Tommy Pigott
- Role
- U.S. Department of State spokesperson
- Statement date
"propaganda or political messaging"
Source and context
Interview
About this source
AP original reporting and direct interviews, updated May 19 at 1:40 p.m. EDT. NewsNation republication is existing source 364; these are the same report, not independent corroboration. This record restores original-source provenance and distinct interview locators. Statements remain attributed; the exact interview times are unknown.
Before the quotation
AP requested the State Department’s rationale and quoted Pigott’s official response.
After the quotation
AP reported that Pigott provided no examples or evidence related to this family in that statement. This is one official response, not a separate independent response by both Pigott and the department. The source publication date is used because the exact interview or utterance date is not separately verified.
How this statement is classified
The speaker expressly approves the action or advocates the removal policy discussed in the case; scope limitations are preserved in the context.
- Recorded on
- Published here
- People and groups discussed
- Maryam Tahmasebi, Seyed Eissa Hashemi
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