Unverified claims seen online. Listed for transparency, not as fact, and updated as Confirmed or Debunked.
UnverifiedIran's Revolutionary Guards say they shot down a US MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it the 17th they have downed.
Where seen: X (@MOSSADil)
Iran did make this claim on Nov 14 (Anadolu, Middle East Eye), saying it used a newly developed air defence system. As of Nov 15 I found no US confirmation and no independent evidence of the shootdown, and the '17th' count comes only from Iran, via state broadcaster Press TV (Dawn).
ConfirmedIran has warned that submarine internet cables in the Persian Gulf will be cut if Tehran comes under attack (posted Nov 15).
Where seen: X (@TheNawazish87)
The warning exists but is not new. Reuters (via CNA) reported in October that IRGC official Yadollah Javani said Iran could target seven major cables under the Strait of Hormuz, and two Iranian security officials said Tehran had plans to hit Gulf cables if attacked again. I found no new official statement on Nov 14-15, and TeleGeography told Reuters less than 1% of international bandwidth passes through Hormuz.
ConfirmedIran says another oil tanker caught fire after hitting a mine in the Strait of Hormuz (posted Nov 14).
Where seen: X (@Shivkumarku38g)
Resolved Nov 15: confirmed as an Iranian claim, not as a verified incident. Reuters reported that Iran's navy said one oil tanker hit a mine in the eastern Strait of Hormuz on the morning of Nov 14 and two more were hit that evening. Reuters could not verify the reports, and none of the IRGC's mine claims have been independently confirmed.
UnverifiedTrump 'pulled the world back from the brink' by calling off an all-out US attack on Iran after Arab leaders intervened.
Where seen: X (@BackChannelQ)
Still partly backed up as of Nov 15. Trump said in an interview reported Nov 13 that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states asked him to hold off on bigger strikes and that he was 'not sure' he agreed (Dawn, Middle East Eye). I still found no source for the post's claim that an all-out strike had been about to start, or for the 'not seen since World War II' scale.
UnverifiedIran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for $8 billion in frozen funds, and Trump is expected to discuss the proposal with Qatar.
Where seen: X (@warwatchh)
Retired Nov 15 after six days with no supporting reporting. The X post said 'reportedly' and named no source; Trump later posted that 'we don't need a deal with Iran' (NPR) and Mohsen Rezaei called reports of a Qatar meeting 'a pure lie' (Al Jazeera, Nov 11). No report I checked mentions an $8 billion figure. It will not be carried forward unless new reporting appears.
ConfirmedUS envoys floated an Article 5-style security guarantee for Ukraine at the Abu Dhabi talks.
Where seen: X (@SVanducci)
Resolved Nov 15: confirmed in substance. The Guardian reported on Nov 10, as the Abu Dhabi talks opened, that US officials said they had discussed with Russia potential security guarantees for Ukraine similar to NATO's Article 5, with one administration official saying Ukraine would get something 'effectively very similar to Nato'. The Guardian did not attribute the offer to any named envoy, and no guarantee has been agreed.
UnverifiedOil tankers may have been hit in the overnight drone attack on Russia's Ust-Luga port.
Where seen: X (@angelshalagina)
Retired Nov 15 with no confirmation. Ukraine's SBU and General Staff (Kyiv Post, Nov 11) said the strike damaged five oil storage tanks, a hydrocracking unit, a pumping station and the pier where tankers are loaded, but neither they nor the Leningrad governor mentioned any tanker ships being hit. No new reporting in four days.
UnverifiedIran struck radar, communications and navigation equipment on Oman's Didamar Island near the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting shipping, an IRGC official claims.
Where seen: X (@thecaspianpost)
Retired Nov 15, still only partly supported. Three sources told Reuters on Nov 11 that Iran attacked navigation systems on Didamar, but a senior Omani official told The Maritime Executive the aids were not struck, shipping sources said any impact on traffic would likely be limited, and no source I checked confirmed any disruption to shipping. No new mainstream reporting since Nov 11.
UnverifiedUS officials visited Moscow and asked Putin to help start direct Iran-US talks, Iran's parliament speaker Ghalibaf claims.
Where seen: X (@NuclearID68)
Retired Nov 15 with no confirmation. The claim rests only on Iran's parliament speaker Ghalibaf in an interview published by Al Jazeera Arabic on Nov 11; he gave no date or names, and in four days I found no US or Russian confirmation or denial.
UnverifiedLyon's Lycee Edouard-Herriot was set on fire on Nov 6 while students were still inside.
Where seen: X (@clementpolitic)
Retired Nov 15 after nine days. Posts on X show the school entrance burning on Nov 6, but no major outlet I checked has reported whether students were inside or in danger, and there has been no new reporting.
Debunked?US Central Command has strike plans ready against Iran as early as Wednesday, Nov 4.
Where seen: X (@IsraelRealtime)
Debunked? questions whether the debunking is supported; it does not confirm the underlying rumor. The cited IsraelRealtime post describes reported contingency planning for a possible strike, not a promise that a strike would occur on Nov. 4. A strike not occurring would not disprove the existence of plans, and this citation does not establish the draft's claim that no large strike occurred that day. Whether those contingency plans existed remains independently unverified in this check.
Debunked?Viral videos of huge tank fires claimed to show a major new US attack on Iran.
Where seen: X news summary
Debunked? questions whether the debunking is supported; it does not confirm that the video shows a US attack on Iran. The cited X trending page is an AI-generated summary asserting that the footage shows Russia's Afipsky refinery. That summary is not an independent fact-check or an original-footage comparison. This check has not established the video's location or provenance, so neither the Iran claim nor the proposed Afipsky identification is definitively verified.