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Iran state TV uses footage of crazed One Direction fans to show ‘Israelis panicking’ after missile attacks
New York Post ^ | April 16, 2024 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 04/16/2024 5:53:29 AM PDT by canuck_conservative

“In fact, it shows Louis Tomlinson fans near Four Seasons Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina last week,” a fellow BBC fact-checker said of the 32-year-old singer and one-time Harry Styles bandmate in One Direction.

The footage, also shared by numerous online influencers, was just one of a number aired by Iran’s state TV claiming to show scenes of devastation from the weekend’s air strikes, despite Israel shooting down around 99% of the drones and missiles fired at the Jewish state.

Another that IRINN claimed to be the fiery aftermath of a missile strike was actually from a February forest fire in Chile, the BBC fact finders found.

The Iranian propaganda report suggested that the Nevatim air base in the Negev desert exploded in a fireball, despite Israel reporting negligible impact, according to the outlet.

Other footage that Iran’s state TV claimed showed Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem’s Old City celebrating the attack was in fact worshipers marking the end of Ramadan, the journalists also clarified.

The Israel Defense Forces managed to shoot down 99% of the suicide drones and missiles that the Islamic Republic launched at the country in an unprecedented attack Saturday night.

It used an array of sophisticated weapons, including the IDF’s David’s Sling, Iron Dome and Arrow missiles, with assistance from the US, UK, France and even Jordan...

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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Iran lies all the time, just like Hamas and Russia

Why anyone would believe anything those serial liars have to say is beyond belief!

1 posted on 04/16/2024 5:53:29 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

Why anyone would believe anything those serial liars have to say is beyond belief!

The video was not for you, it was for the people in Iran.

It is propaganda for home consumption.


2 posted on 04/16/2024 5:55:40 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: canuck_conservative

page is impossible to view...


3 posted on 04/16/2024 6:04:42 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Media lies all over the world

Didn’t CBS (or another MSM outlet) show footage from Kentucky (or TN) once claiming it was from Syria (or something)?

Very fuzzy memory but I do recall something like that


4 posted on 04/16/2024 6:06:33 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: CIB-173RDABN; canuck_conservative

> It is propaganda for (Iranian) home consumption.

As opposed to what we Americans are told by our media, which is of course 100% true. /s


5 posted on 04/16/2024 6:06:57 AM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: canuck_conservative

Tagline...


6 posted on 04/16/2024 6:31:46 AM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: canuck_conservative

I thought you left?


7 posted on 04/16/2024 6:55:38 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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Iran lies all the time, just like Hamas and Russia

You could have easily included the United States

"The COVID-19 virus did not originate in a lab."

"The mRNA vaccines are Safe and Effective."

Why anyone would believe anything those serial liars have to say is beyond belief!

8 posted on 04/16/2024 6:56:56 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: dayglored

As opposed to what we Americans are told by our media, which is of course 100% true. /s

No, it is also propaganda for the people.

A lesson I learned decades ago.


9 posted on 04/16/2024 7:45:52 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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> No, it is also propaganda for the people.

LOL, of course. That's what the "/s" (sarcasm tag) meant.

10 posted on 04/16/2024 7:48:46 AM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: dayglored

I meant I agree with your statement - =:-)


11 posted on 04/16/2024 7:51:04 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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> I meant I agree with your statement - =:-)

All good :-)

I reside in Ithaca NY, arguably the most radical-left-liberal-democrat small city east of the Rockies. So a majority of my friends and co-workers are of that orientation, and I keep a low profile with regard to my own social and political viewpoints. No desire to get into stupid arguments.

Occasionally someone will mention some propagandized news item they saw on TV or on the internet, and assume it's totally true and trustworthy, and then look at me for agreement and validation. Most times I just mutter something indecipherable.

But sometimes I'll ask, "C'mon, seriously? Do you really believe that sh*t they're feeding you?" -- I just can't help myself. :-)

12 posted on 04/16/2024 11:02:42 AM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: canuck_conservative

This is hilarious. Arguments that Iran was not actually trying to inflict serious damage are all over the web (including FR) and yet the Iranians are at the same time trying to convince people of all the horror and destruction they laid on Israel...


13 posted on 04/16/2024 1:01:41 PM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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...Or that they will “next time”.


14 posted on 04/16/2024 1:56:12 PM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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