‘Iranian Censorship’ of Women’s Track and Field Competition Video
A viral Imgur post purportedly showed “Iranian TV censorship” of female athletes in a track and field competition, but it was suspiciously sourceless.
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Was a Bill Passed in Iran Allowing Men to Marry Their Daughters?
An article circulating on social media about Iranian policy contains claims that are both outdated and misleading.
Did Donald Trump Send Six Tweets Warning President Barack Obama Would Attack Iran as a Diversion?
As tensions between the United States and Iran escalated in June 2019, a number of memes circulated that purportedly depicted tweets sent by Donald Trump between 2011 and 2013 — predicting that former United States President Barack Obama would fabricate a reason to attack Iran to divert attention from his administration. At least two versions …
Foreign Influence Operations Infiltrated, Polarized Online Communities
The ongoing scandals over data privacy, in which social media giants were found to be (among other things) flooding selected readers with hypertargeted and corrosive political advertising, is still unfolding — and it will continue to evolve for some time as new pieces of evidence and data are unearthed and put together to get a …
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Iran Nuclear Deal Isn’t Legally Binding, Iran Didn’t Sign Nuclear Deal?
Claims that an Iran nuclear deal isn’t legally binding and that the country never signed the agreement are misleading.
Did Iran Get $150 Billion From the Obama Administration in the 2015 Nuclear Agreement?
One of Trump’s earliest distortions of foreign policy resurfaced yet again in 2023.
Did Ted Kennedy Send a Secret Letter to the Soviets in 1983?
Ted Kennedy asked leaders of the Soviet Union to help the Democrats defeat President Reagan in the 1984 presidential election in a secret letter that he sent in 1983.