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By Srijit Das A video showing a massive crowd gathered on the streets is circulating on social media platforms with a false claim that it shows terrified Israelis gathering in Tel Aviv after the country was attacked by Iran. BOOM found that the video is from Argentina; we were able to geolocate the area outside a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Google Maps. Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles targeting Israel on April 13, 2024, in response to an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria's Damascus on April 1. President Joe Biden of the United States also condemned the 'unp...
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By Shrey Banerjee An old image of a Norwegian cargo ship in flames and a cloud of smoke engulfing it is circulating on social media with false claims that an Israeli billionaire's ship was hit by a drone in the Indian Ocean. BOOM found that the image is from 2019 when a Norwegian-owned oil tanker was attacked in the Gulf of Oman allegedly by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. The image has been shared with the caption, "An ISRAELI BILLIONAIRE'S cargo ship was just hit by a drone in the Indian Ocean." The post can be viewed here. An archive of the post can be seen here. According toreports, the US Na...
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By Srijit Das A video of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo embracing a differently abled artist in Iran and presenting her with an Al Nassr football club jersey is circulating with false claims that Iran is punishing the Portuguese footballer with 99 lashes for touching a woman and accusing him of adultery. BOOM found the claim to be false. Iranian Embassy in Spain refuted the claim and denied the issuance of any court ruling against any international athlete in their country. The viral clip shows a Ronaldo fan sitting in a wheelchair, presenting her paintings to the footballer as a gesture of affe...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of fighter jets from Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia are viral online with the false claim that the planes assembled together to support Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. BOOM found that the claims are false and the video shows an event organised by Pakistan where 14 countries participated to display their defence capabilities. The Israel-Hamas conflict, which began on October 7 after Hamas launched an attack on Southern Israel from Gaza, has led to 2,300 deaths so far, as per official figures. Along with videos of the devastation caused in the wake of this u...
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By Srijit Das An old news bulletin showing lawmakers chanting slogans against the United States in the Iranian parliament after the killing of Iranian military officer Qasem Soleimani in 2020 is falsely being linked to the ongoing Israel-Palestine war. The claim was further amplified by news outlet Times Now who recently published a news report on the same. The report stated that Iran's parliamentarians chanted slogans like 'Death to Israel! Death to America!' following Hamas' attack on Israeli city Tel Aviv. The report carried a post by a blue ticked X user (formerly Twitter) who shared the C...
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By Mohammed Kudrati In a fillip to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) efforts towards the gradual internationalisation of the Indian rupee, a Sri Lankan bank has opened special rupee "vostro" accounts in India to facilitate trade in the Indian rupee. These accounts build on the framework spelt out by the RBI for facilitating international trade in the Indian rupee that it laid out in July. The Bank of Ceylon, a Sri Lankan bank, has opened a vostro account with the State Bank of India through the former's branch in Chennai. Reports in Sri Lankan media suggests that this may be the first of many ...
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By BOOM Team Well-known Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti has been arrested for supporting the anti-hijab protest in Iran that started in September over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. Alidoosti was reportedly arrested for voicing her solidarity for the 23-year-old protester who was executed in Iran on December 8. Alidoosti has been vocal about her support for the anti-hijab protesters. In November, she posted a picture of herself on Instagram without the compulsory hijab as she extended support to the protesters in Iran. Also Read:Did Iran Abolish Moral Police? Here's What Activis...
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By The Conversation Whitney Shylee May , The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Images of the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, in Iran and reports of the government's brutal crackdown have circulated widely on social media. This flow of information comes despite efforts by the Iranian regime to throttle internet access and censor information leaving the country. One effective method the protesters have hit on has been to use TikTok, the video-sharing app better known for young people posting clips of themselves singing and ...
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By Sana Fazili As Iran continues to simmer over anti-hijab protests for over two months now, several media outlets, including The New York Times, BBC and AFP, on Sunday reported that the controversial morality police or Gasht-e Ershad — in charge of upholding the country's draconian Islamic dress code — had been abolished. However, certain sections of the media in Iran, along with activists and journalists, both inside and outside the country, are saying that the news is false. The morality police have been at the heart of the controversy in Iran over 22-year-old Mahasa Amini's death in police...
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By Kirti Rawat Social media was flooded with these videos after Iran lost to the US in a World Cup match. On Tuesday, Iran's team lost the game to the US in the FIFA World Cup that is being hosted in Qatar. Soon after, Iranians took to the streets to celebrate. Some waved US flags in support of the American football team and some let off firecrackers in celebration. All this celebration was a sign of protest against Iran's regime.
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