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Snopes→ US Tried to Take Out Another Iranian Leader, But Failed
The U.S. military tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an American airstrike killed the Revolutionary Guard’s top general, U.S. officials said.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: A Majority, Perhaps As Many As 75%, Of Abortion Clinics Are NOT In Areas With High Minority Populations
Are a majority, perhaps as many as 75%, of abortion clinics in the United States located in areas with high minority populations? No, that does not appear to be true: While the claim has been making the rounds for years, research suggests that
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Shadows Of The Moon During A Solar Eclipse ARE Smaller Than The Moon
Is it true that the Moon cannot cast a shadow smaller than itself? No, that's not completely true: it is possible for a shadow to be smaller than the object casting it. The reason is because during a solar eclipse, the Moon casts two types of
Truth or Fiction?→ Were an Army Veteran’s Prosthetic Legs ‘Repossessed’ After a VA and Medicare Dispute?
On January 9 2020, an article about Army veteran Jerry Holliman and the repossession of his prosthetic legs after a payment dispute between the VA and Medicare was shared to Reddit’s r/nottheonion, a subreddit for news stories odd enough to soun
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Professor Does NOT Ask Students To Create List Of 52 US Cultural Sites For Iran To Bomb
Did a college professor ask students to create a list of 52 U.S. cultural sites for Iran to bomb? No, that's not true: The professor did not give students such an assignment, but he did post a Facebook message suggesting that Iranian religious
Lead Stories→ Fake News: New York Democrats Did NOT Move To Register Illegal Aliens, Noncitizens To Vote
Did New York Democrats move to register illegal aliens and noncitizens to vote? No, that's not true: A state law in New York that took effect on December 14, 2019, allows undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses. However, the mea
Snopes→ Iraqi PM Tells US to Start Work on a Troop Withdrawal Plan
Iraq's caretaker prime minister asked Washington to start working out a road map for an American troop withdrawal, signaling his insistence on ending the U.S. military presence.
Snopes→ Iran Denies Downing Plane, Says West Should Share Evidence
Iran denied Western allegations that one of its own missiles downed a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed outside Tehran, and called on the U.S. and Canada to share any information they have on the crash, which killed all 176 people on board.
Lead Stories→ Fake Ad: Congress Does NOT Give Veteran Homeowners A Generous Mortgage Relief Program
Did Congress give U.S. military veteran homeowners a generous mortgage relief program? No, that's not true: An advertisement on Facebook claiming there is a federal program allowing veterans to "pay off a house rapidly" is a misleading come-on
Lead Stories→ Fake News: LA Times Did NOT Report that Iran, China And Russia Declared War On The United States
Did the Los Angeles Times report that Iran, China and Russia just declared war on the United States? No, that's not true: a prank website with a domain name nearly identical to the real LA Times site published a post that looked simliar to an
FactCheck.org→ Video of Clinton on Iran Taken Out of Context
Quick Take An out-of-context clip from a 2008 interview with then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is circulating on Facebook. It shows her saying the U.S. “will attack Iran” if she becomes president. But she was responding to a quest
Truth or Fiction?→ Does Using Antidepressants Disqualify You from a Military Draft?
After a January 3 2020 United States-led strike killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani in Baghdad, Iraq, speculation flew about impending war, eventually turning into rumors about an American military draft. On the day Suleimani was killed, news o
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Kaepernick Did NOT Lobby To Remove National Anthem From Football
Did Colin Kaepernick lobby to remove the American national anthem from being played before professional football games? No, that's not true: The NFL quarterback, who is currently a free agent, made no such effort. The article is a work of sati
Snopes→ US Officials: ‘Highly Likely’ Iran Downed Ukrainian Jetliner
Two U.S. officials said it was “highly likely” that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: There is NOT a 28th Amendment That Has Long Been Ignored
Is there a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that has long been ignored? No, that's not true: There are only 27 amendments and none states that "Congress shall make no law that applies to its citizens of the United States that does not a
FactCheck.org→ Posts Spread Fake Omar Tweet Calling for ‘Violence’
Quick Take A fictitious tweet attributed to Rep. Ilhan Omar is circulating on social media. The congresswoman didn’t write that the “time for violence is now” over her disagreement with President Donald Trump’s actions on Iran.
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Video Does Not Show Ayatollah Going Crazy After Soleimani Drone Strike
Does a video making the rounds on social media show Iran's Ayatollah going crazy following the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike? No, that's not true: This is an old video, put in a loop and portraying an animated -
PolitiFact→ How close is Iran to building a nuclear weapon?
Heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, driven in part by the U.S. airstrike on Gen. Qassem Soleimani, brought new attention to Iran’s capacity for building a nuclear weapon. After the Soleimani strike drew retaliatory attacks by
Snopes→ Iran Sends Mixed Signals as Tensions with US Ease
Iran sent mixed signals as tensions with the U.S. appeared to ease, with President Hassan Rouhani warning of a “very dangerous response” if the U.S. makes “another mistake,”
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Iran Address
In an address to the nation a day after an Iranian attack on military bases housing U.S. soldiers in Iraq, President Donald Trump made some dubious, misleading and inaccurate claims: Trump distorted the facts when he claimed the Iran nuclear deal that
Snopes→ Ex-CIA Officer Questions Reason for Killing Iranian General
President Donald Trump's rationale for ordering the killing of a top Iranian general is reminiscent of the use of U.S. intelligence in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, New Mexico congressional candidate and former CIA operative Valerie Plame said.
PolitiFact→ After Iran’s strike on two air bases housing US troops, false photos and videos spread online
Soon after news broke of Iran’s missile strike on two military bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq, false photos and videos claiming to show the attack started to spread on social media. The speculation started on Twitter, where users shared old ph
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Donald Trump's speech after Iran missile strikes on US troops
President Donald Trump said U.S. troops in Iraq had not been harmed by Iranian missile strikes launched in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike that killed one of Iran’s top military leaders, Gen. Qassem Soleimani. "Our great American forces are
FactCheck.org→ Amid Military Tension, Meme Misdates Soldiers’ Deaths
Quick Take A meme circulating on Facebook displays photos of five U.S. soldiers that purportedly were killed “this Tuesday in Afghanistan.” Actually, they died in 2013 and there was a sixth soldier killed in the same incident who isn’
FactCheck.org→ Biden’s Position on Osama bin Laden Raid
Questioned by a Fox News reporter, former Vice President Joe Biden denied that he told then-President Barack Obama “not to go after [Osama] bin Laden” in what turned out to be a successful mission to kill the 9/11 mastermind. The Republican
Lead Stories→ Fake News: US Aircraft Carrier With Sailors NOT Positioned To Spell Out ‘F–k Iran’
Does a photo of a U.S. aircraft carrier show sailors positioned to spell out "F--k Iran"? No, that's not true: The image that spread virally on social media after the U.S. military killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani on January 3, 2020, and
Truth or Fiction?→ December 7 1943: 56,082 People in Auschwitz; December 7 2019: 69,550 Children in Border Camps?
A December 8 2019 Facebook post purportedly contrasting the number of people in Auschwitz on December 7 1943 (56,082) with the number of children (not adults, 69,550) detained at border camps on the same date in 2019 circulated in copy-and-paste form
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Iranian Press Agency Claims Image Of Israel Strike On Gaza Shows Iranian Strike on US Airbase
As news of the retaliatory airstrikes from Iran on Iraq's Ain Assad Air Base spread around the world the evening of January 7, 2020, fake stories and falsely attributed photos also began to surface on social media. One photo from 2019 has been
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Thousands of Young Trump Supporters Did NOT Show Up At Local Recruiters To Volunteer For Duty
Did thousands of young supporters of President Trump show up at local military recruiting stations to volunteer for active duty after the U.S. killing of Iran's Soleimani? No, this isn't true: This claim is from a satirical website run by a Ma
Lead Stories→ Old Photo: Iranian Press Agency Uses Old Missile Launch Picture In Announcement
Does the tweet announcing the January 7, 2020, Iranian missile strikes on an airbase in Iraq where U.S. troops are based show an actual launch photo? No, that's not true: the exact same image was already used in 2017; it is not a current photo
Snopes→ Iran Strikes Back at US with Missile Attack at Air Base
Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general, firing a series of surface-to-surface missiles at an Iraqi air base housing U.S. troops and warning the United States and its allies in the region not to retaliate.
Snopes→ Official Quits Amid Charges He Paid Women to Give Up Babies
An elected official in metro Phoenix has resigned, months after being charged with running a human smuggling operation that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give up their babies in the U.S.
PolitiFact→ How Iran and the United States came to the brink
Iran has retaliated for the U.S. drone strike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq Jan. 2. Iranian officials said they launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two bases in Iraq where American soldiers are stationed. The
Snopes→ Were Ex-Obama Officials ‘Caught Advising Iran How to Defeat US Foreign Policy’?
An old report, based on anonymous briefings, got a new lease on life amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran in January 2020.
PolitiFact→ Mike Pence – Mike Pence lacks evidence in claiming Soleimani helped 9/11 terrorists
The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Mike Pence lacks evidence in claiming Soleimani helped 9/11 terrorists In a series of tweets justifying the U.S. killing of Qassem Soleimani, Vice President Mike Pence said that among the Iranian military leader&rsqu
Snopes→ US Won’t Grant Iran Foreign Minister Visa for UN Visit
Although U.S. official said the application couldn’t be processed in time, a formally rejected visa would violate the host country agreement the U.S. has with the U.N.
FactCheck.org→ Pence Links Iran’s Soleimani to 9/11 Attacks
Vice President Mike Pence tweeted that Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani “[a]ssisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan” of some of the terrorists who executed the 9/11 terrorist attacks. To support his claim, a spokeswoman referred to a S
Snopes→ Is This a Real Photo of Obama Shaking Hands with Iranian President Rouhani?
Arizona U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted a fake image of a meeting between former President Barack Obama and Iran President Hassan Rouhani.
Snopes→ Stampede Kills 56 at Funeral for Iranian General Slain by US
A stampede broke out at a funeral for a top Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike, and at least 56 people were killed and more than 200 were injured.