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Photos show blaze at Iranian refinery in 2021, not impact of Israeli airstrikes

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Social media posts shared old photos of a blaze at an oil refinery in Tehran that they falsely claimed showed the attack.

The blaze, however, occurred in June 2021 and Iranian officials said it was caused by a leak in the refinery's liquefied gas line.

The photos were taken by AFP photographer Atta Kenare and Vahid Ahmadi , a photographer for Iran 's Tasnim news agency, on June 2, 2021 .

AFP has debunked other false claims related to the conflict in the Middle East .