Reliable sources for developments in Iran. [View all]

Last edited Mon Mar 30, 2026, 08:35 AM - Edit history (2)

I am not bringing this up because of any particular thread in LBN.

It looks as if things are about to get worse. We will be flooded with stories from Iran.

Whom to believe? Sites claiming to be news sites have been popping up like toadstools after the rain. Most steal stories someone else has written.

As well, I am wary of any claims made by Iran's Ministry of Information. I trust them as much as I trust Karoline Leavitt.

Note the recent story about the land mines said to have been placed in Iran by the US. Newspapers had no choice but to cover that, but they were careful to note that their stories were based on accounts originating from within Iran's Ministry of Information.

Should DU place an embargo on articles coming from these new and largely unheard of sources? Should it establish a list of acceptable sources?

Aljazeera has been around for years. I can rely on anything I read from them. Maybe stories from AFP, or France 24, or the usual US-based news sources with a string of Pulitzer Prizes to their names would also get automatic waivers.

I am not looking forward to this.

Thanks.