At dawn on June 13, Israel launched a series of extensive air strikes on Iran, attacking nuclear and military sites across the country and killing several senior military commanders. Shortly thereafter, videos shared on social media claimed to show Israeli missiles landing on Tehran. But, this is wrong; the video was first published eight months ago, showing an Iran strike against Israel.
“Scene of Israeli missiles landing in Tehran, the capital of Iran,” wrote in a video posted on Facebook on June 13 that Israel had launched an air strike on Iran shortly after Israel launched an air strike on Iran.
The post was shared more than 40 times before it was deleted.
Screenshot of False Facebook post
The video appears to show the rocket falling from the sky, rising by red flashes and smoke.
On June 13, 2025, Israeli strike killed Iranian armed forces, chief of staff of Mohammad Bagheri, and senior Revolutionary Guard commanders Hossein Salami and Gholam Ali Ali Rashid (archived here).
According to Iranian media reports, top nuclear scientists were also killed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the attack (archived here).
“We had a very successful opening strike,” he said in the video message. “We have hit the senior command, we have hit the senior scientists who are promoting the development of the atomic bomb, and we have hit the nuclear facility.”
An explosion occurred throughout the city of Tehran on the morning of June 13.
Subsequent Israeli attacks have since killed Iran’s supreme military commander Ali Shadmani, the closest figure to the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (archived here).
Iran retaliated by launching several missiles in Israel (archived here).
However, claiming that Facebook videos show the recent Israeli air strikes are wrong.
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Using the video verification tool Invid-weverify, we performed a reverse image search on the key frame of the video. This shows that the same video was previously posted online more than eight months ago.
The video was released by several local and international media (here, here and here) who said the media launched an Iran strike against Israel on October 1, 2024 (here, here, here and here archive).
The strike targeted several Israeli air bases, including Nevatim, one of Israel's largest bases (archived here).
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On October 1, 2024, Iran fired approximately 180 rockets into Israel (archived here) in response to the killings of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, and the Iranian commander of the Quds Force in Lebanon, Abbas Nilvoroshan – all attributed to Israel.
AFP fact-check has previously debunked other claims related to the same video, including the statement showing a Pakistani missile attack on India.
