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Joe Biden
stated on September 13, 2020 in an op-ed on the CNN website:

“Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had” in 2016.

By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Twitter is banned in Iran."

By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

In 1988, in response to Iran’s attack on the U.S.S. Samuel Roberts, President Ronald Reagan "destroyed half of Iran’s Navy."

By Tom Kertscher • January 15, 2020
Viral image
stated on January 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:

A man at "the storming of the U.S. embassy" in Iraq visited the White House in 2011.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 8, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on May 10, 2018 in a tweet:

"Senator Cryin’ Chuck Schumer fought hard against the Bad Iran Deal, even going at it with President Obama, & then Voted AGAINST it! Now he says I should not have terminated the deal"

By Dan Clark • May 24, 2018