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Iran health minister’s photo of heroic Iranian nurse actually comes from Brazil
During a live briefing on Instagram April 14, Iran's health minister, Saeed Namaki, showed a photo he said was of an Iranian nurse with sores on…
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Verification
Visual claims, public records and source material examined in context.
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Were US warships filmed by an Iranian drone? Watch out for false military footage
A video broadcast on Iranian television claims to show a drone flying over a United States aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. Some of the footage…
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War of fake images erupts between India and Pakistan
The Pakistani army shot down at least one Indian military jet overnight from February 26-27, escalating tensions between the two nuclear powers. Pakistan and India have…
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Why sharing this video of a surfer riding a huge wave will cost him money
The footage is impressive: It shows a surfer riding an immense wave, and he looks miniscule against the towering wall of water. The video was filmed…
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Debunked: No, this palm tree isn’t magically floating in the air
A number of readers in West Africa sent messages to the FRANCE 24 Observers team asking us to fact-check a video that has been shared across…
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Why are Iranians so ready to believe there are bugging devices in their trees?
A video widely shared in Iran starting in late August 2018 shows a man removing what he says is an electronic listening device from a tree…
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No, Iran’s ex-president Ahmadinejad is not a shepherd
Since mid-August, a mysterious photo of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaning on a rustic walking stick has been widely shared on social media in Turkey…
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Three false images of Iraqi protests circulate online
Large-scale demonstrations have been going on in several different Iraqi cities since July 8, the day that people living in the economic capital, Basra, began taking…
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A playful video of ducks on a city street is doctored. Should we care?
You may be one of the millions of people who has seen this video since it was first posted online on May 4. The footage begins…
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The latest false story about Saddam Hussein: an ‘intact’ corpse
Several social media posts in French and in Arabic claim that an amateur video shows former dictator Saddam Hussein’s corpse still intact, 12 years after his…
