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“Two United States military aircraft were shot down or downed over Iran.”
Only one U.S. military aircraft—an F-15E Strike Eagle—was confirmed shot down over Iranian territory, corroborated by multiple major outlets citing U.S. officials. The second aircraft, an A-10, crashed in the Persian Gulf or Kuwait according to TIME, CBS News, and Air & Space Forces Magazine, and Iran's claim of striking it remains unverified. Describing both as "downed over Iran" materially overstates the geographic scope and certainty of the second incident.
“The United States Senate approved a resolution to halt United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
The Senate did pass such a resolution in 2020. Official Senate records show approval of S.J.Res. 68, which sought to halt U.S. military hostilities against Iran absent congressional authorization. However, the measure was later vetoed and never took legal effect, and similar efforts in 2025-2026 were rejected.
“United States missiles killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.”
The evidence does not support this claim on two independent grounds. First, major authoritative sources — including the Associated Press, BBC, and the U.S. State Department's own current Iran relations page — do not confirm Khamenei's death and describe him as alive as of April 2026. Second, even the sources that allege a killing attribute the fatal strike to an Israeli missile, not United States missiles, directly contradicting the claim's specific assertion.
“The United States military removed or restricted Donald Trump's access to nuclear launch codes during his presidency.”
No formal or legal removal or restriction of Donald Trump's access to nuclear launch codes occurred during his presidency. While reporting indicates Gen. Mark Milley informally directed officers to involve him in any nuclear launch process after January 6, 2021, multiple authoritative sources confirm this was an unauthorized personal action with no lawful standing — not an institutional military restriction. The U.S. nuclear command system is designed to preserve sole presidential authority, and no legal mechanism exists for the military to curtail it.
“The United States military conducted a missile strike on an Iranian girls' school in March 2026.”
A U.S. missile did reportedly strike an Iranian girls' school, according to multiple credible outlets citing a preliminary Pentagon assessment. However, the claim omits critical context: the strike was a targeting error made while attacking an adjacent IRGC military base, not a deliberate strike "on" the school. Outdated targeting data reportedly caused the misidentification. The phrasing "conducted a missile strike on a girls' school" implies intentional targeting, which no credible source supports. A Pentagon investigation remains ongoing.