{"id":11381,"date":"2025-07-13T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T10:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/?p=11381"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:40:04","slug":"iran-is-refusing-to-return-israeli-agents-tied-to-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/13\/iran-is-refusing-to-return-israeli-agents-tied-to-rockets\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Israeli Agents Weren\u2019t Tied to Rockets: Viral Image is AI-Generated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faktoje.al\/irani-nuk-po-i-kthen-agjentet-e-izraelit-te-lidhur-pas-raketave\/\">Original article\u00a0<\/a><em>(in Albanian) was published on 10\/07\/2025; Author: Patris Pustina<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On social media, including Albanian-speaking platforms, an image is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elez.havo.3\/videos\/728711100089554\/\">circulating<\/a> that appears to show a person tied behind a rocket. The blurry image is accompanied by the claim that it shows Israeli agents captured in Iran and tied to an Iranian rocket to be sent back to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-8.png 612w, https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-8-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Using Google Lens visual search, Faktoje discovered a clearer and more complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1162357948985761&amp;set=pcb.1162358002319089\">version<\/a> of the blurred image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-9.png 527w, https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-9-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the full version, several typical indicators of images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) programs can be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Iranian flag on the rocket is inaccurate, the man&#8217;s face is blurred, the bow around him does not look stable, and the railings and stairs of the ramp next to the rocket are also distorted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-10.png 438w, https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-10-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 15, the Iranian police <a href=\"https:\/\/observador.pt\/2025\/06\/15\/israel-irao-policia-iraniana-deteve-dois-presumiveis-agentes-da-mossad\/\">announced<\/a> that they had arrested two &#8216;suspected&#8217; Mossad agents, who are believed to be behind &#8216;acts of sabotage&#8217; in Iran. However, the announcement, nor any other official source, does not mention the \u2018return\u2019 of these agents to Israel via rockets.<br>Faktoje has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/faktoje.al\/e-gjeneruar-foto-e-agjentit-te-mossad-i-lidhur-pas-raketes-iraniane\/\">verified<\/a> an AI-generated image that was claimed to show an Israeli spy physically tied to a rocket and launched toward Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Original article\u00a0(in Albanian) was published on 10\/07\/2025; Author: Patris Pustina On social media, including Albanian-speaking platforms, an image is circulating that appears to show a person tied behind a rocket. The blurry image is accompanied by the claim that it shows Israeli agents captured in Iran and tied to an Iranian rocket to be sent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-checks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11381"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11452,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11381\/revisions\/11452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}