The danger in spreading the rumor about the death of the Ayatollah and Hid Khorasani Insef News Political Service: The way in which the rumor about the death of the Ayatollah and Hid Khorasani was spread is a sign of the strange weakness of the local media in dealing with news of high sensitivity for a part of society; A weakness that could be dangerous in sensitive situations, especially in the field of national security. At around 2 am on Friday, the Fars news agency published the rumor of the death of Ayatollah Wahid Khurasani. After that, the Tasnim and Maher news agencies, each of which has several hundred reporters in Tehran and all over the country, including Qom, republished the same news. Later, this news was also published by other media such as Alhat, Jamran, Nornews and even the Avna news agency. During Ali Shimhani's tenure as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Noor News became known in the media as a media outlet close to this council, and Abna is a news agency under the supervision of the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly. Therefore, this rumor seems more credible. Other media outlets also reposted the news after seeing this amount of publicity. This news also had a wide impact on social media, and several personalities, including Ali Akbar Raipur, expressed their condolences on the death of Ayatollah Wahid Khurasani. A media person told "Insef News" that he contacted one of the Ayatollah's children, Vahid Khorasani, who was resting at midnight regarding the authenticity of the news. He was surprised to hear the news and rejected it. Finally, the Tasnim news agency published the first denial; But only a few of the media outlets that published the initial news also echoed the denial at the time. Even some mainstream media, including Fars, did not delete the news on some platforms like Twitter till this morning. In some cases, the news of his death remained in the media until Friday evening. The sensitivity of this news was such that the Iraqi media followed it at the same time. Including the al-Siyasia media, it quickly echoed the denial by the Tasnim news agency. Another point is that many of the media outlets that published the denial did not mention that they had published the false news in the past. Of course, this is not the first time that the rumor about the death of well-known personalities is spread in the Iranian media.

The danger in spreading the rumor about the death of the Ayatollah and Hid Khorasani Insef News Political Service: The way in which the rumor about the death of the Ayatollah and Hid Khorasani was spread is a sign of the strange weakness of the local media in dealing with news of high sensitivity for a part of society; A weakness that could be dangerous in sensitive situations, especially in the field of national security. At around 2 am on Friday, the Fars news agency published the rumor of the death of Ayatollah Wahid Khurasani. After that, the Tasnim and Maher news agencies, each of which has several hundred reporters in Tehran and all over the country, including Qom, republished the same news. Later, this news was also published by other media such as Alhat, Jamran, Nornews and even the Avna news agency. During Ali Shimhani's tenure as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Noor News became known in the media as a media outlet close to this council, and Abna is a news agency under the supervision of the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly. Therefore, this rumor seems more credible. Other media outlets also reposted the news after seeing this amount of publicity. This news also had a wide impact on social media, and several personalities, including Ali Akbar Raipur, expressed their condolences on the death of Ayatollah Wahid Khurasani. A media person told "Insef News" that he contacted one of the Ayatollah's children, Vahid Khorasani, who was resting at midnight regarding the authenticity of the news. He was surprised to hear the news and rejected it. Finally, the Tasnim news agency published the first denial; But only a few of the media outlets that published the initial news also echoed the denial at the time. Even some mainstream media, including Fars, did not delete the news on some platforms like Twitter till this morning. In some cases, the news of his death remained in the media until Friday evening. The sensitivity of this news was such that the Iraqi media followed it at the same time. Including the al-Siyasia media, it quickly echoed the denial by the Tasnim news agency. Another point is that many of the media outlets that published the denial did not mention that they had published the false news in the past. Of course, this is not the first time that the rumor about the death of well-known personalities is spread in the Iranian media.