Chinese Cargo Planes Secretly Ferrying Supplies to Iran, Claim Online Sleuths

EDITOR’S NOTE: CGSP is bringing this information to your attention to inform you about this meme, and in no way is our coverage meant to validate the claim’s authenticity. It could be true or it could not, we just don’t know at this time.

Self-proclaimed open-source intelligence analysts posted updates all weekend of two Chinese cargo planes that mysteriously landed in Iran, even though the country’s airspace is closed due to the war with Israel.

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