for questions about claims based in Iran, or limited in Iran.
Questions tagged [iran]
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Are forced marriages allowed in Iran?
The Gatestone Institute says in its piece Islam's "Human Rights":
fundamentalists allow forced marriages of female children in countries
including Saudi Arabia ... and Iran.
It links to the telepgraph.co.uk article Alarm as hundreds of children…
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Did Khamenei issue a fatwa banning development of nuclear weapons?
According to Obama:
Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons.
However, according to a Middle East Media Research Institute report entitled Renewed Iran-West Nuclear Talks – Part II: Tehran Attempts to…
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Can female virgins be legally executed in Iran?
This anonymous source claims that female virgins cannot be executed in Iran. From 'I wed Iranian girls before execution':
In a shocking and unprecedented interview, directly exposing the inhumanity of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's religious regime…
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Has Iran gained 150 billion dollars due to the "Iran Deal"?
Donald Trump said in reference to Iran nuclear deal:
Iran was on its last legs and ready to collapse until the U.S. came along and gave it a life-line in the form of the Iran Deal: $150 billion
Has Iran gained 150 billion dollars due to the "Iran…
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Does this video show the US arming Islamic State?
This video, published by Iran's Press TV 16 Feb 2015, claims to show a US Chinook dropping weapons for ISIL militants.
According to Iraqi media, the video, released by the Iraq-based Hezbollah brigades, shows a US Chinook helicopter dropping two…
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Was Mahmoud Hessaby a student of Albert Einstein?
Various sites claim that Dr. Mahmoud Hessaby, a senator of the previous Iranian regime, was a student of Albert Einstein.
For example:
Hessaby was the sole Iranian student of Professor Albert Einstein
However, this has been disputed.
For example,…
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Can satellite jamming by Iranian authorities cause medical side effects on the Iranians health?
According to the article satellite jamming in Iran, a war over airwaves:
Satellite jamming is a form of censorship akin to Internet censorship, whereby the Iranian government prohibits access to and inhibits the free flow of information. Referred…
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Is Iran recovering debris of the shot-down Global Hawk in its own coastal waters?
There is currently contradicting information regarding to the location where the USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk was shot down by Iranian forces, with the US claiming it happened over international waters and Iran that it was within their territory.
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Did Ahmadinejad say that enriching Uranium to 20% made no economic sense?
A Foreign Policy "argument" article from January 2012 contains this part
What has raised the world’s suspicions is that Iran continues to produce 20 percent enriched uranium despite the fact that this exceeds its civilian needs and, as President…
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Did Iranians kill "the scientist who helped the US"?
Many people are saying that the Iranians killed the scientist who helped the U.S. because of Hillary Clinton's hacked emails.
11:45 PM - 8 Aug 2016 Trump
Is it true that many people are saying this? And did "Iranians [kill] the scientist who…
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Did Iranian state TV say that the drone attack on the tanker in July 2021 was in retaliation for an Israeli strike?
CNN claimed that the Iranian state media has taken credit for a deadly drone attack on a tanker connected to a "Israeli billionaire" going so far as to say it was "retaliation" for an Israeli attack in Syria. You can read that claim in this article…
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Does this image show General Soleimani with American troops?
VeteransToday (amongst others) have shown this image, and claimed it shows Iranian General Soleimani who was recently killed by US drones with American Troops:
This version of the image is from RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty, January 03, 2020 where…
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Did USA send Federal Reserve System officers to Iran to print cash for Iranian oil
Short introduction: Recetly some russian newspapers talked about airplane, lost in Moscow Sheremetevo airport. And this airplane was claimed to be full of Euros in cash, up to 20 billions (20 000 000 000, 200 wooden pallets with €20bn in…
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Does the Iranian Navy have long-range phased array radar systems?
Iran routinely unveils new defense products. Most of them are alleged to be fake. For instance:
1. Fake stealth jet.
2. Fake development of jet engine
3. Fake development of jet fighter
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and, so on. Why they are fake is easily understandable.…
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Did Iranian media pixelate most of a female beach volleyball player?
From https://twitter.com/dr_rafizadeh/status/762752071233708032 a picture of a women's beach volleyball match is shown with an unpixelated Egyptian player, and an almost entirely pixelated other player:
The tweet says that is censorship in Iran. Is…
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