Tehran using Hamas strategy of making up fake attacks on civilians ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Tehran using Hamas strategy of making up fake attacks on civilians

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei accused Israel of bombing the Hakim Children's Hospital in Tehran.

I tried to trace down this story and found nothing.

Tehran Times illustrates its story about this supposed bombing with three images of twisted metal, not showing where the photos were taken.

The story does not describe any damage or witnesses, only how terrible Israel is for doing it.

The source appears to be Sana Saeed, a former Al Jazeera reporter who made the claim with no evidence. A social media influencer in Iran said that she checked it out, asked hospital officials and was assured that the hospital was fine.

Most lies aren't so blatant. For example, there are accusations of Israel also targeting the Farabi hospital in Kermanshah. The damage shown in the hospital is real but all appears to be secondary - if Israel wanted to destroy the hospital, we'd see more than ceiling tiles being damaged and windows blown out.

Luckily, Iranians aren't as controlled as Gazans are, and are willing to tell the truth with little fear of being killed for doing so. One reporter said that this was collateral damage from Israel directly targeting a factory nearby that was probably an IRGC installation.

Or the story of a female reporter killed by Israel, who happened to be in the same house as her father and uncle. Her father was Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and her uncle was a commander.

Experience shows that when enough lies are thrown out, eventually some of them go viral and debunking them becomes almost useless.

Which is exactly the point.