Iran News: News of attack in Zahedan turned out to be fake, government agency IRNA called social media claims false

The news of the attacks in the Iranian city of Zahedan was becoming increasingly viral on social media. But now Iran’s government news agency IRNA has termed all these claims as completely false. The agency has clarified that no evidence of any kind of attack has been found there.

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IRNA officially announced on July 9, 2026 that the news circulating on social media complete lie Are. The agency has directly denied these claims. This has also been confirmed by Liveuamap, which reported on 8 July 2026 that no such incident has taken place in Zahedan and the information spreading on the internet is false.

Zahedan city is in the south-eastern part of Iran and due to increasing tension in the area, there was a lot of speculation about it on social media.

This whole matter has come to light amidst the “2026 Iran War”. At present, the spread of misinformation and rumors has increased significantly on social media. Many times people are being misled by using wrong photos, videos and fake pictures created by AI. There have been many reports in which false news related to Iran is being spread under a specific agenda.