A picture showing the funeral procession of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya is doing the rounds on social media. Thousands of people are seen in the streets of a city with the flags of Palestine and other countries. Many users claim that the procession took place in Iran’s capital Tehran.
A Facebook user posted the viral post (archive link) with the following caption:
তেহরানে শহীদ ইসমাইল হানিয়া (রহ:) জানাযার নামাযের হৃদয়গ্রাহী দৃশ্য। প্রায় ত্রিশ লাখের জনসমুদ্র।
আল্লাহ তায়ালা উনাকে জান্নাতুল ফেরদাউস নসীব করুন 🤲 আমীন ইয়া রাব্বাল আলামীন
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be false.
Running a Reverse Image Search of the viral picture, the NM team detected a YouTube video on the official channel of Guardian News, dated January 12, 2024. According to its description, it’s a drone footage showing Houthi sympathisers demonstrating against the US and Britain in Sana’a, capital of Yemen, on January 12, 2024, in protest against the air strikes on Houthi rebels’ targets. The viral picture looks like one of the keyframes of this video.
Searching further, we came across a video bulletin in France24, showing a similar video. One of the video keyframes matches with the viral picture, confirming that millions of people in Yemen protested against the US and British attacks on Houthi rebel targets.
Reuters, too, published a similar picture to show the protest in its news report.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral post, claiming to show the funeral procession of Ismail Haniya in Tehran, is false.
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