Fury as UK 'nominates Iran' to key UN committee overseeing counterterrorism - after Ed Miliband's handshake with Tehran minister

The Daily Mail says in its own voice that the UK was among a slew of countries to 'rubber-stamp Iran as a candidate' for the UN committee. Its own later sentences report Foreign Office ministers saying the regional nomination went forward without a vote and with no UK support. Other coverage says only that the UK did not object.

1. States one side's claim as fact

   Minor

   “The UK had previously been among a slew of countries to rubber-stamp Iran as a candidate”

   Why this matters

   In its own voice the article says the UK 'rubber-stamped' Iran's candidacy, which reads as active approval.

   The impression it gives

   A reader believes Britain gave its formal approval to Iran's candidacy.

   The context

   Whether the UK supported the nomination is disputed, and the article's own later sentences show it. Ministers say the regional nomination was automatic, went through without a vote and had no UK support. Other coverage says only that the UK did not object.

   How we know

   • Elsewhere in the article“We did not have an option to block that appointment.”
   • Elsewhere in the article“critics were 'misinformed' when stating the UK had supported Iran's nomination”
   • The Jewish Chronicle reported“The UK was among a group of Western countries that did not object when Iran was put forward”UK agrees to Iran sitting on UN committee overseeing women’s rights and disarmament (opens in a new tab)