Iranian forces launched missile attacks on US bases QatarAl-udeid Airbase, Monday (June 23), retaliation for American strikes at Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan nuclear facilities. Qatar's Ministry of Defense reportedly claimed that the air defense system successfully intercepted an Iranian missile targeting the base.
In this background, a 10-second long video showing multiple explosions and a large mushroom cloud rising above the vast urban landscape, going viral on social media platforms, linking users to Qatar's recent Iranian strike on US air bases. However, Newschecker discovered that the video is generated with AI.
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Fact check/verification
Newschecker began its investigation with a careful analysis of the virus clips and discovered a generative Sora watermark AI Tools By Openai, it is located in the lower right corner of the screen.
Next, I checked the video for the AI detection platform Hive Moderation This concludes a 97.1% chance of media that contains AI-generated or deep-fark content.
Another AI detection websiteIs it AI or not?“We also analyzed multiple stills from the virus clips and are said to indicate an Iranian attack on a US Air Force base in Qatar, which we found out that they would “probably generate AI.”
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Next, we performed a reverse image search using keyframes of virus clips. But I found Tiktok post, The same video is posted on June 14th, 2025. A watermark for one “@MiniverseProductions” was displayed, and the “Original Sound” was also recognized as “Miniverse Productions AI Minds.”
Usernames no longer exist on the platform, Archive version Of the original post dated April 21, 2025, it is clearly labelled “AI-generated” by the author.
The newschecker recently exposed another AI-generated image that it claims to show a massive explosion in Qatar following a recent strike by the Iranian military. I know the same thing here.
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Conclusion
Therefore, we can see that a viral video claiming to show the recent Iranian attack on a US Air Force base in Qatar was generated using AI.
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Tiktok Post by @miniverseproductionsDated April 21, 2025
