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Instagram posts
stated on October 1, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows a missile strike on Israel.

By Sofia Ahmed • October 7, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on June 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows a banner with Iran’s supreme leader displayed at the Brooklyn Museum.

By Madison Czopek • June 24, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on May 22, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:

“Revelan momentos exactos de la caída del helicóptero con el presidente de Iran abordo…”.

By Maria Briceño • May 29, 2024
Alex Jones
stated on May 20, 2024 in an X post:

“All of the satellite weather data for the day of the Iranian president’s crash has been removed.”

By Sofia Ahmed • May 24, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on April 13, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:

Video muestra “ataque aéreo de Irán contra Israel".

By Maria Briceño • April 22, 2024
Viral image
stated on April 13, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russia will support Iran if the United States attacks Iran’s soil in support of Israel.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 19, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on April 13, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:

Video muestra a Israel "bajo ataque desde Yemen, Iraq, el libano y Irán".

By Maria Briceño • April 19, 2024
Threads posts
stated on April 13, 2024 in a post on Threads:

President Joe Biden “will address the nation from the Oval Office” on April 13, “following Iran’s attack on Israel.”

By Madison Czopek • April 15, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on April 14, 2024 in a video:

Video is from Iranian media and shows rockets fired at Israel on April 13.

By Loreben Tuquero • April 15, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on April 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Footage shows “Israelis panicking after Iranian attacks reach Israel.”

By Loreben Tuquero • April 15, 2024
Threads posts
stated on April 14, 2024 in a post:

“Not even one rocket (from Iran) hit Israel.”

By Sara Swann • April 15, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 18, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

Irán izó una bandera negra y “esto significa un llamado” a la guerra o venganza.

By Loreben Tuquero • November 2, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on October 17, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Black flag hoisted over a mosque in Iran is a “call to all of Islam for war.”

By Loreben Tuquero • October 23, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on October 7, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Iranian lawmakers chanting “death to America” in 2023.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 9, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 14, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Iran sentences 15,000 protesters to death.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 15, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on September 28, 2022 in a video:

Father danced for his daughter at her grave after she was killed during recent protests in Iran.

By Gabrielle Settles • September 29, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on May 18, 2022 in a post:

"In Iran, if a 12-year-old girl is raped and impregnated by her father, she must carry the baby to term, or be thrown in prison for life. Wait, sorry, no, That's Alabama."

By Monique Curet • May 19, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Socialist Workers Party leader Bernie Sanders supported Ayatollah Khomeini against the US, condemned president Carter for imperialism, and accused the hostages of being CIA spies.”

By Samantha Putterman • February 25, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 8, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"The missiles that were launched at American forces in Iraq from Iran, were funded by Barack Obama, with American tax dollars."

By Bill McCarthy • January 10, 2020
Viral image
stated on December 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Bill Clinton "gave nukes to North Korea," Barack Obama "gave nukes to Iran," and Hillary Clinton "gave uranium to Russia."

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 9, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2020 in a video:

Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward a U.S. air base in Iraq.

By Daniel Funke • January 8, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a series of photos show Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. air bases in Iraq.

By Daniel Funke • January 8, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a series of photos show Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. air bases in Iraq.

By Daniel Funke • January 8, 2020
@thesavoyshow
stated on January 7, 2020 in an Instagram post:

Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. airbases in Iraq.

By Daniel Funke • January 8, 2020
Mike Pompeo
stated on January 5, 2020 in an appearance on Fox News:

"President Trump didn't say he'd go after a cultural site."

By Bill McCarthy • January 6, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo from JFK airport shows "our troops leaving to protect each one of us and our country."

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 6, 2020
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."

By Jon Greenberg • March 22, 2019
Rickey Padgett
stated on September 15, 2018:

John Kerry is "now working on the behalf of foreign terrorist governments."

By Bill McCarthy • October 2, 2018
Diamond and Silk
stated on July 2, 2018 in a headline:

"Obama secretly gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuke deal."

By Amy Sherman • July 5, 2018
David Rouzer
stated on May 8, 2018 in a tweet:

"The #irandeal ultimately would have guaranteed Iran a nuclear bomb capable of reaching the US."

By Paul Specht • May 22, 2018

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