Iran President says 14 million Iranians, including himself, have volunteered to sacrifice their lives in war
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“Facing a looming U.S. deadline, Iran's President said Tuesday (April 7, 2026) that 14 million Iranians, including himself, have volunteered to sacrifice their lives in the war.”
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No evidence in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references confirms the specific claim about 14 million Iranians volunteering to sacrifice their lives in the war. The available evidence only confirms Masoud Pezeshkian's presidency and unrelated events (e.g., 2026 war).
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— This is a list of the presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the establishment of that office in 1980. The president of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in the country. The cur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Iran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Iran
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— Masoud Pezeshkian (born 29 September 1954) is an Iranian politician and former heart surgeon who has served as the ninth president of Iran since 2024. A member of the reformist faction, he is the olde…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Pezeshkian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Pezeshkian
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— Masoud Pezeshkian is the ninth president of Iran. He took the position on 28 July, after the presidential election that was held in Iran in June–July 2024. His presidential decree was signed on July 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Masoud_Pezeshkia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Masoud_Pezeshkia…
“The figure is double other figures mentioned by state media in the past about volunteers the government had been soliciting by text messages and media as the war went on.”
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No evidence in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references confirms the comparison to previous volunteer figures mentioned by Iranian state media. The available evidence only describes the 2026 war and unrelated topics.
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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— On 28 February 2026, following the coordinated 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched a multiday series of missile and drone airstrikes on the United Arab Em…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_the_Un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_the_Un…
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— Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
“Iran is home to 90 million people.”
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The claim is supported by a single cross-reference from the Daily Mirror LK stating Iran has nearly 90 million people. No other sources (including Wikipedia) explicitly confirm this population figure.
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— The Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, also known as the Iranian Armed Forces, include the regular armed forces (Artesh), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah) and the Police Command (Fara…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed…
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— The Fakour-90 (Persian: فکور ۹۰, lit. 'Wisdom-90') is an Iranian air-to-air missile based on the AIM-54 Phoenix and the MIM-23 Hawk. It is solely deployed on Iran's F-14 Tomcats. While not confirmed f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakour-90
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakour-90
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— Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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