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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 reports that the officials named US diplomats as targets and calls them 'fair game' in its headline. It never says why the officials gave that label: the US and Israel had killed dozens of Iranian officials and some of their family members. Every other outlet reporting the same New York Times story carries this. Without it, a reader believes the officials made a bare threat against diplomats, when they presented it as retaliation for killings by the US and Israel. The article also never says who struck whom in the war it mentions.

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Ynet News (English) reported“defending the potential attacks as retaliation for the killing of Iranian officials and their relatives by the United States and Israel”‘Fair game’: Iranian officials tell NYT US diplomats could be targeted in new war (opens in a new tab)
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)
Times of Israel reported“The campaign killed dozens of senior Iranian officials, including supreme leader Ali Khamenei”2 Iranian officials confirm Tehran preparing to target US diplomats, personnel – report (opens in a new tab)

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Haaretz reports, citing The New York Times, that two senior Iranian officials, one from the Revolutionary Guards, named US diplomats and personnel as potential targets if the war escalates. It leaves out the reason the same officials gave, which every other outlet reporting the story carries: that the US and Israel had killed dozens of Iranian officials and some of their relatives.

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Haaretz reports that the officials named US diplomats as targets and calls them 'fair game' in its headline. It never says why the officials gave that label: the US and Israel had killed dozens of Iranian officials and some of their family members. Every other outlet reporting the same New York Times story carries this. Without it, a reader believes the officials made a bare threat against diplomats, when they presented it as retaliation for killings by the US and Israel. The article also never says who struck whom in the war it mentions.
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- Ynet News (English) reported“defending the potential attacks as retaliation for the killing of Iranian officials and their relatives by the United States and Israel”‘Fair game’: Iranian officials tell NYT US diplomats could be targeted in new war (opens in a new tab)
- 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)
- Times of Israel reported“The campaign killed dozens of senior Iranian officials, including supreme leader Ali Khamenei”2 Iranian officials confirm Tehran preparing to target US diplomats, personnel – report (opens in a new tab)
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