for questions about claims based in Iran, or limited in Iran.
Questions tagged [iran]
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Did Valerie Jarrett say she wanted "America to be a more Islamic country"?
This picture, being shared on Twitter, alleges that Valerie Jarrett, former Senior Advisor to the President, during the Obama administration, claimed to be of Iranian descent and of Islamic faith in her yearbook.
Image reads
Take a look at the…
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Is the infant mortality rate among African-American babies in Youngstown, Ohio greater than that of babies in Iran?
In a town hall meeting on June 2, 2019 with Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH), the candidate stated the following (emphasis mine)
Now, a lot of people don't know, but Youngstown, Ohio is 50 percent African American. I've been working on these issues a…
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Did the White House fabricate an Iranian attack on the American Navy?
According to this Anti Media news article, Sean Spicer, the White House Press Secretary, fabricated an attack on a US warship by Iran.
At a press briefing on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer asserted that Iran had attacked a U.S.…
user38505
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List comparing countries attacked by Iran and the USA accurate?
Is the following infographic's comparison of Iran and the USA accurate?
I'm not skeptical of the claim that the USA has attacked a lot of countries, but I am skeptical of the claim that, based on the criteria used for including countries on the…
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Is Tehran suffering from a plague of mutant cat-sized rats?
Today, the local newspaper breathlessly reported on an unusual development in Tehran:
TEHRAN has deployed snipers to fight an invasion of hyper-evolved "mutant rats", which officials say grew freakishly big after being exposed to radiation and…
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Were the arrested US citizens who walked into Iran merely "hikers"?
I see that there's another news report on CNN regarding detained U.S. hikers in Iran. It seems that all too frequently the media reports similar stories every time some random "hiker" is jailed in a country that is unfriendly to the U.S. These…
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Did an unmarried couple in Iran get shot for holding hands in 2007?
In this video from 2007 Douglas Murray, a British journalist and critic of Islam, says:
In Iran, when people - when a couple were shot the other week for
holding hands when not being married, the courts congratulated them.
The online search I…
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Is Iran in compliance with JCPOA?
In a public Facebook post, Barack Obama wrote:
Fourth, Iran is complying with the JCPOA. That was not simply the view of my Administration. The United States intelligence community has continued to find that Iran is meeting its responsibilities…
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Did Persian rug makers traditionally include deliberate imperfections?
Did Persian rug makers traditionally deliberately include imperfections, often called Persian flaws? If so, did they do so because only Allah was perfect? Example claim:
Traditional, hand-made Persian rugs have intentional flaws because the
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Did Iran launch a monkey into space and safely return it to Earth?
http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Monkey-business-US-unsure-of-Iran-s-space-claims-4249556.php
The United States expressed doubt on Monday about Iran's claim that
it safely returned a monkey from space, saying it is questionable that
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In 2017, was the Plasco Building destroyed in a controlled demolition?
On January 19, 2017, the 17-storey steel-framed Plasco in Tehran collapsed after a large fire broke out, seemingly putting to rest the question of whether a steel-framed building could collapse entirely due to fire.
But the well-known group…
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Did Trump tweet the most liked Persian language tweet in history?
Saeed Ghasseminejad (advisor to a foreign policy think tank) claimed yesterday:
This tweet by
@realDonaldTrump
with more than 100k likes is already the most liked Persian tweet in the history of Twitter. A strong show of support by Iranians…
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Did the CIA hire mobsters to stage riots in Iran during 1953 coup d'etat?
In the Wikipedia article 1953 Iranian coup d'état it claims:
According to the CIA's declassified documents and records, some of the most feared mobsters in Tehran were hired by the CIA to stage pro-Shah riots on 19 August
But it has no…
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Can Iran afford to put someone on the moon by 2025?
Iran has claimed that it intends to put someone on the moon by 2025. I find it hard to believe that Iran has the necessary financial resources to accomplish such a mission.
Notwithstanding some unpredictable advances in the cost-effectiveness of…
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Did Netanyahus recent presentation on Iran's nuclear program contain no new information?
"Arms Control Wonk" Jeffrey Lewis claims in Foreign Policy:
There was nothing new in Netanyahu’s presentation ... Moreover, the archive contains little or no information that wasn’t already available to the IAEA and the rest of the world at the…
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