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Shayan Sardarizadeh and Alex Murray

BBC Verify

Image source, X/Vahid Online Image caption, One video showed smoke rising from behind a warehouse which we could locate on maps due to its distinctive roof

We have been working on verifying footage of a reported Israeli air strike in Iran after the ceasefire negotiated by US President Donald Trump came into effect. The Israelis acted after accusing Iran of launching a missile in breach of the truce - which Tehran has denied.

One video, which we have confirmed, claims to show a plume of smoke rising from a location behind a big warehouse next to a green field in the northern city of Babolsar. We were able to find the warehouse, with its distinctive shape and white roof, on a satellite map.

We were then able to locate an Iranian air defence radar site approximately 6km (3.7 miles) north-east of the warehouse. A sphere at the site looks like the frame of a radar dome. The site’s location ties in with the direction of the camera in the video, which is looking east.

We also verified an image which was taken from a vantage point in the north looking south towards the radar site. We used a mobile phone mast seen in that image and its shadow on satellite imagery to establish the perspective from where it was taken.

According to the source: BBC.