Viral Video of Mushroom Cloud Claimed to Be Iran’s Nuclear Test Is AI-Generated

A video showing a nuclear test or explosion taking place with a mushroom cloud rising in the sky is going viral on social media, with many users claiming that Iran has successfully tested a nuclear bomb.

Sharing the video, the handle Nazneen Akhtar wrote, “Iran has successfully tested a nuclear bomb.” (archived link)

#Irán ने किया सफलता पूर्वक परमाणु बम का परीक्षण🔥

लो भक्तों परीक्षण भी हो गया.. तैयार हो जाओ अब इजरायल को रेजा रेजा होते देखना।🤪#iranisraelwar #WorldWar3 #Israel pic.twitter.com/DBzaN6JLou

— Adv.Nazneen Akhtar (@NazneenAkhtar23) June 22, 2025

Tanvir Rangrez asserted, “Everyone was waiting for this moment, right? Not just waiting, call it pain. Iran should not have built a nuclear bomb. Well, now they have, and they have successfully tested it. Now get ready to collect the pieces of Israel.” (archived link)

सब को इसी पल का इतंजार था ना
इतंजार क्या दर्द कहिए ,, #Iran परमाणु बम ना बना ले , लो बना लिया कर लिया सफल परीक्षण ,
अब इजराइल के टुकड़े समेटने के लिए तैयार हो जाओ ,, #IranIsraelConflict #WorldWar3 pic.twitter.com/lQePhTC7uE

— TANVIR ALAM (@virjust18) June 22, 2025

Sabha Khan wrote, “This is the same atomic bomb. America tried its best to stop Iran from making it but still could not stop it, Iran finally successfully tested the nuclear bomb.” (archived link)

ये वही परमाणु बम है,
जिसे ईरान को बनाने से रोकने के लिए अमेरिका ने एडी चोटी का ज़ोर लगा दिया फिर भी रोक नहीं पाया,
आख़िर ईरान ने परमाणु बम का परीक्षण सफ़ल कर ही लिया #IranIsraelConflict #IsraeliranWar pic.twitter.com/o98vQupwQd

— Saba Khan (@sabakhan21051) June 22, 2025

The claim was also shared by many other handles like Bilal Ahmad (archived link), Mohd Istakhar (archived link), Sanjay Patel (archived link), RoohAfza (archived link), and Chandan Singh Yadav (archived link).

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Fact Check

In our fact-check research, we extracted key frames from the viral video and ran a reverse image search. During this, we found the same video posted on a TikTok channel name @a0y_k on June 14.

At the bottom of the post, we found a disclaimer that clearly mentions the video is AI-generated content.

The video caption suggests that the AI video depicts a fictional scenario set in the year 2030, showing a major conflict such as World War III involving Iran and Israel.

In conclusion, the video depicting a nuclear test or explosion, circulating online with the claim that Iran has successfully tested a nuclear weapon, is AI-generated. The video was posted on June 14, the day tension flared between Iran and Israel. It was shared to depict an imaginary World War III-like scenario in 2030 between Iran and Israel.

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