Iran’s Ballistic Missile Launch Video Is Fake, Officials Say

Iran’s Ballistic Missile Launch Video Is Fake, Officials Say
A ballistic missile is launched and tested in an undisclosed location, Iran, in this handout photo released by Farsnews on March 9, 2016. Reuters/farsnews.com/Handout via Reuters
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Iranian state media published video footage on Friday that claimed to show the launch of a new ballistic missile that has a range of 1,200 miles. But the missile launch was fake, according to a report by Fox News.
The footage was over seven months old and was actually a re-run of a video that showed a failed launch in January, according to two unnamed U.S. officials quoted in the report.