Trump Posts AI Video Showing Kharg Island Blown to Pieces in Message to Iran

Donald Trump escalated his public messaging toward Iran by posting an AI-generated video that showed Kharg Island under bombardment and declaring, “Kharg Island is blown to pieces.”

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Kharg Island is blown to pieces.

The post came hours after U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island, near the Strait of Hormuz. The attack ended a month-long period of calm, according to the report, and brought a new round of military exchanges between Washington and Tehran.

U.S. Central Command said Iranian Revolutionary Guard personnel had been preparing missiles equipped with sea mines for launch toward the Strait of Hormuz. It described the American action as a “limited and precise operation” against forces that posed an immediate threat to the strait. CENTCOM said the operation sought to protect civilian sailors, commercial shipping and the uninterrupted flow of global trade.

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The U.S. forces carried out a limited and precise operation against Revolutionary Guard forces that were laying mines and posed an immediate threat in the Strait of Hormuz. In essence, Iran created the threat and the U.S. military neutralized it to protect civilian sailors, commercial shipping and the uninterrupted flow of global trade.

The Revolutionary Guard said the U.S. strikes caused deaths and injuries but did not give a toll. It also warned that retaliation would follow. Later, the group said it had attacked American military facilities in Jordan with ballistic missiles and drones. It identified technical facilities, maintenance infrastructure and aircraft at two bases as targets.

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Any new hostile action

Jordan's armed forces said eight missiles that entered the country's airspace were intercepted and destroyed, without specifying their origin. The Revolutionary Guard warned that “any new hostile action” would bring “even stronger retaliation.”

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Even stronger retaliation.