FACT CHECK · IRAN
Claim: Iran massacred Sunnis in Syria and Iraq
TRUETHE ANSWER
Documented. HRW: Iran-backed Shiite militias torched ~3,200 buildings in Sunni villages near Amerli, Iraq (2014). The UN tied Iran-backed Nujaba to killing dozens of civilians in Aleppo (2016).
SOURCE
Human Rights Watch 2015 via Long War Journal; UN Dec 2016 via Counter Extremism Project
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