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Video shows fire at Iran oil depot after Israeli strike, not blaze at Haifa refinery

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66% Informative

A video of a massive fire began circulating in posts falsely claiming it shows Israel 's Haifa refinery ablaze following an Iranian attack.

The footage in fact shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike on an oil depot in northwest Tehran .

The video shows a fire burning at a compound as thick black smoke billows into the night sky.

VR Score

52

Informative language

44

Neutral language

2

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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