AI images among real footage being shared of Iran protests
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Key Points:
- BBC Verify and BBC Persian have been verifying footage of cost-of-living protests in Iran, where at least six people reportedly died recently.
- Some images of the protests circulating online have been manipulated using AI, including one shared by the Israeli foreign ministry’s Persian-language account that was detected as AI-edited by Google's SynthID tool.
- The manipulated image altered verified footage from Hamadan, showing a police officer spraying water directly at two men, a scene not present in the original video.
- BBC Verify continues to monitor and authenticate both genuine and AI-enhanced protest content, highlighting the challenges of misinformation during the unrest.
- In addition to Iran protests, BBC Verify is also examining images related to a deadly nightclub fire in Switzerland and
