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  • Fact Check: Images Do NOT Show Fires in Tel Aviv, Israel, After Iranian Strike -- Pics Display Signs Of Generative AI

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    Do viral images authentically document fires in Tel Aviv, Israel, in the aftermath of Iranian strikes during the June 2025 escalation of the conflict? No, that's not true: The set that purported to show a badly damaged building of a government-owned Israeli defense company displayed a wrong logo. No credible media organization published any of the images while reporting on…

    • Jun 23, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Images Do NOT Show Fires in Tel Aviv, Israel, After Iranian Strike -- Pics Display Signs Of Generative AI Wrong Logo
  • Fact Check: Recycled Video Does NOT Show U.S. "Deployment to Iran ... Just Filmed" On June 22, 2025

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    Does a viral video document U.S. Army soldiers deploying to Iran on June 22, 2025? No, that's not true: The post provides no evidence where those soldiers are going, nor when. No Army deployments have been documented by evidence-based news sites and neither the White House nor Congress have announced U.S. troops will be sent to Iran. The video was…

    • Jun 23, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Recycled Video Does NOT Show U.S. "Deployment to Iran ... Just Filmed" On June 22, 2025 Recycled Video
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Lightning Bolt During Nuclear Explosion As US Bombed Iran Nuclear Plant

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    Does a video authentically show a lightning strike during a nuclear blast at an Iranian nuclear facility during a U.S. bombing attack on June 22, 2025? No, that's not true: While Lead Stories cannot confirm whether the video is real or AI-generated, the same video was shared online at least two days before the U.S. attack on three nuclear facilities…

    • Jun 22, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Lightning Bolt During Nuclear Explosion As US Bombed Iran Nuclear Plant Old Video
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Military Base Under Soroka Hospital, Israel

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    Did a video shared widely in June 2025 show a real military base under Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel? No, that's not true: The computer-generated animation began as a satirical reference to earlier Israeli claims about the hiding of missiles in civilian contexts. The hospital was hit by an Iranian missile strike on June 19. The claim appeared in…

    • Jun 20, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Military Base Under Soroka Hospital, Israel Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People 'Leaving Tel Aviv In Droves'

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    Did a video of a large crowd walking through the streets of a city show people fleeing Tel Aviv en masse in June 2025? No, that's not true: The clip was recorded in Russia. It showed an annual pilgrimage organized by the Russian Orthodox Church. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on X on June 19, 2025. It…

    • Jun 19, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show People 'Leaving Tel Aviv In Droves' Russia
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Threaten to 'Drop Chris Christie' on Iran

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    Did President Donald Trump threaten, in a TruthSocial post, to "drop Chris Christie" on Iran, in June 2025? No, that's not true: A widely-shared screenshot which appeared to show such a message was, in fact, fake. A search of the president's TruthSocial account yielded no record of his having written those words. The fake post appeared in a June 18,…

    • Jun 19, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Threaten to 'Drop Chris Christie' on Iran Fake Post
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Transport Of Giant Missile In Iran Or Elsewhere -- Old Gas Plant Equipment Video

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    Does a viral video show some kind of giant missile being transported, and is it related to the current conflict between Iran and Israel? No, that's not true: The video, captioned in one social media post as "the weapon that Israel fear the most" is several years old. It appears to show the transport of some heavy equipment to a…

    • Jun 19, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Transport Of Giant Missile In Iran Or Elsewhere -- Old Gas Plant Equipment Video Not Missile
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Strike Happening During June 2025 Iran-Israel Conflict

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    Did a widely-shared video show a missile strike occurring during the June 2025 Iran-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: The footage predated that particular round of escalation. It had been online since 2024. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) published on X on June 17, 2025. It consisted of a clip of missiles striking an urban environment at…

    • Jun 18, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Strike Happening During June 2025 Iran-Israel Conflict 2024
  • Fact Check: Ad Agency Created 'Iran Is Your Problem Too' Video With Missile Shaped Balloons Floating Through New York Street -- Digital Creation

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    Does a video really show missile-shaped baloons with the slogan "Iran is your problem too!" floating past Radio City Hall in New York? No, that's not true: The video was created by a digital advertising agency named Cracker TLV. They created several other videos using the exact same background scene but with other objects floating past. The video can be…

    • Jun 18, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Ad Agency Created 'Iran Is Your Problem Too' Video With Missile Shaped Balloons Floating Through New York Street -- Digital Creation Not Real
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Woman Dancing in the Rain in Protest Against 'Islamic Regime'

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    Did a widely-shared video show an Iranian woman dancing in the rain in June 2025, as a protest against that country's "Islamic regime"? No, that's not true: The clip showed Tamta Sabelashvili, a Georgian influencer and personal trainer who lives in France. She posted the video in 2023, meaning it had no connection to the Iran-Israel conflict that took place…

    • Jun 18, 2025
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Iranian Woman Dancing in the Rain in Protest Against 'Islamic Regime' Unrelated Clip
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