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Saturday, March 7, 2026

🚨 The Iran Hoaxes You Need To Know

Hey,

You've been following the Iran coverage, I'm sure. As you've probably seen, the gap between what actually happened and what's being reported is staggering.

The New York Times and The Washington Post mourned Ayatollah Khamenei as a "hard-line cleric" with an "easy smile," softening the legacy of a regime widely recognized as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism — one responsible for backing groups that have killed Americans and targeted Western interests for decades.

A viral clip made it seem like Marco Rubio admitted Israel dragged the US into war. But he didn't do this. He explained that the US and Israel already had joint plans to strike Iran — this wasn't a question of if, but when.

What changed was that Israel received a last-minute tip that Khamenei and senior leadership would be exposed. Israel was going to act on that narrow window regardless. The US then decided to move up its planned strike and join in from the start, rather than hitting Iran separately on the original timeline. Trump himself has adamantly rejected the narrative that Israel dragged the US into the conflict.

Trump made clear this was his decision alone, and he has been talking about how it would be necessary to attack Iran since the 1980s, recognizing the threat they pose.

The New York Times and other mainstream outlets are framing the continued offensive against Iran as "widening" and spiraling out of control. In reality, Iran is firing missiles at various countries in the region, many of which are hitting infrastructure or nothing at all

Iran also has nobody on its side besides its proxy force, Hezbollah. Everybody else in the Middle East and Europe is allied against Iran; the war is not widening — Iran is simply awakening its long-standing enemies.

After the mass shooting in Austin, Texas, that left three people dead and 14 injured, the left-leaning press, including CNN and MS NOW, conveniently left out of their reporting that the alleged suspect was a Muslim who had a copy of the Quran in his car.

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