False. As lawmakers in Washington and allies world wide grappled with President Trump’s choice to launch a strike that killed Iran’s most necessary
False. As lawmakers in Washington and allies world wide grappled with President Trump’s choice to launch a strike that killed Iran’s most necessary normal, an Arizona Republican, Consultant Paul Gosar, shared a pretend picture from his private Twitter account on Monday purporting to point out President Barack Obama shaking arms with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran. The 2 males have by no means met in individual.
What’s extra, Mr. Rouhani continues to be the president, contradicting Mr. Gosar’s suggestion that he’s not “in energy.” The Iranian flag within the background of the photoshopped picture additionally seems to be incorrect, as it’s lacking the white Arabic script on its high inexperienced bar and a pink emblem of a tulip within the central white bar.
The original photograph was taken in 2011 and confirmed Mr. Obama assembly with Manmohan Singh, then India’s prime minister.
“Nobody stated this wasn’t photoshopped. Nobody stated the president of Iran was lifeless. Nobody stated Obama met with Rouhani in individual,” Mr. Gosar tweeted after an outcry over his publish, arguing that his point was that “Obama coddled, appeased, nurtured and guarded the worlds No. 1 sponsor of terror.”