A photo has surfaced online purporting to show a massive explosion and is associated with the present confrontation between Israel and Iran. It was taken in Tehran, the capital of Iran.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @Huberton claimed that the picture of the massive explosion reported in Tehran is linked to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. The tweet was made on April 14, 2024, which has received an about 139.3k views on X.
🚨BREAKING: Reports of huge explosion in Tehran pic.twitter.com/ok775Efcfe
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) April 13, 2024
Several other accounts, including @OzraeliAvi, @VividProwess, @DrTrkulja made the same claim that the picture is from the xurrent conflict between Israel and Iran. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The truth is that this old photo depicts a massive fire that occurred in June 2021 at the oil refinery in south Tehran. The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is unrelated to it. We visited The Standard, which published an article on this incident on June 3, 2021 with the headline “Iranian oil refinery and nation’s largest warship catch fire separately”. It wrote “An Iranian oil refinery caught on fire hours after the country’s largest ship sank in an unrelated blaze. The huge fire broke out at the oil refinery in south Tehran on Wednesday evening, Iranian state media reported, while the blaze on the ship began at 2.25am.”
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) April 13, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: An image featuring a huge explosion has been shared, claiming to be a recent image from Iran's capital, Tehran, and being linked to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. The fact is that this is an old image (1/2) pic.twitter.com/wloHGjHGlK
Intent:
Influencers circulate old visuals with false claims to set their narrative over the ongoing conflict. An image featuring a huge explosion has been shared, claiming to be a recent image from Iran’s capital, Tehran, and being linked to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. In actuality, this is an old picture depicting a massive fire that started in June 2021 at the oil refinery in south Tehran. This is unrelated to the ongoing war in the Middle East.
Conclusion:
Claim : An photograph of a massive explosion has been posted, purporting to be a recent image from Iran’s capital, Tehran, and linking to the continuing battle between Israel and Iran.
Fact : The fact is that this is an old image showing a huge fire that broke out at the oil refinery in south Tehran in June 2021. It has nothing to do with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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