“In May 2006, Amir Taheri published an explosive story explaining that Iran's legislature had passed a law requiring Jews, Zoroastrians, and Christians to wear colored badges, reminiscent of the reprehensible practice in Nazi Germany. The story proved to be entirely false, but Taheri's utility as a demonizer of Iran must have impressed the hawkish editors of the Wall Street Journals op-ed page, which has run seven of his pieces since the badge story was debunked.”