Israelis use fake front page to try to tilt U.S. policy on Iran

As the Netanyahu administration continues to engage in a foreign policy tinged by election-season shenanigans, it's now entering into Onion territory as it takes jabs at the Obama administration
On Thursday, the Israeli embassy in Washington launched a Twitter offensive with a picture of a mock New York Times front page dated March 23, 2025, with the caption “About that Iran sunset clause…//Headlines from the future: March 2025.”

Politico reports that the Israelis suggest the world, 10 years after a nuclear deal with Iran, would suffer from gasoline prices of $9.25 per gallon. One fake headline reads: “‘How we duped the west’: Iranian Pres. Rouhani declares.” Another says, “UN: ‘Alarming Increase’ In Iran Executions By ‘Moderate’ Regime.”
But the mock newspaper is not simply a juvenile attempt at influencing U.S. policy. Politico points out that subsequent tweets offered “flashbacks” to past news stories -- real stories -- with a similar theme: a London Telegraph story from 2006 titled “How we duped the West, by Iran’s nuclear negotiator” and a 2014 United Nations human rights page that describes a “sharp increase” in hangings in Iran.