Metro, on Iran, 3 November 2026

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Iranian TV broadcasts chilling warning video on how to survive a nuclear strike

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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Iran’s state television has begun sharing in-depth instructions on what to do in case of a nuclear attack. An eight-minute civil defence video, generated with artificial intelligence, has been aired, giving instructions to citizens on how to avoid the flash and decontaminate before sheltering. Iranians have been warned not to look at the light of the explosion, to seek shelter, and to get away from exterior windows and walls.

From there, citizens should close all doors and windows and shut off ventilation systems before removing their outer clothing and sealing it. Showering with lukewarm water and soap is next, then surviving on bottled water and packaged food for the next 24 hours. The video was released after it was suggested the US is being ‘pressured’ by Israel to unleash a nuclear attack on Iran. The AI-generated video showed what appears to be Pickaxe Mountain in Iran being blown up (Picture: Axios AR) AI footage showed workers in their office when the bomb went off (Picture: Axios AR) Tucker Carlson made lofty claims this weekend that the Trump administration could launch a nuclear strike on Iran in just ‘days’.

Iran has been a major talking point ahead of the US midterm elections today, which could see Trump lose his Republican majority in Congress. Carlson released a lengthy statement on social media claiming that Trump is facing pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who lost his majority party in recent elections. ‘The target would be Pickax Mountain in central Iran, where Israeli intelligence claims the Iranian government has restarted its nuclear enrichment program.

No conventional weapon in the American arsenal can penetrate 300 feet of solid granite to destroy the tunnels where enrichment is supposedly taking place,’ Carlson claimed. The recently released AI video shows a mountain resembling Pickax Mountain in central Iran being bombed. ‘The only military option is a nuclear strike. Netanyahu has been pushing hard for one. “Bibi calls Trump about it every day,” says an informed observer.’ Carlson pointed out that Netanyahu is ‘cornered’ and unable to form a government unless ‘Trump intervenes directly in Israeli politics and brokers a deal with other parties’. ‘Otherwise, he is out as prime minister and on his way to ignominy, investigations and possibly jail.

Netanyahu must stay close to Trump. He needs this war,’ Carlson said. , but Carlson’s claims have sparked conversation online. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page.

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What we found (1)

Metro reports that Iranian state television aired an AI-generated civil defence video on surviving a nuclear strike, alongside Tucker Carlson's claim that Netanyahu is pressing Trump for a nuclear strike on Iran. It attributes Carlson's claims and the Israeli intelligence claim about enrichment to their sources. In its own voice it adds an unsourced judgement that the chances of a nuclear strike 'remain low'.

  1. Unsourced reassurance

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    “The chances of Trump using a nuclear weapon in Iran remain low”

    Why this matters
    Metro states, in its own voice and with no source, that the chances of a US nuclear strike on Iran are low.
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes it as an established assessment that a nuclear strike is unlikely.
    The context
    The article names no official, analyst or intelligence source for this judgement. It is the outlet's own unsupported estimate.

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What it gets right

  • “claiming that Trump is facing pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”

    Metro marks the pressure on Trump as Carlson's claim, not as established fact.

  • “after it was suggested the US is being ‘pressured’ by Israel”

    Metro keeps the claimed Israeli pressure in quotation marks and hedged, not stated in its own voice.

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