Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Pride Rainbow Flags On Field Ahead Of Iran-Egypt World Cup Match -- It Is AI-Generated

A social media post by the @zachleft account on X claimed that Pride rainbow flags were displayed on the field ahead of the Iran-Egypt World Cup match in Seattle on June 26, 2026. Fact-checkers from Lead Stories and Yahoo Sports identified the image as AI-generated using OpenAI's detection tool, which found a SynthID watermark. Verification against official footage and photos from the actual match confirmed that only the flags of Iran and Egypt were present on the field, not Pride flags.

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