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Fake photo of damaged US base in Kuwait shared online
A picture circulating on social media with claims it depicts the aftermath of Iranian strikes on an American base isn’t genuine. Read
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Fact checks, commentary and analysis about the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Fake picture of human chain around Iranian power plant circulates online
While there have been reports of Iranians forming human chains around major infrastructure, a widely shared image apparently showing the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant was made with AI. Read
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Video showing Iranian soldiers boarding tanker is from 2019
Old footage of Iran seizing a British-flagged tanker in July 2019 has been circulating online with misleading captions claiming Iran has captured a US ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Read
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Video of 2022 fire in Saudi Arabia shared with false claims it shows Tel Aviv
The video, which has been shared on social media with claims it shows Tel Aviv burning, is actually four years old. Read
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Old footage of market fire shared with false claims it shows Dubai airport in flames
The video, which has been recently shared on social media with claims it shows Dubai’s international airport on fire, is actually over five years old. Read
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Fake crash picture shared with false claims it shows satellite brought down by Iranian missile
A fake AI-generated image is being shared with false claims that Iranian missiles brought down a US-Israeli spy satellite. There are no reports of this happening. Read
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Video shows US warehouse explosion not delayed missile detonation in Israel
A video circulating online with false claims it depicts an Iranian missile exploding in Tel Aviv is actually old footage of a 2016 warehouse fire in California. Read
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Footage of US fire falsely claimed to show Netanyahu home after Iranian missile strike
The video has been shared with unevidenced claims that Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother Iddo was killed in a recent attack by Iran. Read
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Footage of Russian attack on Kyiv shared with false claims it shows Iranian drone strike on Bahrain
Posts falsely claim a video shows a building housing US officers in Bahrain being attacked, but it actually shows residential flats in Kyiv. Read
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Image showing US B-2 supposedly ‘shot down’ by Iran is fake
An image supposedly showing a US B-2 stealth bomber that was “shot down” by Iran is fake, and there are no credible reports of this happening. Read
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