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.

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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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