Indian handle quoted by Netanyahu & US: How a false claim fooled the world

Hawkish narrative got significant boost from a fake quote.Tehran's alleged effort to develop nuclear weapons has been the key reason cited by US President Trump and Israel govt for the war on Iran. In recent weeks, amid stop-start peace efforts, the hawkish narrative got a significant boost from a fake quote first posted by an Indian X handle, which then raced through Tel Aviv-Washington political and diplomatic circles, right up to PM Benjamin Netanyahu and White House."Alert," the account, @RealBababanaras, posted on Aug 5, "While world is expecting peace, IRGC Chief Ahmad Wahidi again threatened -'There will be no talk on Enriched Urenium (sic) or nuclear weapons, as long as US & Israel are owning nuclear weapons, we will keep working on it for national security. If they dispose, we wil