Claim: Video shows Iran destroying Israel’s fighter jet F-35 in a retaliatory attack. Fact: The claim is false because the footage is from the video game, Arma 3, and there is no credible evidence of Iran destroying the F-35 jet in the Isfahan strikes. On 19 April 2024, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted […]
Claim: Angelina Jolie said, “Arabs and Muslims are not terrorists. The world should unite against Israel.” Fact: Angelina Jolie did not say this. The quote falsely attributed to her has circulated online for many years. On 18 February 2024, Threads user @faithfullifestyle1 posted an image (archive) which attributed the following quote to Angelina Jolie, “Arabs […]
Claim: A video shows explosions and fire after Iran attacked Israel in April 2024. Fact: The video has nothing to do with Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel. It is from March 2024 and shows a Ukrainian attack on two Russian vessels amid the ongoing war. On 15 April 2024, Threads user @rehan_khan_x posted a video […]
Claim: Footage shows Iran firing a salvo of Grad rockets at Israel. Fact: The video is a decade old, and possibly shows a scene from the eastern Ukraine conflict in 2014. It has nothing to do with the recent retaliatory attacks by Iran on Israel. On 15 April 2023, Threads user @nouman_mustafa7890 shared a video […]
Claim: A photo showing several injured police officers in a hospital is from the Bahawalnagar incident when members of the Pakistan Armed Forces assaulted police officers. Fact: The photo is from last year when members of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) attacked the Lahore police. On 12 April 2024, several social media users shared an image of […]
Claim: Photos of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei crying, show his reaction to receiving news of Israel’s recent attack on Iran’s embassy in Syria. Fact: The pictures are old and have been shared in a misleading context on X. They actually show Khamenei crying on two separate occasions in the past. On 2 April […]
Claim: A compilation of images and videos shows the destruction wreaked by Iran’s April 2024 attack on Israel. Fact: None of the images or videos show Iran’s attack against Israel. Almost all are from the Russia-Ukraine war. On 15 April 2024, Soch Fact Check received a video on WhatsApp, the thumbnail of which depicts damage […]
Claim: A photograph shows an explosion in Tehran allegedly by Israel after Iran began its retaliatory drone attacks on 14 April. Fact: The photograph is from 2021, and shows an explosion at an oil refinery in Tehran in June 2021. On 14 April, X (formerly Twitter) user @Huberton posted a photo incorrectly claiming that it […]
Claim: A video shows a building on fire as a result of Iran’s April 2024 airstrikes on Israel. Fact: The video is unrelated to the recent Iran and Israel escalation. It actually shows a 14-storey apartment building that caught fire in the Spanish city of Valencia on 24 February 2024. On 17 April 2024, Soch […]
Claim: A video shows Israel’s Iron Dome repelling rockets fired by Iran-backed Hezbollah. The video was posted on 14 April, soon after Iran began its retaliatory attack on Israel. Fact: The video is at least six months old and does not depict Israel intercepting the recent drone and missile attacks by Iran, in this case […]
Claim: A video shows Israeli citizens panicking and fleeing in Tel Aviv after Iran’s recent attack. Fact: The claim is false as the video does not show Tel Aviv or the Israeli public. It shows hordes of fans of the singer and songwriter Louis Tomlinson crowding the area outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Argentina […]
Claim: Thermal imagery shows a Pakistani military helicopter killing four Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) insurgents after they attacked the second largest airbase PNS Siddique in Turbat on 25 March 2024. Fact: The video is not recent. The imagery is at least 13 years old and does not show the military operation that killed five insurgents. […]