Author: Michael

An Iranian state-affiliated TV channel released a video showing what appear to be nuclear warheads, accompanied by the caption: “Maybe.”
The footage was posted yesterday on the X (Twitter) account of “Iran in Arabic,” a channel under the state media corporation IRIB — which was recently targeted by an Israeli strike, reported Amir Tsarfati.

ربما..Maybe pic.twitter.com/tB02PrPbp1
— إيران بالعربية (@iraninarabic_ir) June 17, 2025

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