Welcome to the world where old footage gets a new life as a weapon of disinformation! A video of the Iranian parliament burning an American flag is spreading on social media, with captions claiming it’s a fresh event, supposedly right before the US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites on June 22. But hold on, it’s not! This footage is from 2018, specifically May 9, when then-US President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA).
Major media outlets like BBC, CNN, and Radio Free Europe reported on this incident back then, and local media like Blic published the video noting that Iranian lawmakers burned a paper American flag while chanting “Death to America.”
So why is this video being recycled now? Because it’s a perfect tool to ramp up tensions and spread disinformation! Fact-checking platforms like Vera Files and India Today have confirmed that this video is misinterpreted and used out of context.
This is a classic example of how authentic but old footage is used to amplify narratives about conflict escalation and to discredit one side. So next time you see such videos, ask yourself — are you watching reality or just recycled flames of hate?
And hey, if you have a funny comment or conspiracy theory about this clip, feel free to share — it’s always fun to see how wild internet imagination can get!
