A video shared on X claims to show Iranian fighter jets flying over U.S. warships.

The only country that is not afraid of getting close to American warships,

IS #IRAN 🇮🇷⚡️ pic.twitter.com/V5IoQwT7dd

— ZAINABZEHRA🇮🇷🇱🇧🇾🇪🇵🇸 (@ZAINABALI_72) September 15, 2024

Verdict: False

The video shows Iranian F-4 Phantom fighter jets flying over Iranian naval vessels.

Fact Check:

Iran’s president denied that the country gave Houthi rebels hypersonic ballistic missiles, according to Reuters. This comes after the Iranian-backed group managed to hit central Israel with a ballistic missile, the outlet reported.

Social media users are sharing a video of fighter jets flying over ships, claiming it shows Iranian fighters flying over or near American warships. One user wrote, “The only country that is not afraid of getting close to American warships, IS #IRAN.”

This claim is false. There are two visible ships in the video. One of the ships appears to be a Hengam-class landing ship, which are Iranian-made and used by Iran, according to Global Security.

The Hengam class landing ship “IRIS Lavan” is carrying the following:
Arash/Kian-2 suicide drones with 2000km range
Ababil-2 suicide drones with around 120-150km range
Karrar turbojet powered UCAVs
Ababil-4 UAVs (can serve as UCAVs, which one on board is doing)
Various VTOL UAVs pic.twitter.com/PMd6fw7S7Z

— Iran Defense|نیروهای مسلح جمهوری اسلامی ایران (@IranDefense) July 15, 2022

The other ship visible appears to be the Makran, an Iranian forward base ship, according to Janes. A more clear image of the Makran can be seen in the tweet below.

#Iran – #USA 🇮🇷🇺🇸 | Selon Politico, les USA surveillent une frégate ainsi que le Makran, un pétrolier converti en base avancée de l’armée iranienne qui se dirigent actuellement vers l’Afrique du Sud, les USA suspectent que leur destination finale est le Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/elc5fLn5p8

— Benjamin Pittet (@COUPSURE) May 30, 2021

There is no evidence that this video shows Iranian F-4s flying over U.S. warships. We rate this claim false.