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Latest Fact-Checks In Iran

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stated on December 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Bill Clinton “gave nukes to North Korea,” Barack Obama “gave nukes to Iran,” and Hillary Clinton “gave uranium to Russia.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 9, 2020
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stated on January 7, 2020 in a video:
Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward a U.S. air base in Iraq.
False
By Daniel Funke • January 8, 2020
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stated on January 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A man at “the storming of the U.S. embassy” in Iraq visited the White House in 2011.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 8, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a series of photos show Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. air bases in Iraq.
False
By Daniel Funke • January 8, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a series of photos show Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. air bases in Iraq.
False
By Daniel Funke • January 8, 2020
@thesavoyshow
stated on January 7, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. airbases in Iraq.
False
By Daniel Funke • January 8, 2020
Paul Gosar
stated on January 6, 2020 in a tweet:
Says a photo shows Barack Obama smiling and shaking hands with Hassan Rouhani.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 7, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Iran will be shooting at our soldiers with bullets, etc., purchased with the $150 billion Obama gave them.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 7, 2020
Mike Pompeo
stated on January 5, 2020 in an appearance on Fox News:
“President Trump didn’t say he’d go after a cultural site.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 6, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo from JFK airport shows “our troops leaving to protect each one of us and our country.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 6, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Attorney General William Barr tweeted that the US “gave Iran USA taxpayer dollars” so Iran could purchase uranium from Russia.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • October 15, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 in a post-G7 news conference:
“We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2019
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stated on May 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photograph shows Barack Obama bowing to Ayatollah Khamenei.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 23, 2019
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stated on April 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:
An image of a woman buried up to her neck and drinking a spoonful of water was from Iran and taken just before she was “stoned to death” under Sharia Law.  
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 23, 2019
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stated on April 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photo of Muslim women with the words “Down with the USA” written on their hands was taken in Michigan.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 11, 2019
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
“We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 22, 2019
Rickey Padgett
stated on September 15, 2018:
John Kerry is “now working on the behalf of foreign terrorist governments.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 2, 2018
Diamond and Silk
stated on July 2, 2018 in a headline:
“Obama secretly gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuke deal.”
False
By Amy Sherman • July 5, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
stated on May 30, 2018 in an interview:
The Iran deal “handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that.”  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 29, 2018
Donald Trump
stated on May 10, 2018 in a tweet:
“Senator Cryin’ Chuck Schumer fought hard against the Bad Iran Deal, even going at it with President Obama, & then Voted AGAINST it! Now he says I should not have terminated the deal”
True
By Dan Clark • May 24, 2018
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