A video circulating on social media depicts the Iranian national football team entering a match carrying backpacks as a memorial to schoolchildren killed in a bombing. The posts falsely claim this tribute occurred during the 2026 World Cup. Fact-checking organization Fast Check has debunked this claim, labeling the content as misleading. The video actually shows a match played two months prior to the World Cup, against Nigeria in Turkey. The tribute was to commemorate students who died in a bombing, but the timing presented in the viral posts is inaccurate. This highlights the spread of misinformation online, particularly regarding emotionally charged events. The Iranian team’s gesture was genuine, but its association with the World Cup is false.