The scene in the Western film is distorted as “Iran's execution of Israeli spies”

Rights Group It says Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people. Execute dozens of Images shared on social media did not show four about to be hanged in the Islamic Republic in a wave of repression following a 12-day war with Israel. The image actually shows a scene “Hang high”a Western film released in 1968.

The caption of the image shared on X on June 17, 2025 reads: “Iran carried out four people, including a woman, to espionage for Israel.”

The picture shows four people standing on the gallows with noose hanging on their heads and covered in a black hood with their hands tied behind them.

It surfaced a few days after Israel initiated An unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran On June 13, targeting the nuclear site and killing several senior military officials and nuclear scientists (link to archive).

Iran responded to a wave of drone and missile fires, and demonstrations from Israel’s deep intelligence infiltration also prompted a major hunt for spies (released link).

According to Iran Human Rights, six men have been hanged for spying on Israel since the beginning of the conflict, dozens of other charges have grown, with more than 1,000 people arrested during or after the war-related allegations, according to Iran’s non-governmental organization, according to Iran’s non-governmental organization, since the beginning of the conflict.

The 12-day war ended on June 24 by a ceasefire declared by the United States, killing more than 1,000 people in Iran and at least 28 people in Israel.

Screenshot of False X Post was captured on July 4, 2025, AFP added red X

The same image is also shared with similar Facebook, Instagram, and X posts.

“Long live the Iranian law,” commented on one of the articles.

Another said: “Iran’s outstanding crimes must be punished.”

However, this photo is not hung in Iran.

Reverse image search Google Similar thumbnails of YouTube videos that result in posting on the verified Movieclips channel October 8, 2016 (Archive link). The channel is affiliated with the Movie Review Aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

The video is titled “Hang'Em High (10/12) Movie Clip – Hang and Shoot (1968) HD”.

“Hang'Em High”, released in 1968, is a Western film (archived link) starring American actor Clint Eastwood.

The wrong shared image seems to be Still cropped version Shown in the 1:18 mark of the video.

The clip was also posted on the Rotten Tomato website (archive link).

AFP has exposed it Some False claims Related to the Iran-Israel War.