http://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/03/05/remaining-iranian-regime-allows-cnn-to-report-from-tehran-and-people-have-questions-n2425707
One thing is for sure, we're not likely to get some of the "fiery but mostly peaceful" spin that we've come to expect from CNN.
The cable net has been invited into Iran to report (though that might not end up being the correct word for it) from Tehran and elsewhere in the country:
CNN International PR (@cnnipr) ~ Just in:
CNN Senior International Correspondent @fpleitgenCNN and his team have just crossed the border into Iran.
CNN is the first US network into the country since the start of the war.
His report 👇
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/2029508171274785144
It's worth noting that CNN is in Iran with the permission of the remaining regime and IRGC:
CNN (@CNN) ~ CNN's Frederik Pleitgen is on his way to Iran's capital, Tehran, as Israel and the US continue their aerial campaign against the country. CNN is operating in Iran only with government permission.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/2029531533481013634
Does anybody have questions about this?
Of course!
Patrick Nealis (@Patrick_Nealis) ~ “CNN is the first U.S. network allowed into the country since the start of the war, and I do want to point out CNN operates in Iran only with government permission.”
Okay everyone, time to put your thinking caps on ... why do you think the IRGC chose CNN as the first to enter Iran? 🧐
Because the murderous, tyrannical Iranian regime rightly sees CNN as a compliant media outlet that soft sells the heinously evil Iranian regime and takes a hard line against pro-American leaders and policies.
Goldie Ghamari | گلسا قمری (@gghamari) ~ {Replying to @CNN} How much is the Islamic Regime paying you to repeat their propaganda?
Ghazaleh Ghaffary (@ghazaleghaffary) ~ {Replying to @CNN} How does a regime shut down the Internet for millions, yet still grant selective access to foreign media for “on-the-ground” reporting? Iranians have been cut off from the world. Publishing narratives facilitated by the regime risks amplifying propaganda. Shame on you, @CNN.
No doubt the regime wouldn't have invited CNN in if they weren't fairly certain the spin they desire will be passed along without question or scrutiny.
Kusha (@kusha_alagband) ~ {Replying to @CNN} CNN has always been and always will be Iran’s useful idiot.
پسر ساحل𓃬 (@Sonofthebeach22) ~ {Replying to @CNN} You are serving the propaganda machine of a murderous regime. These videos are from a war-torn Iran, where people are both celebrating and thanking Trump and the American and Israeli forces for destroying the regime’s repressive forces and military resources.
Videos ~ http://x.com/i/status/2029544412775149813
Will CNN interview many Iranian citizens who are thanking Trump, Netanyahu and the U.S. and Israeli military? We'll see, but confidence isn't high.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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