In the fog of an escalating conflict between the United States and Iran, President Trump posted an unverified claim that Kharg Island — the heart of Iran's oil export infrastructure — was being destroyed, attaching a video later identified by detection software as AI-generated. The White House and Pentagon offered no confirmation, while independent and Iranian sources reported no such attack. The episode unfolded against a backdrop of real military exchanges, tightening sanctions, and a Strait of Hormuz increasingly hostile to global shipping, reminding the world how quickly unverified words f
Trump claims Iran's Kharg Island 'blown to smithereens' with AI video, no corroboration
Iran's Revolutionary Guards reported killed and wounded soldiers and civilians from the retaliatory missile strikes on US bases in Jordan.