Trump posts AI-generated video of Iran’s Kharg Island ‘blown to smithereens’ hours after first US strikes in a month

Donald Trump posted an AI video showing Iran's Kharg Island destroyed, hours after real US airstrikes hit rocket launchers on Larak Island.

Ryan Prosser | Freelance News Reporter Published August 31, 2026 11:02am Updated August 31, 2026 11:03am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Donald Trump has shared another AI-generated clip – this time of Iran’s Kharg Island being blown up. The

‘Trump’s tweets are laughable and conditions in Kharg are calm and appropriate,’ Iranian official says

Donald Trump is continuing to boast about his war in Iran and US military action taking place in the region, and after posting an AI-generated video of strikes on a military target, and some critics think the 80-year-old may actually believe the fake scenes happened in real life.

On Sunday afternoon, the United States launched strikes against Iran on Laruck Island. On Sunday night, President Donald Trump posted a video to his Truth Social account with the caption “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens.”  The video is AI-generated. It features the back of the head of a pilot of a United States

The strategically-important Kharg Island handles around 90 per cent of Iran’s oil exports

The U.S. and Iran traded the first known strikes since late July over the weekend.

Trump Posts Bizarre AI Videos Claiming Attack On Kharg Island After U.S. Resumes Iran Strikes  Forbes

Image credit: Donald Trump's Truth socialUS President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran's Kharg Island was being “blown to smithereens”, without providing details, as tensions between Washington and Tehran escalated after the first known US strikes on Iran in weeks.Kharg Island is a major Iranian energy hub that ha

Iran denies attack on Kharg Island after Trump AI post showing its destruction The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company, Hamid Bovard, has denied that a key oil hub was being destroyed in Kharg Island, after US president Donald Trump's AI video showed it "being blown to smithereens". "Trump's tweets are laugha

US President Donald Trump has shared an AI-generated video depicting Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub being detonated

US President Donald Trump's video post comes hours after a US strike on two Iranian launchers on Larak island on Sunday in the first known US strikes on Iran since late July

By Phil Stewart and David Lawder Aug 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video clip that he said was Iran's oil hub Kharg Island being blown to smithereens, hours after the two countries traded attacks for the first time since July. It was not clear if Trump's post was a threat to Kharg I

Aug 31 - U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video clip that he said was Iran's oil hub Kharg Island being blown to smithereens, hours after the two countries traded attacks for the first time since July.

Trump posts AI video of Iran's Kharg in 'smithereens', no evidence of attack  Reuters

Global oil markets have been turbulent since the war began and an attack on Kharg Island - the primary terminal for around 90% of the country's oil exports - would to leave markets in disarray

Trump Says Iran's Kharg Is Being 'Blown To Smithereens,' But Gives No Details  HuffPost

There was no other evidence that the Iranian energy hub was under attack.

Trump's post came after the US forces hit two rocket launchers on another island in the first known American strikes against Iran since late July.

Trump posts AI-generated video, says Iran's Kharg Island being 'blown to smithereens'  Dawn

Iran's energy hub of Kharg Island is being blown to smithereens, US President Donald Trump said, after forces hit two rocket launchers on another island in the first known American strikes on the Islamic republic since late July.