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On June 22, the US attacked Iran's Fodow Nuclear Power Plant, but two clips of the virus video are either completely irrelevant to the attack or are generated by AI
Claim: The video shows the US launching an attack on Iran's Folder nuclear enrichment plant.
Rating: false
Why did we fact-check this: The video claiming this claim has been circulated on Facebook and Instagram, with the most popular having 1.8 million views, 11,000 responses and 929 shares.
There are two clips in this post. One is one of the explosions at sea during the day, and the other is the explosions throughout the city at night. The text in the video claims it depicts a US attack on Iran's Ford nuclear power plant on June 22.
A Filipino Facebook user with 3,600 followers posted the same video and captioned it.Nakakatakot Na ang mga nangyairi sa mundo (It's so scary what's happening all over the world). ”
fact: The US attacked Iran's Fodow Nuclear Power Plant and two other major nuclear sites on June 22, but clips from the virus video have nothing to do with the attack or are being generated by AI.
The first clip came from a video originally posted by a passjet skier showing an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon in 2020. The rapper previously fact-checked a post that misrepresented the same clip as footage from Iran's June 2025 attack on Israel.
The AI detection tool is Hive Moderation, where AI flags the second clip of a virus video and flags it as 99.9% of the chances that AI will contain generated or deep-faki content.
Additionally, the video claims to cause serious damage to Fordow Plant, but authorities have not yet formed a full assessment of the damage caused by the US strike. The plants dug into the mountains are the deepest buried enrichment sites in Iran and produce most of Iranian uranium.
The US forces attacked the Fordau factory, along with two other major nuclear sites in Iran, Natantz and Isfahan. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses said the operation was intended to “neutralize the threat to the national interests raised by Iran's nuclear program.”
Iran-Israel conflict: The exchange of attacks between Israel and Iran was a new development in the decades-long conflict between Israel and Iran, beginning with a shadow war until 1979.
This year's attack began with an airstrike in Israel in Iran, claiming that Iran was to prevent the construction of atomic weapons. In response, Iran fired a retaliatory strike, leading to a continuous exchange of attacks.
Filipinos in both Israel and Iran are affected by the conflict, with some being in conflict. However, the majority of Israel's 30,000 overseas Filipino workers have chosen to remain in conflict zones for fear of losing their livelihoods. (Read: The world responds to Israeli strike against Iran against nuclear activity)
Previous fact check: Rappler uncovered some false claims about the Iran-Israel conflict.
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