Old Video From Iran Going Viral As A Recent Flood Situation In Kullu, Himachal Pradesh.

A video of a van full of passengers being swept away in a flooded river went viral on social media claiming it to be the flood situation in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh on 25 June 2025. 

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However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was false. The viral video is old and not from India. Here’s the fact check.

Fact Check 

We started our investigation by taking screenshots from the viral video and conducting a reverse image search. This led us to a longer version of the video uploaded on Facebook on 29 May 2025. 

This makes it clear that the viral video predates June 2025.

Now, taking screenshots from this video, we conducted a reverse image search. This led us to a report published in the Iranian media, Mehr News Agency, on 31 July 2022 which contained an image similar to the screenshots from the Facebook video. According to the report, the image shows a flood situation in Iran.

Taking this clue we conducted a relevant keyword search which led us to another report published in Mehr News Agency on 30 July 2022. The report containing the viral video read, “Six Iraqi citizens were killed after their vehicle was turned upside down by a recent flood in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad. In addition to the six Iraqi citizens, the Iranian driver of the van also died when the vehicle capsized in a big flood.”

Other reports can be read here and here.

This makes it clear that the viral video is old and from Iran.

Conclusion 

From our investigation, we can say that the claim is false. The viral video of a van full of passengers being swept away in a flooded river is not from Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. The viral video is from Iran. It shows a van carrying Iraqi citizens being swept away in a flooded river in Mashhad, Iran in July 2022.