Claim: A video shows missiles hitting several buildings from the recent attack by Israel on Iran’s capital, Tehran.
Fact: The claim is false as the video is actually from 2024 when Iran launched an attack on Israel’s airbases. It is not related to the recent escalations.
On 13 June 2025, a video was shared on X with the caption, “#BREAKING: ISRAEL hammers TEHRAN AGAIN: IRAN’S MILITARY REELS FROM FRESH ASSAULT.
New wave of Israeli airstrikes devastates Tehran’s remaining defenses, targeting missile sites and airbases, pushing Iran closer to a desperate True Promise 3 response.”
It is not the first time this video has been shared with a false claim. Soch Fact Check and AFP have previously debunked other claims relating to the same video when it was shared in the context of Yemen attacking Israel and during the India-Pakistan escalation, respectively.
Israel’s Attack on Iran
On 13 June 2025, Israel launched a large-scale aerial offensive targeting more than 100 sites across Iran, including high-value nuclear facilities and military command centers. According to The Guardian, nearly 200 Israeli jets took part in the operation. Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities, including the Natanz nuclear facility, a central hub of Iran’s uranium enrichment program, and the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center.
At least six Iranian nuclear scientists were also killed in the strikes, including Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani, a former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, a prominent academic leader. Senior military figures also suffered heavy casualties; those killed included Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Revolutionary Guards Chief Hossein Salami, and IRGC Aerospace Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh.
As of 24 June, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education reported that at least 610 people were killed and 4,764 were injured. However, independent verification of the number of casualties in Iran as well as Israel remains limited. Due to restricted access and ongoing attacks, the full extent of the destruction is yet to be assessed.
Iran’s Retaliation and Regional Tensions
On the same day as Israel’s attack, Iran responded by launching more than 100 drones toward Israeli territory. Several drones were intercepted over Jordan and Iraq, while others triggered air raid sirens across Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities.
Times of Israel reported that at least 28 people have been killed and over 3000 wounded during these retaliatory strikes as of 24 June 2025.
Cancelled Nuclear Talks and US Escalation
The escalation came just days before US-Iran nuclear talks were scheduled to take place in Muscat, Oman, on 15 June. They were abruptly cancelled on 14 June, following Israel’s attack and the shifting diplomatic climate, Reuters reported.
While initially distancing itself from the strikes, the US quickly changed its stance. President Donald Trump praised the attack as “excellent” and called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender”. On 17 June, he urged Iranian citizens to evacuate Tehran and warned that the US knew where Iran’s Supreme Leader was hiding “but would not strike for now.”
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, responded firmly on 18 June, rejecting Trump’s demands and warning that any further strikes on Iranian territory would result in “serious, irreparable consequences”, as reported by The Times.
The conflict had entered its second week when the US officially entered the war on 21 June after striking three main nuclear sites in Iran. US President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would face more devastating attacks if it did not agree to peace. However, on 24 June, Trump announced a two-phase ceasefire between Israel and Iran on Truth Social after Iran’s retaliatory attacks on US bases in Qatar and Iraq.
Fact or Fiction?
To investigate the claim, Soch Fact Check conducted a reverse-image search on Google Lens. The results led to a YouTube video published by the New York Post on 2 October 2024, with the title “Iran launches ballistic missile attack on Israel”. The first 13 seconds of this video are identical to the video being fact-checked.
The video in the claim was also shared by The Telegraph on 3 October 2024. According to the publication, it showed an “Iranian missile attack on the Nevatim airbase in Israel”, along with pictorial evidence.
Indian news outlet Doordarshan, otherwise known as DD India, also posted the video on 1 October 2024, showing “Iranian missiles targeting the Nevatim airbase in the Negev Desert”.
Additionally, Soch Fact Check found that Middle East Eye posted the same video back in April 2024 with the caption, “The moment Iranian missiles hit Nevatim airbase in Israel”.
Thus, Soch Fact Check can confirm that this video shows Iranian missiles striking Israeli territory during one of the large-scale missile attacks carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Aerospace Force back in April and October 2024.
It is likely that the video shows an attack in April 2024 not October 2024 as it initially surfaced on the internet in April 2024 when Iran had reportedly hit the Nevatim airbase in southern Israel.
Virality
On X, the video was shared here, here, here. It was also shared here and here on Instagram, and here on Facebook.
Conclusion: A video circulating with the claim that it shows Israel’s attack on Iran in June 2025 is actually from 2024. It shows Iran’s missile attack on an Israeli airbase, not Israel’s attack on Iran, and is not related to the ongoing conflict between the two countries.
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