Claim: A video shows India’s Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal threatening Iran with aggression if the latter attacked ships coming towards India. Fact: The viral clip is likely a deepfake. A Facebook user shared a video with the following caption: “بھارت کی ایران 🇮🇷 کو پہلی بار دھمکی 🇮🇳 ”اس میں کوئی شک […]
Author: Shameneh Majid Claim: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) posted an image of a missile with the Persian inscription: “In memory of the victims of Epstein Island.” Fact: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or the Iranian government have not shared any such photo to their official pages, and the viral image appears to […]
Claim: Video shows a building in Tel Aviv on fire after an Iranian air strike. Fact: The viral clip is from a fire at a gas station in Syria in April 2025. On 16 March 2026, X user @HarmeetSinghPK shared a video showing a massive blaze, writing, “کل رات ایرانی حملوں کے نتیجے میں Tel […]
Claim: Indian army chief General Upendra Dwivedi admitted that India shared Iranian warship Iris Dena’s location with Israel. Fact: The claim is false. The audio in the viral clip was likely synthetically generated and overlaid onto genuine footage of the Indian army chief. A Facebook user shared a video with the following caption: “بھارت نے […]
Claim: A video shows an attack from the Iranian forces on a nuclear plant in Israel amid the ongoing war. Fact: The video is unrelated to the Iran-Israel war and dates back to 2017. A Facebook user, Media Digital Khanpur Mahar posted a video that went viral amid tensions of the ongoing war, claiming it […]
Claim: A video shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house on fire following an Iranian strike. Fact: The viral clip predates the ongoing conflict and actually shows a residential house fire in Galloway Township, New Jersey. A Facebook user shared a video showing a house on fire. It contained the following text: “بریکنگ نیوز دل […]
Claim: A video shows a female Iranian military officer recording herself while showcasing Iran’s fighter jets. Fact: The viral video is AI-generated. A video circulating online appears to show a woman dressed in what seems to be a military uniform filming herself near fighter jets. In the clip, she says, “Habibi, come to Iran.” The […]
Author: Shameneh Majid Claim: Malala Yousafzai has not commented on the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, which was carried out during the opening of US-Israel joint airstrikes on 28 February 2026. Fact: Malala publicly condemned the attack on 1 March and called out Israel and the US for this […]
Claim: A video shows Israeli citizens scrambling in panic after Iranian missile strikes. Fact: The viral clip does not depict real events. It is AI-generated. On 3 March, Instagram account @islambrief shared a video containing the following text: “The way Israel tormented the children of Gaza, it is now suffering similarly from Iran’s missile attacks.” […]
Claim: Video shows Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s final moments before he was killed by a US-Israel air-strike. Fact: The viral clip is AI-generated. Following Khamenei’s death in a US-Israeli air-strike, a video was shared online claiming to show his last moments. It contained the following text: “ایرانی سپریم لیڈر آیت اللہ علی خامنائی […]
Claim: A viral image circulating online claims to show a hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, burning after it was hit by an Iranian missile. Fact: The image is AI-generated and does not document a real missile strike or a verified incident. On 2 March 2026, Facebook user Qazi Wajid shared an image showing a […]
Claim: During a recent speech in the Knesset, posted on 26 February, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his support for Afghanistan and declared that Israel considers Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada as its partner. Fact: Analysis shows the video posted by the X user is a deepfake; Netanyahu did not declare any such support for […]