The Center for Public Diplomacy debunked a false report about possible Iranian attacks on Kyiv, Lviv, and Odesa

The Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council has debunked a fake story circulating online about Iran’s alleged threats to launch missile strikes on Kyiv, Lviv, and Odesa. Fact-checkers determined that a screenshot of a map showing Ukrainian cities was a forgery.

This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation. 

Experts note that, in fact, the broadcast did not mention any possible Iranian strikes on Ukraine at all. Furthermore, the original broadcast showed a different image, and the screenshot circulating online is a fake.

The Center for Countering Disinformation noted that such fakes are aimed at spreading panic among Ukrainians by creating an imaginary threat of missile strikes from Iran.

Fake reports about alleged strikes that Iran might launch against Ukrainian cities were circulated on November 4. The fabricated materials were attributed to a broadcast by the Iranian state television channel IRINN (Islamic Republic of Iran News Network). The authors of the disinformation circulated a fake screenshot purportedly from the analytical program “Iran Time” (Iran Time), in which missile strike vectors targeting Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, as well as Rzeszów, Poland, and NATO facilities were artificially superimposed onto a map of Europe.

To make it seem more convincing, the creators of the fake news added a fabricated caption in Persian containing threats against the U.S. and its allies.

Юлія Калабайда