“A video shows a man tearing down a flag from a building, shared as a current protest in Iran. "Protesters, brave patriots in Iran, have taken control of an IRGC headquarters and lowered the republic's flag," the user wrote in Spanish on X.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Jan 2026.
Deutsche Welle rated thisFALSE
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 January 2026. Deutsche Welle (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 January 2026, 13 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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