CNN made headlines this week after two members of their London bureau had been caught at a regime get together on the Iranian Embassy within the U.Okay., thanks to photographs launched by Iran’s state media Iran Press. However they weren’t the one media current on the gathering. Sky Information worldwide affairs editor Dominic Waghorn may be seen in Iran Press photos rubbing shoulders with an Embassy official, taking to X to defend these there.
In a sequence of X posts on Thursday March 12 and Friday March 13, Waghorn belligerently defended attendance on the occasion by the Labour Social gathering officers from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s International Ministry and the press.
“It is referred to as diplomacy and journalism, issues the @dailytelegraph as soon as used to know a bit about earlier than its unhappy demise, don’t [sic] be so absurdly disingenous [sic],” he wrote.
What solicited that form of response? A publish from Telegraph political correspondent Genevieve Holl-Allen touting the unique report:
“EXC: International Workplace workers attended an occasion on the Iranian embassy to have fun the Islamic revolution weeks after the regime massacred 1000’s of its individuals Civil servants heard a speech from the ambassador praising Iran’s “outstanding accomplishments”
It is referred to as diplomacy and journalism, issues the @dailytelegraph as soon as used to know a bit about earlier than its unhappy demise, dont be so absurdly disingenous https://t.co/MIxk6s2env
— Dominic Waghorn (@DominicWaghorn) March 12, 2026
Waghorn bitterly lashed out at The Telegraph reporters with a dose of agism: “Simply to be clear once more journalists and diplomats go to all form of nationwide day occasions at every kind of embassies. The younger workers on the @dailytelegraph could also be forgiven for not understanding that but however the remainder of you for goodness sake behave[.]”
Simply to be clear once more journalists and diplomats go to all form of nationwide day occasions at every kind of embassies. The younger workers on the @dailytelegraph could also be forgiven for not understanding that but however the remainder of you for goodness sake behave
— Dominic Waghorn (@DominicWaghorn) March 13, 2026
In a Thursday publish, Waghorn took to defending CNN from critics who took subject with how pleasant CNN had been with their protection of Iran for the reason that battle started:
The ‘who wants Iranian state media whenever you’ve bought CNN’ trope is crass and cynically contrived to discredit a group of journalists who took dangers to do their job and inform the story inside Iran. Peddled by propagandists or individuals who ought to know higher. Recover from it.
The ‘who wants Iranian state media whenever you’ve bought CNN’ trope is crass and cynically contrived to discredit a group of journalists who took dangers to do their job and inform the story inside Iran. Peddled by propagandists or individuals who ought to know higher. Recover from it.
— Dominic Waghorn (@DominicWaghorn) March 12, 2026
“High Iranian official pushes again in opposition to Trump’s ‘hearth and fury’ invoking the Shia spirit of resistance. Farsi for ‘convey it on’,” he touted in a March 10 publish.
Choose by a evaluate of Waghorn’s X account, he’s a reasonably staunch leftist.
