After Iran's attack on Israel on Saturday, numerous false publications emerged on social networks. Claiming to illustrate the clashes between the two countries, some Internet users have relayed images of a diverted article, a distorted montage, or even videos completely taken out of context.
Several accounts republished a photo showing an area of the Iranian capital engulfed in impressive flames, causing thick smoke in the sky. Other images circulating on X show the arrival of several missiles on a town that is difficult to identify, in the middle of the night. They actually illustrate a Ukrainian attack targeting two Russian warships in the Black Sea, which occurred at the end of March. As journalists specializing in disinformation explain, these images were removed from the conflict in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a far removed place from the context of the Iran-Israel conflict. We can see the real story behind these images, we can read in the caption of a video relayed by several accounts on X, which is “Israelis are in total panic after the Iranian drones strike Israel”.