Several videos have also been circulating on social media claiming to show the US strikes on Fordo or their aftermath, including here (1.5m views).

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False The video is real but has been taken out of context, and actually shows the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on an oil depot in Shahran on the northern edge of Tehran earlier in June. The facility can be geolocated using the two large pylons visible both in the video and on Google Earth. Furthermore, given the nature of the strike using 13,000-kilogram (30,000-pound) GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs, which are designed to penetrate up to 18 meters into concrete or 61 meters into normal earth before exploding on a delayed fuse, it is unlikely that a major explosion such as those depicted in the videos would even have been visible, even if there was footage.

Reviewed by Deutsche Welle ↗ · June 24, 2025