Report: Iranian Officials Say U.S. Diplomats 'Fair Game' as War Tensions Mount - Iran News
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Haaretz
01:07 PM • October 25 2026 IST
Two senior Iranian officials, one of them a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Saturday that U.S. diplomats and other American personnel are among Iran's potential targets if the war escalates, The New York Times reported.
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Haaretz never gives the reason the officials gave for calling Americans 'fair game'. Every other outlet reported it: the US and Israel had killed dozens of Iranian officials and some of their relatives. Without it, a reader sees the threat only as a response to a future escalation, not as a response the officials tied to past US and Israeli killings.
How we know
- Times of Israel reported“given the number of Iranian officials killed by the US and Israel”2 Iranian officials confirm Tehran preparing to target US diplomats ... (opens in a new tab)
- Ynet News (English) reported“They argued that the deaths of dozens of Iranian officials and some family members in U.S. and Israeli strikes made Americans "fair game" for retaliation.”‘Fair game’: Iranian officials tell NYT US diplomats could be targeted in new war (opens in a new tab)
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