A video of a missile launch in the sea is being widely shared on social media.

Those sharing the video claim it shows Iran launching an underwater missile recently amid the rising tension with the US.

A social media user shared the video with the caption, “Iran #USA #Latest Iran reveals its new missiles launched underwater; the images are released after a tense exchange between the US and Iran, in which the Americans are pressuring the Islamic Republic to halt its nuclear program. Via: Monitoring.”

SouthCheck found that the claim is false. The viral video is from 2018 and is of a Russian ballistic missile.

On a Google reverse image search, we found that the longer version of the same video was shared by a YouTube channel on May 23, 2018.

In the video, at around the 1:44 minute timestamp, we can see the launch of the missile. The video is shared with a caption that reads, “SSBN Yuriy Dolgorukiy successfully tests 4 Bulava missiles in salvo.”

We also found that the same video was shared by the Chinese YouTube channel, CGTN, on May 23, 2018.

The video was shared with a caption, “Russia’s Yuri Dolgoruky submarine test-launched four Bulava ballistic missiles from the White Sea at a testing area on the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday. The missiles were launched successfully from a submerged submarine, the Russian Defence Ministry said, adding that this is the first time that four missiles were launched simultaneously from underwater.”

Voice of America had also uploaded the video on its YouTube channel, suggesting that the viral video showed the successful testing of a Russian nuclear-powered submarine named Yuri Dolgoruky.

Hence, we can ascertain that the viral claim is false.