Claim: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a fictitious copy of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), likely as a public relations move, rather than the actual one that has the signatures of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and US President Donald Trump. Fact: The viral posts include visuals of the Islamabad MoU at different stages. […]
Claim: A video shows Israeli strikes on Lebanon in April 2026. Fact: The clip is old and appeared online as early as November 2023. Multiple users posted a clip apparently showing Israel bombing Lebanon in April 2026. One such Facebook post’s caption claims: “Israel is destroying Lebanon just like it was destroying Gaza…” The clip […]
Claim: A video shows Indian politician Shashi Tharoor saying Pakistan has engaged in “much better diplomacy” as opposed to his country and calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions a “historical blunder”. Fact: The video is a manipulated version of an authentic interview, in which Tharoor spoke of the US-Israel war against Iran, the destruction in […]
Claim: A video shows Iranian boats preventing the US warships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz in April 2026. Fact: The video is not connected to recent events. It appeared online as early as 20 June 2022, and likely shows Iranian speedboats approaching US Navy vessels at the time. On 12 April, a Facebook […]
Claim: A video shows a US pilot of a downed fighter aircraft being captured by Iran in early April 2026 amid the recent Israel-US war with Iran. Fact: The video predates the downing of the aircraft, with factcheckers and social media posts linking it to a military exercise in Libya in March 2026. Multiple users […]
Claim: A video shows the Iranian delegation arriving in Islamabad on 10 April 2026, for ceasefire talks that are set to take place on 11 April. Fact: The claim is false. The video circulated is old and unrelated. On 10 April 2025 several social media users posted a video with captions like “Iranian delegation arrives […]
Claim: A video leaked by the Iran-linked Handala group, which hacked into FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, shows him dancing to a Bollywood song. Fact: The video is unrelated to the FBI Director’s emails leaked by the Iran-linked group in March 2026; it appeared online as early as July 2020. On 30 March, a […]
Claim: In televised remarks, US President Donald Trump has warned Pakistan to “stay out” of America and Israel’s war against Iran as Islamabad “has its own challenges” and the consequences of taking sides “can be very serious”. Fact: Trump has not issued any such warning. The video includes audio that is doctored, likely using AI […]
Claim: A video shows Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Haifa, Israel amid the ongoing war between US-Israel and Iran. Fact: The video predates the ongoing war between Iran and the US and Israel; it likely shows an Israeli strike in Damascus, Syria from July 2025. On 28 February, a Facebook user posted a video apparently showing […]
Claim: A video shows an attack by Iran on Israel’s nuclear power plant amid the current Iran war. Fact: The video is old and appeared online in March 2017, with online publications linking it to an explosion at an arms depot in Ukraine. On 3 March, a Facebook user posted a video apparently showing an […]
Claim: A video shows people attacking the US embassy in Iraq after an Israeli airstrike killed Ali Larijani, a top Iranian national security official, during the Iran war. Fact: The video is not connected to the ongoing Iran war. It is from December 2019, when protesters in Iraq stormed the US embassy in Baghdad after […]
Claim: A video shows an attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house by Iran, which “fired seven drones and hypersonic missiles”, in March 2026. Fact: The video actually shows the 9/11 attacks. On 9 March 2026, Facebook page ‘Doctor ilyas’ posted (archive) a video showing a building being struck by an aircraft, causing a […]