In an apparent effort to criticise Barack Obama's policy towards Iran, Republican congressman Paul Gosar tweeted a doctored picture of the former president shaking hands with Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani
of Barack Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in an apparent effort to criticise the former US leader's Iran policy.
But Obama and Rouhani never met in person – and, while Obama left office in 2017, Rouhani is still in power. The real photo was taken at a 2011 meeting between Obama and then Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. When commenters pointed out that the photo was a hoax, Gosar doubled down, calling his critics "dim witted" and implying that he knew the photo was fake.
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