A post by the 'Abu Salah Arab Desk' channel claims that the vast majority of Iran's long-range ballistic missile capabilities that President Trump said were destroyed in U.S. strikes actually remain intact. The post includes footage allegedly showing the launch of Kheibar Shekan missiles from Tabriz, Iran, during the latest round of hostilities about a week ago, as evidence. The claim is a single, unverified source and directly contradicts official U.S. assertions.
The source associated with the 'Abu Salah Arab Desk' published a post Tuesday afternoon claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump's assessment of damage to Iran's missile arsenal is dramatically overstated. The channel asserts that 90% of the capabilities Trump claimed were destroyed in recent U.S. strikes actually remain operational. As evidence, the post shared a video it says shows the launch of Kheibar Shekan (Kheibarshekan) long-range ballistic missiles from the city of Tabriz during the 'last round' of hostilities roughly a week ago, mocking the idea of a deal being struck. The post is a single, unattributed social media claim from an anonymous channel with no independent corroboration. It directly counters multiple statements by President Trump this week, in which he told Fox News and NBC that U.S. strikes had destroyed roughly 55% of Iran's rebuilt air defenses and reduced the Iranian missile stockpile to 'only 22%' of its pre-strike strength, as The Zioneer has reported. The Zioneer rates this claim as Developing: it is a specific, substantive statement from a single source in our curated feed, but it is entirely unverified and originates from a channel openly mocking the U.S. administration.
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