Was Iran’s embassy in Syria really spared by the Israeli raid?

Quang Pham
·1 min read

Pro-Israeli social media accounts have been circulating a photo since April 16 which they claim disproves reports that an Israeli strike hit Iran’s embassy in Damascus, Syria on April 1. These accounts claim that the destroyed building belonged to Iran’s armed forces, the Revolutionary Guard Corps, meaning that it wouldn’t have the same diplomatic protection as an embassy. Turns out, however, that the building is part of the embassy compound.

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  • A number of pro-Israeli social media accounts have been sharing a photo of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, after an Israeli strike on April 1. According to them, the embassy wasn’t hit in the strike. They claim that the building that was hit belonged to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, which would mean it was not a part of the diplomatic compound.

  • However, an analysis of the images shows that the building hit by the Israeli strike belongs to the Iranian consulate, which is indeed part of the embassy.

The fact check, in detail

Pro-Israeli accounts on Facebook have been circulating a photo since April 16, claiming that it will "establish the truth” about the Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria on April 1. These accounts claim that the photo shows that the bombing didn’t actually hit the Israeli embassy but a building next door that was the headquarters of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, a branch of Iran’s armed forces.

A building belonging to the Iranian consulate


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