Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 13/04/2026; Author: Amar Karađuz
What are the claims? The video shows a US missile strike on the B1 bridge in Iran. What are the facts? The US military did strike the B1 bridge, but the video is not authentic and was created using artificial intelligence.
In April 2026, a video allegedly showing the destruction of the “highest bridge in the Middle East” was published on dozens of Facebook pages. In one such post shared by the page “Narodni portal” on April 3, 2026, it was implied that the video authentically depicted the destruction of the bridge in question.
Watch how the tallest bridge in the Middle East was destroyed (VIDEO)
A comment left under the post shared an article from the portal “Sta ima novo”, published on April 3, 2026, reporting on a US missile strike on the B1 bridge connecting the Iranian cities of Tehran and Karaj. The article itself does not contain the video from the Facebook post.
Air strikes hit key infrastructure: Highest bridge in Iran damaged
Between April 3 and 10, the link leading to the article was shared in more than 340 Facebook posts together with the video of the bridge strike.
On April 2, 2026, the US military carried out an air strike on the bridge. The attack was conducted as part of the war against Iran that began on February 28. The bridge sustained significant damage in the strike, and 13 people were killed.
However, the video circulating on Facebook does not show real footage. The video depicts the bridge pylons (the towers supporting the suspension cables) collapsing as a result of the missile strike. However, photographs taken after the US attack show that the two pylons were not destroyed.
An analysis of the video using the Hive Moderation tool indicates that it was created using artificial intelligence. The clip lasts five seconds and, aside from the first second, the probability that the remainder of the footage was AI-generated is nearly 100%. Overall, the tool calculated a 79,1% probability that the entire video was created using artificial intelligence or contains deepfake content.
On April 2, US President Donald Trump shared footage of the bombing of the bridge on his social media platform Truth Social. BBC Verify reviewed the footage and determined that it was authentic. The video shows heavy missile strikes on the bridge that caused parts of it to collapse, but not the pylons and suspension structures.
“Sta ima novo” is an anonymous platform with no listed imprint, ownership or editorial information, or contact details. The portal also reaches audiences through clickbait posts on social media, including dozens of Facebook pages sharing its articles, as discussed in our previous analyses (link, link).
Accordingly, we assess the earliest post sharing the AI-generated video of the strike on the B1 bridge without noting that it was not authentic footage as fake news. Other posts are rated as spreading fake news.
