(Telegraph-UK) Harry Alsop - A picture showing Iran's latest fighter jet patrolling the skies has been dismissed as a fake. Iranian bloggers said the picture posted on the Iranian site Khouz News, which purports to show a Qaher-313 jet soaring over a snowy mountain, had been altered using PhotoShop. The angle of the shot, as well as the reflections of light and shadows on the plane's wings, appear uncannily similar to a publicity shot of the jet taken on the ground at its unveiling earlier this month. Experts have said the plane seen at the unveiling seemed to be a large model replica rather than a working prototype.
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