During MSNBC’s Hardball, host Chris Matthews pushed Iranian propaganda by comparing the death of Qassem Soleimani to the deaths of Princess Diana and rock-n-roll legend Elvis Presley.

Matthews called Soleimani “a beloved hero” during his discussion with Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) on Wednesday night.

“When some people die, we, you know, you don’t know what the impact is going to be. When Princess Diana died there was a huge emotional outpouring,” said Matthews. “These kinds — Elvis Presley in our culture, it turns out that this general he killed was a beloved hero of the Iranian people to the point — look at the people. These enormous crowds coming out. There is no American emotion but there is a hell of a lot of emotion on the other side.”

Then Matthews asked Rep. Castro, “Should our leaders know what they’re doing before they kill somebody, congressman?”

“They very much could have anticipated that Iranians would react in this way, both the Iranian public but also that the government would strike back,” replied Rep. Castro. “This speaks to a much larger issue, Chris, which is the president has had a very chaotic and erratic foreign policy, especially with respect to Iran.”

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MSNBC also falsely reported news from Iranian state media that 30 U.S. soldiers were killed in Iran’s missile strikes on an Iraqi military base on Tuesday evening, even an hour after the Pentagon released their statement that there were no U.S. or Iraqi causalities from the attack.