Unverified · Baghdad, Iraq ·
Tasnim News and @ME_Observer_ report that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday morning to lead a delegation to the 52nd OIC Council of Foreign Ministers session. Tasnim News alone reports that Araghchi visited the site where Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed and met Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi.
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Verification
Unverified: 1 independent source.
Sources disagree on:
- No source disputes that Araghchi travelled to Baghdad; the differences are in timing and detail only.
- Tasnim's arrival posts give 04:00Z as the hour (reported 04:02Z and 04:57Z), while @ME_Observer_ posts were reported at 04:26Z and 05:26Z; these are reporting times, not conflicting accounts of the arrival.
- Tasnim describes Araghchi as having 'travelled' (04:02Z) and 'arrived' (04:57Z), and names him as 'Seyed Abbas Araghchi' in one post and 'Abbas Araghchi' in others; @ME_Observer_ uses 'Araghchi' with no first name. Wording only.
- The Soleimani/Muhandis site visit (05:15Z) and the meeting with PM Ali Falih al-Zaidi (21:17Z) are reported only by Tasnim News; @ME_Observer_ does not mention them, so they are uncorroborated rather than contradicted.
- The '52nd session' detail appears only in a single Tasnim post and is not repeated by other sources.
Sources
- Tasnim News (Telegram),
- @ME_Observer_ (X),
- Tasnim News (Telegram),
- Tasnim News (Telegram),
- @ME_Observer_ (X),
- Tasnim News (Telegram),
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