Iranian Media Is Claiming That The CIA Agent Behind The Soleimani Killing Was Shot Down In Afghanistan

State TV asserts that senior CIA officer Michael D’Andrea – whom it says had a key role in killing Iranian general Qasem Soleimani – was killed in the crash. The image it’s showing is of actor Fredric Lehne who plays a character based on D’Andrea in the movie Zero Dark Thirty pic.twitter.com/u8Ius9TwWq

— BBC Monitoring (@BBCMonitoring) January 28, 2020

Business Insider: Iranian state TV used a photo of an actor from 'Zero Dark Thirty' to spread a wild theory that a senior CIA official was killed in a plane crash in Afghanistan

* Iran's State TV seemed to confuse a real CIA agent with the character he inspired in the movie "Zero Dark Thirty" on Tuesday.
* The network claimed senior CIA agent Michael D'Andrea was among those killed in a US military plane crash in Afghanistan on Monday.
* State TV broadcast an image of Fredric Lehne, the US actor who played a character inspired by D'Andrea in the 2012 movie.
* Iranian TV provided no evidence for the claim that D'Andrea was killed on Monday.

Iran's state TV broadcast a photo of an actor from"Zero Dark Thirty" to illustrate a claim that the CIA officer that inspired the character had been killed.

On Monday, the US military confirmed an E-11A surveillance plane crashed in Ghanzi, eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban, who control the region, say several top CIA operatives were killed, and have since denied access to the crash site.

One of those CIA operatives was Michael D'Andrea, state TV said, according to BBC Monitoring, which first reported the claims made on Iranian TV.

Iranian TV did not provide any evidence for its claim that D'Andrea was killed Monday.

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WNU Editor: One of the Iranian reports that is making this claim is here .... CIA’s Michael D’ Andrea reportedly killed in US plane downing in Afghanistan (MEHR News Agency)

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