"Iran state TV uses footage of crazed One Direction fans to show ‘Israelis panicking’ after missile attacks"

From The New York Post, April 15:

Iran’s propaganda is going One Direction. 

Iranian state TV shared footage it claimed showed “Israelis panicking” while under attack from missiles and drones – but was really just a throng of excited Louis Tomlinson fans.

The Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) shared the footage “claiming that it showed panicking Israelis amid the … Iranian attack,” according to a fact-checker for BBC Monitoring.

 

This footage of “Israelis panicking” turned out to be fans of Louis Tomlinson, formerly of One Direction....

....MUCH MORE

Sadly, with the advent of AI we will see less and less of Iran's world-class precision marching photoshop team. Who can forget the 2009 missile test pictures:

Okay, that was actually someone mocking the Persians in this New York Times story:
In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many

 

2008's "Oil: Iran has Photoshop, not afraid to use it"

Or 2012's "Iran news alters missile test image to include ‘Star Wars’ character":

And a few years later:

 IRAN reacts to U.S. President's Comments On Colin Kaepernick By Launching Missles While North Koreans Chant ‘Death to Trump’ Over Steph Currey Dis

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