Claim 269

State media accused the BBC's Jon Leyne of fabricating news and supporting protesters.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: State media accused the BBC's Jon Leyne of fabricating news and supporting protesters.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Leyne accused of fabricating news
About: incident 2009-iran-post-election-foreign-press-restrictions
Source: Iran elections: Journalists expelled and jailed in press crackdown
Publisher: Press Gazette
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2009-06-22

Quotation from the source

dispatching fabricated news and reports, ignoring neutrality in news, supporting rioters and trampling the Iranian nation's rights