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Iran Compares US Fuel Price Blame to Nazi Germany

Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejects US accusations and criticises visa denials for UN assembly.

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Esmail Baqaei, Spokesperson for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (File Photo/X@IRIMFA_EN)

What this story says

  • Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei rejected US accusations that Tehran is responsible for rising fuel prices.
  • Baqaei compared the US narrative to Nazi Germany's justification for invading Poland in 1939.
  • He stated that Washington's actions contributed to the crisis, including disruptions involving the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Baqaei also criticised the US for not providing visas to members of the Iranian President's media team for the UN General Assembly.

Who covered it

Left 0%(0)Centre 0%(0)Right 100%(7)

Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 8 of the 15 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

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Craft

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Hype

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15 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

None of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei rejected US accusations that Tehran is responsible for rising fuel prices. Baqaei stated that Washington's actions contributed to the crisis, including disruptions involving the Strait of Hormuz and commercial shipping. He compared the US narrative to Nazi Germany's justification for invading Poland in 1939.

Baqaei also criticised the US for not providing visas to members of the Iranian President's media team for the UN General Assembly. He accused the US administration of restricting access to information and said the decision affected both foreign and American journalists.

Coverage disagreements

The full report from aninews.in stated that Baqaei questioned the US attribution of rising fuel prices to Iran and argued that Washington's actions had contributed to the crisis, including disruptions involving the Strait of Hormuz and commercial shipping. It also quoted Baqaei asking if the situation should be viewed as 'strategic brilliance' or a symptom of 'The March of Folly'. Digests from Sapo, Noticias ao Minuto, The Hindu Business Line, Latestly, and awazthevoice.in also reported that Baqaei questioned the US attribution of rising fuel prices and argued Washington's actions contributed to the crisis, including disruptions involving the Strait of Hormuz. Mehr News Agency reported that Baqaei emphasised that the US is the prime cause for skyrocketing oil prices. BizToc reported that Baqaei compared the United States to Nazi Germany leader Adolf Hitler on Tuesday and rejected claims that Tehran is to blame for the crisis. Correio da Manhã and Tribune India digests also reported Baqaei compared the US narrative to Nazi Germany's justification for invading Poland in 1939. Defapress.ir reported Baqaei stated that introducing Iran as the cause of fuel prices is a sign of the US elite evading responsibility for the consequences of military aggression against Iran.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated reports below mention the US administration's decision not to provide visas to members of the Iranian President's media team for the UN General Assembly. This detail was only present in the full report from aninews.in.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 22 Sept 2026, 13:00, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

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No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

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Right

7 rated outlets

  • Right-rated reports led on Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei rejecting US accusations over rising fuel prices and comparing the US narrative to Nazi Germany's justification for invading Poland in 1939. These reports stated that Baqaei argued Washington's actions contributed to the crisis, including disruptions involving the Strait of Hormuz. The full report from aninews.in also detailed Baqaei's criticism of the US for not providing visas to the Iranian President's media team for the UN General Assembly, accusing the administration of trying to hide the truth and further its misinformation campaign.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Iran Compares US Fuel Price Blame to Nazi Germany?
Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 100% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 15. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Iran Compares US Fuel Price Blame to Nazi Germany left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Iran Compares US Fuel Price Blame to Nazi Germany biased?
Iran Compares US Fuel Price Blame to Nazi Germany is one event reported by 15 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Iran Compares US Fuel Price Blame to Nazi Germany?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Iran Compares US Fuel Price Blame to Nazi Germany?
15 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson say about rising fuel prices?
Esmaeil Baqaei rejected US accusations that Iran is responsible for rising fuel prices. He stated that Washington's actions contributed to the crisis, including disruptions involving the Strait of Hormuz and commercial shipping. Baqaei compared the US narrative to Nazi Germany's justification for invading Poland in 1939.
What other criticism did Iran level against the US?
Baqaei criticised the US for not providing visas to members of the Iranian President's media team for the UN General Assembly. He accused the US administration of restricting access to information and stated the decision affected both foreign and American journalists.
Which outlets reported on Iran's comparison of US accusations to Nazi Germany?
Several outlets reported this comparison, including aninews.in, Correio da Manhã, Sapo, Noticias ao Minuto, Latestly, awazthevoice.in, Tribune India, and BizToc. The full report from aninews.in provided extensive detail on Baqaei's remarks.

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No outlet in this group ran the story.

Right

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