TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Several posts on Instagram [archive] and Facebook claim that an Israeli missile accidentally hit the North Korean embassy in Tehran, Iran. The posts include a photo of a burned-out building.
The narrative sparked fears that North Korea, as a nuclear-armed state, would be drawn into a war between Iran, Israel, and the United States. “The North Korean embassy in Tehran was hit by a U.S.-Israeli missile attack, and we await President Kim Jong Un’s reaction,” read the narrative excerpt.
However, is it true that Israel accidentally bombed the North Korean ambassador’s office in Iran?
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