Trump releases an AI video claiming to "bomb" Iran's Kharg Island, but the actual target of the U.S. military's strike is Larak Island.

U.S. President Donald Trump posted two AI-generated videos on Truth Social late Sunday, with the caption "Khark Island was blown to smithereens". The videos show oil fields, storage tanks and docks being hit by missile strikes and exploding. However, there is currently no evidence that the U.S. military actually attacked Khark Island. U.S. Central Command stated that the U.S. military carried out "limited and precise" strikes on an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) mine-laying unit on Sunday, targeting the area near Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, aimed at eliminating an imminent threat to commercial shipping and civilian vessels. Notably, Khark Island and Larak Island are far apart; the former, located deep in the Persian Gulf, is Iran’s main oil export hub. It remains unclear whether the AI videos posted by Trump were produced by his team, or whether he confused Larak Island with Khark Island. The IRGC subsequently claimed it had launched ballistic missiles at two U.S. military bases in Jordan. Jordan’s authorities said its air defense systems intercepted 8 missiles, with no casualties reported. Hamid Bovard, CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company, said Monday that oil operations at Iran’s Khark Island have not stopped, denying Trump’s earlier post claiming the island’s key oil hub was destroyed.