{"id":1667936,"date":"2026-03-08T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1667936"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:35:00","slug":"bbc-slips-in-mistranslated-propaganda-to-radically-alter-hegseth-speech-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/bbc-slips-in-mistranslated-propaganda-to-radically-alter-hegseth-speech-on-iran\/1667936\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Slips In ‘Mistranslated’ Propaganda To Radically Alter Hegseth Speech On Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC Slips In ‘Mistranslated’ Propaganda To Radically Alter Hegseth Speech On Iran<\/span><\/p>\n

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The BBC has been caught yet again manipulating comments from the Trump administration to radically alter their meaning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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During a March 2 press conference about the war in Iran,\u00a0US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that the United States is bringing death to the same\u00a0regime<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0that chanted “death to America.”<\/p>\n

BBC Persia, however,\u00a0substituted the word ‘people’ for ‘regime’ – fundamentally changing Hegseth’s meaning to sound like America was targeting all Iranians<\/strong>\u00a0vs. the regime<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It turns out the regime who chanted ‘death to America and death to Israel was gifted death from America and death from Israel,” is what Hegseth actually said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The BBC translated the word “regime” as “mardom,” the Persian word for “people.” It later issued a correction.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The BBC “mistakenly” altered a speech by Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth on the war in Iran, making him appear to say the United States was targeting the Iranian “people”.<\/p>\n

This comes only a handful of months since they did the same to President Trump.<\/p>\n

Defund the BBC! pic.twitter.com\/iezrIh5vFX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tommy Robinson \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@TRobinsonNewEra) March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

While we’re sure Israel and America will kill plenty of non-regime Iranians by the time this is done,\u00a0mainstream media like the BBC isn’t doing anything for its reputation by shaping narratives<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has argued that that Tehran’s leadership, not regular Iranians, pose a direct threat to American national security because they’ve been chanting “death to America” (for the past 50 years), which justified Trump reneging on his repeated campaign promises not to start new wars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The error drew condemnation from Iranians online<\/strong>, who accused the BBC of conflating ordinary civilians with the brutality of the regime and altering the meaning of Mr Hegseth\u2019s speech. Others disagreed, saying the translation was acceptable.<\/em><\/p>\n

The US president has called on the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the leadership. On Monday, Mr Hegseth repeated that call, urging civilians to \u201ctake advantage of this incredible opportunity\u201d. -Telegraph<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Iran expert Thamar Eilam-Gindin of Haifa University, the BBC had “fundamentally altered the meaning”\u00a0<\/strong>of Hegseth’s words.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“By mistranslating the English word \u2018regime\u2019 into the Persian word \u2018mardom\u2019 \u2014meaning \u2018people\u2019\u2014the BBC\u2019s Persian service fundamentally altered the meaning of the US secretary of defence\u2019s speech, making it appear as though he were attacking all Iranians rather than the Islamic Republic,” Eilam-Gindin told<\/a> the\u00a0Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“Among members of the Iranian diaspora in the West, with whom I am in regular contact, this incident reinforces what they perceive as a long-standing pro-regime editorial line at BBC Persian.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Explaining their actions, the BBC said “This mistranslated word was a mistake, as a result of human error, during the live simultaneous translation of a speech<\/strong>. We issued a correction to Persian audiences on air and on social media.”<\/p>\n

Mistranslation is a very generous way to describe something that looks deliberate.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) March 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

That said, perhaps Hegseth should choose his words a tad more carefully (the last 20 seconds or so):<\/p>\n

As requested \ud83d\ude09 pic.twitter.com\/ngk1DX2SaB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mr. Gerald Wayne (@geraldwayne) March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The ‘mistranslation’ echoes the BBC’s deceptive editing of Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech to falsely portray him as inciting violence at the Capitol, which earned them a $10 billion lawsuit<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 03\/08\/2026 – 07:35<\/span><\/p>\n

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