ایتا - موسسه مصاف

The content is a run of posts from the Iranian hardline Eitaa/Telegram channel 'Masaf', dated 22 Aban 1405 (13 November 2026). I checked 25 claims against sources available on 13 November 2026. Most news items line up with mainstream reporting. These include Trump's Stephen A. Smith interview remarks (Gulf states asking for restraint, petrol prices, destroying Iran's infrastructure in 'three days'), the US withdrawal from the U-17 World Cup in Qatar together with FIFA's response, the S-70 helicopter crash in Malatya, the Yashar/Eisenkot coalition principles, the Netanyahu–Eisenkot briefing reports, Vahidi's warning, Pezeshkian at the funeral for unknown martyrs, the postponement of the 2027 Asian Cup, and the New York Times report on restricted satellite imagery. However, the channel puts its own words inside quotations (for example '[due to the blockade]'). It merges separate parts of Trump's answers into one quote, presents reported or contested Israeli military assessments as an official 'announcement', and uses loaded language ('occupying army', 'Zionist regime', 'with panic', 'repetitive threat'). Several military claims could not be independently confirmed: the Houthis completing a 'siege ring' around Aden, satellite images of a US radar 'destroyed' by the IRGC, the Jordanian analyst's missile assertions, and the sequence of events around the Hormuz 'bridge or power plant' threat. The post includes no source links. No claim met the threshold to be rated False.

What checked out (21)

• Trump said Saudi Arabia asked him to 'let it be the way it is now for a while' because Iran is 'disintegrating', and that Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain also prefer this pause (Stephen A. Smith interview, 12 Nov 2026) – https://israelnationalnews.com/news/436127 ; https://www.ibtimes.com/iran-claims-destroyed-us-radar-bahrain-3809714 . Note: the bracketed '[due to the blockade]' was added by the channel.
• Trump said the war raised petrol prices, said he was disappointed in people, and called it a very small price to pay to get rid of a country that would, in his opinion, use nuclear weapons on the US – https://thedailybeast.com/stephen-a-smith-points-out-humiliating-reality-to-trump
• The host raised a Tehran billboard about killing Trump, and Trump replied that Iran is an 'evil enemy' that has 'killed many Americans' – https://tommyxtopher.substack.com/p/stephen-a-smith-donald-trump-interview ; the billboard went up in early November 2026 – https://www.arabnews.jp/en/middle-east/iran-unveils-huge-billboard-with-threat-against-trumps-life-3001251
• Trump said the US could destroy Iran's energy, bridges and manufacturing in three days, one day each – https://politicalwire.com/2026/11/12/trump-says-he-could-destroy-iran-in-three-days/ ; https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-iran-infrastructure-war/
• Israeli TV reports said the IDF told the Netanyahu–Eisenkot briefing it sees no urgent need to strike Iran – https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-netanyahu-eisenkot-briefing-idf-reportedly-says-no-urgent-need-to-strike-iran/ (but see disputed_false_claims on how this was framed)
• US Soccer withdrew from the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar over security concerns linked to the State Department's Level 3 advisory – https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/50455133/usa-fifa-mens-u17-world-cup-qatar-safety ; https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/team-usa-withdraws-fifa-u-17-world-cup-state-department-travel-warning-middle-east
• The State Department's Qatar advisory is Level 3 'Reconsider travel' (updated 23 Oct 2026), citing armed-conflict risk – https://adoptions.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Qatar.html
• FIFA said it had been informed, that its security assessments 'remain unchanged', and noted other events held safely in Qatar. Regulations provide for a fine of at least CHF 20,000 (about US$24,000) for withdrawing less than 30 days before the opening match – https://abcnews.com/Sports/wireStory/us-pulls-boys-team-fifa-17-world-cup-138073209 ; https://aljazeera.com/sports/2026/11/12/fifa-under-17-world-cup-to-kick-off-in-qatar-despite-us-withdrawal
• The 2027 AFC Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia was postponed by about 11 months because of the regional conflict and Houthi attacks – https://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/news/2027-asian-cup-postponed-moved-back-11-months-due-to-current-exceptional-circumstances-in-the-region ; https://abcnews.com/Sports/wireStory/asian-football-confederation-postpones-2027-asian-cup-conflict-137799639
• A Turkish S-70 military helicopter crashed in Malatya, killing all 4 soldiers on board, and a fire spread to a nearby house – https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/11/13/turkey-four-killed-helicopter-crash/2241794545767 ; https://terminair.com/story/132727-four-turkish-soldiers-killed-in-s-70-helicopter
• Yashar MK Shaul Meridor said Haredi parties could join an Eisenkot-led emergency government if they accept four principles, including universal service and recognising Hamas as a terrorist organisation – https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/haredi-parties-welcome-eisenkot-led-140745021.html ; https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-914773
• Netanyahu's bloc lost its Knesset majority, and the anti-Netanyahu camp, including the Arab parties, totals 67 seats – https://edition.cnn.com/2026/11/02/middleeast/netanyahu-elections-stolen-claims-intl ; https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/11/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-eisenkot-government-explainer-intl
• IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi warned that even the smallest aggression would be met with devastating and painful blows, and that the enemy must learn from repeated defeats – https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2026/11/13/3747398/merest-aggression-to-draw-devastating-response-irgc-chief-warns ; https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/enemy-must-learn-from-repeated-defeats-irgc-chief-ahmad-vahidi-warns-us-of-devastating-and-painful-strikes-over-military-action
• Vahidi is IRGC Commander-in-Chief (in post since March 2026) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Vahidi ; https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/11/whats-behind-irans-new-military-appointments-and-what-do-they-indicate
• President Pezeshkian attended the Tehran funeral for 110 unknown martyrs of the 1980–88 war (13 Nov 2026) – https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/11/13/780622/tehran-bids-farewell-to-110-unidentified-martyrs-of-iraqs-imposed-war-on-iran ; https://en.mehrnews.com/news/249364/Tehran-hosting-funeral-ceremony-of-110-unknown-martyrs (both Iranian state media)
• Background: the initial US–Israel war on Iran lasted about 40 days before the April 2026 ceasefire – https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/us-iran-ceasefire-deal-what-are-the-terms-and-whats-next
• Background: Israel struck South Pars, Iran retaliated against Qatar's Ras Laffan, and Trump said the US had no prior knowledge and that Israel would not strike South Pars again – https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/iran-israel-us-war-energy-facilities-south-pars-global-reactions.html ; https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/424199
• Background: Trump said frozen Iranian funds would pay for damage to ships and cargo (July 2026) – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-23/trump-says-us-to-use-iranian-funds-to-pay-for-damage-to-ships ; https://www.military.com/trump-says-frozen-iranian-assets-will-pay-for-damaged-ships-and-cargo
• Trump has recently said the Strait of Hormuz is effectively open – https://www.aol.com/articles/iran-war-over-says-trump-165851000.html ; https://rollingout.com/2026/11/11/trump-iran-hormuz-claim/
• The NYT published a visual report on blocked satellite imagery. It noted that early-war images showed strikes on civilian targets and more damage to US bases than officially acknowledged, and that Planet Labs restricted access at the US government's request – https://www.egyptindependent.com/us-blocks-satellite-imagery-to-conceal-the-impact-of-its-strikes-new-york-times/
• The IRGC claimed on 13 Nov 2026 that it destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain (the claim itself is confirmed as made) – https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/13/irgc-says-it-destroyed-us-radar-in-bahrain-after-attack-on-southern-iran ; https://www.iranintl.com/en/202611137770

• The Houthis ('Yemeni fighters') 'officially completed the siege ring around Aden' by entering the Lahj coast (attributed to Tasnim). Independent analysis on 12 Nov describes a new Houthi offensive in southeastern Lahij that 'likely aims' to cut the Mokha–Aden supply route, and Reuters (2 Nov) placed the Houthis about 80 km from Aden. No independent source confirms Aden is encircled – https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-update-november-12-2026 ; https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-11-02/yemens-houthis-advance-to-within-80-km-of-aden-sources-say
• That satellite images show a US radar 'destroyed' by the IRGC. Only the IRGC's own claim, carried by state media, was found. No independent imagery analysis of a November 2026 strike was located. Al Jazeera's imagery refers to damage from 28 February – https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/13/iran-says-it-struck-us-radar-site-in-bahrain
• Trump threatened to hit an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship targeted in Hormuz, then switched to compensation from frozen funds after an Iranian warning. Compensation via frozen funds is confirmed, but the threat and the claimed cause-and-effect sequence were not.
• That Trump 'continually denies' that non-compliant ships are being targeted – too vague to verify.
• Remarks attributed to Jordanian Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Samadi on PersianTV (underground missile production, range increases, the new cruise missile resembling the JASSM). Neither the interview nor the quotes were located. The IRGC has separately claimed expanded underground production (https://iranwire.com/en/news/159998-irgc-claims-underground-missile-production-expanded-after-recent-wars/), and the JASSM-clone assertion appears only on social media citing Tasnim (https://x.com/HormuzReport/status/2120217886329639366).
• The headline claim that the missile capability is a power 'even US bombing could not weaken' is opinion presented as fact and cannot be verified.
• The NYT report's statement that Iran can still use Chinese satellite imagery. The general point is supported by other outlets (https://www.cjr.org/feature/blind-spots-satellite-osint-open-source-middle-east-iran-blackout-planet-labs-vantor-maxar.php ; https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/2026/04/28/iran-war-has-shown-the-world-the-limits-of-us-satellite-dominance/), but the wording in the NYT article itself was not accessed.
• Meridor naming a state commission of inquiry into 7 October and the cost of living as top priorities – not found in the sources reviewed.
• That the Ras Laffan facilities hit by Iran were 'joint US–Qatari gas facilities' – an oversimplification. They are QatarEnergy facilities, and no evidence of joint ownership was established in this review.

Confidence

Medium-High (0.75) — Each high-priority claim (the Trump quotes, the US withdrawal and FIFA response, the IDF briefing reports, the Turkish crash, Israeli coalition politics and Vahidi's statement) was checked against at least two dated, independent outlets. Each of these sources was published on 12 or 13 November 2026, the same dates as the post. Confidence is lowered because the videos and images could not be inspected, the NYT original and the PersianTV interview were not accessed directly, the battlefield claims (Aden, the Bahrain radar) rest on partisan or unconfirmed sources, and some Persian-to-English translations may lose nuance. The score of 56 reflects largely accurate underlying facts weighed against heavy partisan framing, edited quotations, unlinked sourcing and several unverified military claims.

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US Soccer withdraws U-17 World Cup Qatar security

• https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/50455133/usa-fifa-mens-u17-world-cup-qatar-safety
• https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25532552-usa-withdraws-team-fifa-u-17-world-cup-over-security-concerns-...

FIFA statement US withdrawal U-17 World Cup fine Qatar hosted events

• https://abcnews.com/Sports/wireStory/us-pulls-boys-team-fifa-17-world-cup-138073209
• https://aljazeera.com/sports/2026/11/12/fifa-under-17-world-cup-to-kick-off-in-qatar-despite-us-withdrawal
• https://www.krtv.com/sports/us-pulls-team-from-fifa-under-17-world-cup-in-qatar-citing-security-in-the-gulf

State Department Qatar travel advisory level 3 armed conflict

• https://adoptions.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information...
• https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/team-usa-withdraws-fifa-u-17-world-cup-state-department-travel-warni...

Trump Saudi Arabia asked keep tension Iran blockade

• https://israelnationalnews.com/news/436127
• https://www.ibtimes.com/iran-claims-destroyed-us-radar-bahrain-3809714
• https://presstv.substack.com/p/trump-says-arab-states-pressed-him

Trump gas prices disappointed American people Iran nuclear

• https://thedailybeast.com/stephen-a-smith-points-out-humiliating-reality-to-trump
• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/rising-gas-prices-frustrate-voters-trump-says-its-an-inexpensive-pric...

Trump Tehran billboard kill Trump interview

• https://tommyxtopher.substack.com/p/stephen-a-smith-donald-trump-interview
• https://www.arabnews.jp/en/middle-east/iran-unveils-huge-billboard-with-threat-against-trumps-life-3001251

Trump destroy Iran power plants bridges three days

• https://politicalwire.com/2026/11/12/trump-says-he-could-destroy-iran-in-three-days/
• https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-iran-infrastructure-war/

Israeli army no urgent need attack Iran Netanyahu

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-netanyahu-eisenkot-briefing-idf-reportedly-says-no-urgent-need-to-strike-iran/
• https://en.protothema.gr/2026/11/13/israeli-military-sees-no-urgent-need-to-attack-iran-what-emerged-from-n...

Turkey S-70 helicopter crash Malatya four soldiers

• https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/11/13/turkey-four-killed-helicopter-crash/2241794545767
• https://terminair.com/story/132727-four-turkish-soldiers-killed-in-s-70-helicopter
• https://nt.am/en/news/363282

Eisenkot Yashar party Haredi four principles Meridor

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/haredi-parties-welcome-eisenkot-led-140745021.html
• https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-914773

Eisenkot 67 seats coalition Netanyahu lost majority

• https://edition.cnn.com/2026/11/02/middleeast/netanyahu-elections-stolen-claims-intl
• https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/11/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-eisenkot-government-explainer-intl

Vahidi warns enemy terrible blows smallest aggression

• https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2026/11/13/3747398/merest-aggression-to-draw-devastating-response-irgc-ch...
• https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/enemy-must-learn-from-repeated-defeats-irgc-chief-ahmad-vahidi-warn...

Vahidi IRGC commander in chief

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Vahidi
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/11/whats-behind-irans-new-military-appointments-and-what-do-they-indicate

Pezeshkian funeral 110 unknown martyrs

• https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/11/13/780622/tehran-bids-farewell-to-110-unidentified-martyrs-of-iraq...
• https://en.mehrnews.com/news/249364/Tehran-hosting-funeral-ceremony-of-110-unknown-martyrs

Houthis Aden siege Lahj coast Tasnim

• https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-update-november-12-2026
• https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-913351

Houthis complete encirclement Aden Lahj coast

• https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-11-02/yemens-houthis-advance-to-within-80-km-of-aden-sources-say
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/4/houthis-one-month-siege-on-taiz-is-creating-hell-for-yemenis-stuck-there

IRGC destroyed US radar Bahrain satellite images

• https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/13/irgc-says-it-destroyed-us-radar-in-bahrain-after-attack-on-southern-iran
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/13/iran-says-it-struck-us-radar-site-in-bahrain
• https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-sirik-bahrain-war-nuclear-talks/33897951.html

Asian Cup 2027 postponed

• https://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/news/2027-asian-cup-postponed-moved-back-11-months-due-to-current-exceptio...
• https://abcnews.com/Sports/wireStory/asian-football-confederation-postpones-2027-asian-cup-conflict-137799639

South Pars attack Iran retaliated Ras Laffan Qatar Trump Israel

• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/iran-israel-us-war-energy-facilities-south-pars-global-reactions.html
• https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/19/middleeast/iran-qatar-south-pars-gas-field-explainer-intl

Trump Israel South Pars will not happen again did not know

• https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/424199
• https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-says-israel-will-not-carry-out-any-other-strikes-on-south-pars-fiel...

Iran war ceasefire 40 days duration

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/us-iran-ceasefire-deal-what-are-the-terms-and-whats-next
• https://www.aa.com.tr/en/us-israel-iran-war/timeline-how-the-us-israel-war-with-iran-unfolded-over-108-days/3967739

Trump Hormuz ships compensation frozen Iranian funds

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-23/trump-says-us-to-use-iranian-funds-to-pay-for-damage-to-ships
• https://www.military.com/trump-says-frozen-iranian-assets-will-pay-for-damaged-ships-and-cargo

Trump says Strait of Hormuz is open November 2026

• https://www.aol.com/articles/iran-war-over-says-trump-165851000.html
• https://rollingout.com/2026/11/11/trump-iran-hormuz-claim/

New York Times Planet Labs Vantor satellite imagery restrictions Iran

• https://www.egyptindependent.com/us-blocks-satellite-imagery-to-conceal-the-impact-of-its-strikes-new-york-times/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-satellite-companies-curb-access-mideast-imagery/

New York Times satellite imagery Planet Vantor government pressure Chinese satellites Iran

• https://www.cjr.org/feature/blind-spots-satellite-osint-open-source-middle-east-iran-blackout-planet-labs-v...
• https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/2026/04/28/iran-war-has-shown-the-world-the-limits-of-us-satellite-d...

Iran cruise missile JASSM reverse engineered

• https://x.com/HormuzReport/status/2120217886329639366
• https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/iran-recovers-intact-us-agm-158-jassm-warhead-wdu42b-stealth-missile-com...

Mohammed al-Samadi Iran missile underground production Diego Garcia

• https://iranwire.com/en/news/159998-irgc-claims-underground-missile-production-expanded-after-recent-wars/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile_program_of_Iran

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