On November 7, US Central Command announced Task Force Iron Gate, a roughly 20-member Tampa-based unit under Admiral Brad Cooper extending the naval blockade onto Iran’s land borders and Caspian Sea routes.
Trump touted it Sunday, November 8, claiming ‘very little gets into, or out of, Iran.’ On November 9, he said renewed strikes are ‘highly unlikely’ if talks progress, while Rubio called Iran's demands ‘outrageous.’
In the above context, a video showing a long line of military vehicles moving along a road has gone viral on social media, with users claiming it captures secret US military movements as Washington prepares to resume its war on Iran. The footage, which shows a convoy of armoured vehicles and trucks, has been shared widely on social media amid the sharp escalation in hostilities between the United States and Iran.
The video is widely being shared on social media with a caption claiming it shows U.S. military movements carried out in secret as Washington prepares for a renewed war with Iran.
A social media user shared the video with a caption that reads, “ALERT EBS has been ACTIVATED in the U.S. MOVEMENTS OF MILITARY FORCES at 1/2 of the night with absolute silence ACTION.”
SouthCheck found that the claim is false. The viral video is of a Turkish military convoy in Syria from 2022.
On a Google reverse image search, we found that the same video was shared on the Facebook page named Azaz Media Office on July 6, 2022, with a caption that reads, “Turkish military reinforcements arrive at military points north of Aleppo, as part of the Turkish and national army’s preparations to launch a military operation against the QSD militia in the northern and eastern countryside of Aleppo. The video shows a Turkish military convoy entering the area of A’zaz this morning.”
Another Facebook page also shared the same video on December 23, 2025, with a caption that reads, “The Turkish army is deploying heavy weapons to the eastern countryside of Aleppo. The SDF has begun mobilising its forces across the line of contact with the Syrian government forces.”
While we could not independently identify the origin of the video, we can ascertain that the viral video is old. However, there are reports of the U.S. military carrying out airstrikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, while Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced it had seized two US reconnaissance drones. The United States also announced a reward of up to $20 million, along with possible relocation assistance, in exchange for information about Iran's nuclear programme. But the viral video is unrelated to the US announcement of the war.
Therefore, the claim is false.
