Disinformation exaggerates Iran’s military successes against the U.S. and Israel

After U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, pro-Tehran accounts circulated fake footage claiming to show the aftermath of missile strikes on the USS Abraham Lincoln. Other videos were misrepresented as depicting Iranian retaliatory attacks in the region, particularly in Israel. We also examine fabricated reviews of Dubai’s Palm hotel after debris landed nearby, and debunk AI-generated images that spread after Khamenei’s death as no official photograph of the Supreme Leader’s body has been released.