A viral AI video claiming Iranian rockets struck Tel Aviv drew scrutiny after Community Notes flagged inconsistencies and X’s Nikita Bier questioned a self described Gaza journalist sharing it, highlighting how synthetic war visuals can mislead audiences.
However, if we go back a few decades, it will be easy to recall that both Israel and Iran were working together as secret allies, targeting a common enemy, Iraq.
Sonia Gandhi’s charge of moral abdication over Iran faces scrutiny as the Congress party’s own record shows similar diplomatic restraint during the Gaddafi killing and the 2012 Israeli diplomat car blast crisis.
“Our precise investigations indicate that the United States and the Zionist regime used Pakistan’s airspace in their attack on Iran. Pakistan will soon pay the price for this action and, like the Gulf (states), will not remain safe from our missiles,” Nejat posted on X on 2nd March.
Around one fifth of global crude flows through the strait, where insurance costs once stood at 0.25 per cent of vessel value but are now rising sharply, threatening overall voyage economics and wider energy markets.