Verified fact-checkers confirmed several viral videos purportedly from the Iran war were from unrelated events.
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How to Spot AI-Generated War Videos Before You Share Them
A practical guide to media literacy amid the surge of fake videos from the Iran conflict.
Trump’s First-Term Defense Lawyer Spins Facts in Media About Classified Documents Case
Legal fact-checkers found several misleading statements made by Trump’s former attorney about the document investigation
Real Vatican Files Exist But Nothing Like the Fabricated Truth Social Post Claims
Fact-checkers debunked a viral Truth Social post claiming to contain secret Vatican documents saying the real files are very different
Old Ukraine War Explosion Videos Falsely Shared as New US-Iran Strikes on Israel on Social Media
Verified fact-check reports confirmed that footage of explosions falsely labelled as Iran strikes on Israel were actually old videos from Ukraine
AI-Generated Images of Iranian Girls Shared by UN Official Were Fabricated Not Real Photographs
Investigators confirmed that photos purportedly showing victims in Iran that were shared by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese were AI-generated
Former French Ambassador Shared Fake Video of Missiles Destroying Tel Aviv
France’s former ambassador to Israel shared an AI-fabricated video of a missile strike on Tel Aviv that did not occur
US Treasury Insolvency Claim Circulating on Facebook Is False and Misleading
Fact-checkers found a viral Facebook post claiming the US Treasury declared itself insolvent was based on a misreading of routine financial reporting
Port Sudan Explosion Photos Falsely Used to Claim Iran Bombed US Military Base in Djibouti
Old images of a 2025 Port Sudan blast were being shared on social media with false captions claiming an Iranian attack on Camp Lemonnier
Iranian Embassy in Austria Posted Fake Image of Blood-Stained Backpack After Minab School Attack
The Iranian government’s embassy shared a fabricated photograph falsely attributed to an Israeli strike on a school