On 31 October, Sabereen News (KH — affiliated/aligned media) criticized US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s knowledge and attributed to him the assertion that Iran had fought its neighbours since 1979 to export its revolution. The channel countered by invoking what it described as the UN archive’s account that Iraq initiated the Iran–Iraq War with its attack on 22 September 1980.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media31 Oct, 19:45
“An American foreign minister with little culture or knowledge. Rubio: Iran has been waging wars on its neighbours since 1979 to export its revolution. The recognized UN archive records the following text: Iraq initiated the Iran–Iraq War militarily when it launched a broad attack on Iran on 22 September 1980, on the orders of then Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.”
وزير خارجية اميركي منخفض الثقافة والاطلاع روبيو: ايران تشن حروبا على جيرانها منذ ١٩٧٩ لتصدير ثورتها في ارشيف الامم المتحدة المعتمد مدون النص التالي: العراق هو من بدأ الحرب العراقية الإيرانية عسكرياً، عندما شنّ هجوماً واسعاً على إيران في 22 أيلول/سبتمبر 1980، بأمر من الرئيس العراقي آنذاك صدام حسين