IRAN INTERNATIONAL -- Iranian state media and loyalists including a top general pushed conspiracy theories after a deadly shooting targeting Australia’s Jewish community on Sunday, with some portraying the attack as a possible false-flag operation and others even praising it.
The messaging emerged even as Iran's foreign ministry issued a formal condemnation of the shooting at a Hanukkah event in Sydney that killed 11 people and injured 29 others.
Tasnim News, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, ran the story under the headline “At Least 10 Zionists Slain in Hanukkah Festival in Australia,” in what appeared to be a celebration of the deaths.
The IRGC-affiliated Sabereen News also hailed the killing of British-born Rabbi Eli Schlanger, calling him "a staunch supporter of Gaza genocide who had met Zionist soldiers to voice his support for their war against Gaza."
