Iran’s embassy in Austria posted a fabricated image of a child’s blood-stained backpack, falsely linking it to civilian casualties from a school strike in Minab.
Fact-finders said the photograph carried metadata inconsistencies and did not match verified documentation from the June attack site.
Diplomatic missions rarely circulate unverified casualty imagery, and the post drew swift condemnation from European foreign ministries monitoring information integrity.
Investigators tracking war misinformation cataloged the backpack image among dozens of recycled or synthetic grief-related posts.
Tehran’s representatives in Vienna did not publish a retraction visible on the account Thursday.
Diplomatic sources on June 12, 2026 said reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting shipping restrictions remained central to any ceasefire arrangement.
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