India, March 3 -- The conflict in the Middle East has seen a wave of misinformation spread on social media. Due to the United States' involvement in the strikes on Iran alongside Israel, US citizens are also being subjected many false claims, especially around how administrations before Donald Trump dealt with Iran.

One that has particularly picked up pace concerns the payments that the administrations of Joe Biden and Barack Obama released to Iran. While the payments were indeed made, amounting to $17.6 million combined, the contexts in which they were made are important.

Since the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Saturday, February 28, Trump and officials in the federal government have reiterated many claims around the payme...