Ahmad Vahidi

A fake that reached the Prime Minister's speech and the US Ambassador to the UN: as revealed by ynet, the American network attributed to the IRGC commander words he never said regarding Tehran's nuclear ambitions. The New York Times noted that ynet raised the first questions regarding the source and creation of the quote.

Prof. Uzi Rabi, a senior researcher at the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University, claimed during an interview on 103FM that Iran identifies great weakness on the part of the United States and President Trump.

Ynet exposed the evolution of the "nuclear statement" by IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi - which was never actually said, but reached the Prime Minister's speech at Mount Herzl. The "Tehran Times" accused the "Israeli regime" of fabrications, and experts questioned the report's authenticity. Nevertheless, the false information managed to spread through American political circles.

In Iran, there were no reports of a new statement by IRGC commander Vahidi, but the Prime Minister claimed in a speech at a state ceremony that he "explicitly" threatened to develop a nuclear weapon. Is there a connection to posts on social media?

Following Donald Trump's announcement on the resumption of negotiations and the subsequent Iranian denial, a source close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that there are no official talks between the USA and Iran. Contact is limited to telephone messages between Abbas Araghchi and American envoys, as well as mediation through Qatar and Pakistan.