What The Fact: Iran Attack Misinformation

What The Fact: Iran Attack Misinformation

By Newsy Staff

By Newsy Staff
January 10, 2020

January 10, 2020

The death of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani spurred a lot of inaccurate claims. PolitiFact helps us sort fact from fiction.

SHOW TRANSCRIPT

Each week, we partner with our friends at PolitiFact to sort fact from fiction on the week's biggest political stories. This week, we dig into some misleading claims about Iran.

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