US EditionTruth as First Casualty: Deconstructing Disinformation Campaign on Iran Riots Death Toll
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Truth as first casualty: Deconstructing disinformation campaign on Iran riots death toll
By Yousef Ramazani | Press TV | January 19, 2026 Amid the foreign-instigated riots and terrorism that struck Iran in recent weeks, a parallel narrative war also unfolded, centered on the deliberate propagation of wildly inflated and unverifiable casualty figures. These figures were designed to manufacture global outrage and legitimize calls for American military intervention…
The discourse on the number of victims has been shaped by a coordinated disinformation campaign launched by US-funded organizations.
TEHERÁN, January 19.- Iran reports more than 3700 injured, as well as serious material damage during the recent terrorist riots, to which the justice system is taking action in the matter, according to Hispantv. The head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Ebrahim Azizi, said Monday in a press conference that 3700 people were injured during the recent terrorist attacks that affected Tehran, the capital, a…
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