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Trump posts AI video of Kharg Island "being blown to smithereens"; US says no strike

Mountain Time
Local time
10:18 PM in New York
Where
Washington, D.C., United States

Hours after the Larak Island strike, Trump posted an AI-generated clip on Truth Social captioned "Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!". A US official told Reuters the military had not targeted Kharg, National Iranian Oil Company chief Hamid Bovard called the post "laughable", and Vance said Trump was "sending a message to the Iranians".

Why it matters

Kharg handles about 90% of Iran's crude exports, so the post was read as a threat against Iran's main oil terminal rather than a report of an attack.

Sources (5)

Confidence: Corroborated by independent sources or direct evidence. About confidence labels

Correction

  • Corrected the time from 9:00 AM New York time, Aug 31, 2026 to 10:18 PM New York time, Aug 30, 2026; corrected the headline (it read "Trump Posts AI-Generated Video Threatening Kharg Island, US Official Says No Strike Occurred"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Washington, DC / Kharg Island, Iran to Washington, D.C., United States; changed the confidence label from reported to confirmed; reclassified it from diplomatic-statement to military-statement; updated the sourcing note; added 4 sources: The Times of Israel, The Guardian, CBS News. Why and evidence