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Iran

Scorecard

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0% 5 Checks
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0% 4 Checks
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0% 7 Checks
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0% 51 Checks
Pants on Fire
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All Fact-checks for Iran

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on on May 7, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
Trump is wrong: Gas prices have reached near record highs, not ‘come down very substantially’
False
May 11, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on April 26, 2026 publicaciones en redes sociales:
“Tras el atentado a Trump”, en la cena de corresponsales de la Casa Blanca el 25 de abril, “Irán lanza un mensaje fuerte: ‘no le crean nada, miente’”.
False
By Maria Briceño • April 28, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on April 19, 2026 social media posts:
Video shows the United States’ April 19, 2026, strike on an Iranian cargo ship.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • April 20, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on April 14, 2026 publicaciones en redes sociales:
El papa León XIV "pide destituir a Donald Trump".
False
By Maria Briceño • April 16, 2026
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on April 12, 2026 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The U.S. Navy was created "to free international waters from the Barbary pirates."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 14, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2026 a Truth Social post:
Pope Leo XIV “thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • April 13, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on April 4, 2026 social media posts:
Video shows a US soldier crying and saying she misses home and her family.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • April 7, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on April 5, 2026 social media posts:
Photos show rescues of U.S. F-15 airmen from Iran in April 2026.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • April 6, 2026
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on March 24, 2026 an interview on MS NOW:
"Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 2, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2026 remarks aboard Air Force One:
“We've had regime change.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 1, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 19, 2026 social media posts:
Video shows Israelis fleeing to Cyprus.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 23, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 15, 2026 social media posts:
Video shows toddler crying over casket of American service member killed in Iran.
False
By Grace Abels • March 16, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 13, 2026 social media posts:
An AI video is proof that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dead.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • March 13, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on March 9, 2026 an X post:
"BREAKING: So the Israeli media reports Itamar Ben‑Gvir died in a 'car crash,' while in fact he’s been obliterated by an Iranian missile strike on his home."
False
By Maria Briceño • March 11, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2026 a press conference:
Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2026
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on March 5, 2026 una publicación en TikTok:
El Presidente de El Salvador Nayib Bukele dijo, “con las guerras que ha empezado Donald Trump les pido a todos los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos que piensen en salir de ese país”.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • March 9, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on March 1, 2026 una publicación en X:
“El régimen de Irán ha confesado que (el Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica) bombardeó por error… una escuela iraní” el 28 de febrero.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 6, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 3, 2026 in a post:
Iran released a list of U.S. cities it will target.
False
By Zoe Weyand • March 6, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 3, 2026 remarks at the White House:
The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on February 28, 2026 on social media:
Video shows a US air base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, being destroyed by Iran.
False
By Zoe Weyand • March 4, 2026
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Latest promises about Iran

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Joe Biden
Rejoin Iran nuclear deal
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End wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East
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Barack Obama
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