{"id":53628,"date":"2026-03-05T14:59:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=53628"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:18:45","slug":"beware-of-fake-headlines-like-this-one-accusing-iran-of-these-data-center-bombings-when-its-actually-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=53628","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b><i>BEWARE of fake headlines like this one accusing Iran of these data center bombings when it&#8217;s actually Israel.<\/i><\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53686\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-2.55.15-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-2.55.15-PM.png 628w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-2.55.15-PM-300x130.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Now read about the official denial posted below which was<br \/>\noriginally issued by the Iranian government:<\/h2>\n<p>Iranian state media has explicitly claimed that Bahrain and United Arab Emirates (UAE) data centers were targeted** because of their support for &#8220;U.S. military and intelligence activities.&#8221; While Iranian officials have denied targeting &#8220;civilian targets&#8221; more broadly, state-affiliated agencies reported the strikes as part of retaliatory actions following U.S. and Israeli military operations.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong>Denial and Official Stance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"Y3BBE\" data-hveid=\"CAYQAA\" data-processed=\"true\">The Iranian government&#8217;s position on these strikes has been characterized by conflicting reports:<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAcQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Targeting Denials:<\/strong>\u00a0Iran&#8217;s general staff of the armed forces has denied targeting civilian infrastructure and oil sites, despite documented strikes hitting these locations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAcQAQ\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Specific Claims:<\/strong>\u00a0Conversely, the Iranian Fars News Agency stated on Telegram that the AWS Bahrain facility was targeted specifically for its perceived military support roles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAcQAg\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Diplomatic Messaging:<\/strong>\u00a0Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Qatari officials that Iranian missile attacks were directed solely at &#8220;U.S. interests&#8221; and not at neighboring Gulf states themselves.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}