached out to the White House for clarification.