Kotaku and IGN corroborated the story, also claiming that the pictures were legitimate.

In particular, Erdoğan stressed the need for Iran to offer a gesture of goodwill about its nuclear program.

At the end of the seminar, the speakers stressed the importance of blogging for the Palestinian people, under their current circumstances, and invited journalists to create their own blogs and to keep abreast of developments in information technology and world of technology.