These AI and outdated videos are not of Iran strikes
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By Zoe Weyand
Published on March 2, 2026.
Fake and outdated videos and images are circulating on social media misrepresenting the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran's counterattacks. At least 500 people have been killed in Iran, along with four American servicemembers killed in combat. The most recent incident occurred in 2015 when a chemical warehouse in Tianjin, China, exploded twice, killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds more. A March 1 X post shared a video showing four clips purportedly depicting Iranian military bases being attacked, which was later discovered to be AI-generated. Another post claimed to show Iranian missiles striking Israel, but these were not real.
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