The claim
"Wow, Iran bombed the 'Cloud-Seeding' radars in the UAE and suddenly the temperature shifted by 5 degrees in Tehran (unheard of) and it now it's raining and snowing," an X user wrotein a post viewed 3.4 million times, along with a video of a mosque covered in snow.
Rating
DW Fact Check: False There are several issues with this claim — there's no evidence this research center was attacked in the first place, and scientists told DW this is a complete misrepresentation of how cloud seeding technology works.
Reviewed by DW ↗ ·
Original fact check ↗Original review summary
DW says there is no evidence the UAE research center was attacked and that the claim misrepresents cloud seeding. The review notes that the snow video shows the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, where April snow is not uncommon, rather than Tehran.[S1]
Additional context
The review says cloud seeding requires clouds already close to producing precipitation and cannot create rain from clear skies. It describes the technology as small-scale and unable to shift regional atmospheric patterns. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] DW original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026