Tehran Times, on Iran, 11 November 2026

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Leader aide warns of consequences for those supporting hostile economic blockade against Iran

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TEHRAN – Mohammad Mokhber, an aide to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has warned regional and extra-regional countries and entities against cooperating with efforts by Iran’s adversaries to impose an economic blockade on the country, saying those involved will face consequences that will remain in the Iranian nation’s historical memory. In a message posted on his X account on Wednesday, Mokhber referred to the persistent anti-Iran rhetoric and threats by the country’s adversaries, saying those seeking to harm Iran were now hearing the echoes of their own actions reverberating across the region, Europe and the United States.

He also alluded to growing public discontent, particularly in Western countries, over rising living costs and deteriorating economic prospects, linking the mounting pressures to the US-Israeli war against Iran and ‘other anti-people policies' pursued by various governments. Referring to the ongoing US blockade and economic pressure campaign against Iran, Mokhber stressed that any cooperation with the enemy in imposing a hostile siege on the country would be indelibly recorded in the historical memory of the Iranian nation.

Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture

The article presents the economic blockade as running one way, against Iran. It never mentions that Iran has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war and ties reopening it to the lifting of sanctions and the unfreezing of assets. Without this a reader sees the economic confrontation as pressure on Iran alone. Tehran Times reported Iran's position on Hormuz five days earlier.

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He further warned that responsibility for such cooperation, and its consequences, would not be confined by geographical boundaries but would extend to all those involved in anti-Iran measures.

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What we found (1)

Tehran Times reports a warning posted on X by Mohammad Mokhber, an aide to Iran's Leader, that any country cooperating with an economic blockade of Iran will face consequences. The article attributes the threat and its language to Mokhber throughout. It leaves out that Iran has itself blockaded the Strait of Hormuz since the war began, a minor gap that does not change who said what.

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    What is missing

    The article presents the economic blockade as running one way, against Iran. It never mentions that Iran has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war and ties reopening it to the lifting of sanctions and the unfreezing of assets. Without this a reader sees the economic confrontation as pressure on Iran alone. Tehran Times reported Iran's position on Hormuz five days earlier.

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What it gets right

  • “In a message posted on his X account on Wednesday, Mokhber referred to”

    The outlet names where and when the statement was made and keeps the claims inside Mokhber's attribution, so the reader knows these are his words.

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