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President Donald Trump accused Iran of waging an aggressive disinformation campaign using artificial intelligence during the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel, taking direct aim at the American \u201ccorrupt media outlets\u201d that were parroting the same misinformation.<\/span><\/p>\n In a lengthy <\/span>post on Truth Social<\/span><\/a>, Trump said Iran has increasingly relied on AI-generated content and propaganda distributed through sympathetic media outlets and social media accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIran has long been known as a master of media manipulation and public relations,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cThey are militarily ineffective and weak, but are really good at feeding the very appreciative fake news media false information.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Trump specifically pushed back on viral imagery circulating online that purported to show U.S. military losses during the conflict, including claims that multiple American refueling aircraft had been destroyed. The president said those reports, including one attributed to The Wall Street Journal, were false. \u201cThe five U.S. refueling planes that were supposedly struck down and badly damaged \u2026 are all in service, with the exception of one, which will soon be flying the skies,\u201d Trump said.<\/span><\/p>\n The president also rejected widely shared images claiming the U.S. Navy\u2019s aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln had been struck and set ablaze.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBuildings and Ships that are shown to be on fire are not \u2014 It\u2019s FAKE NEWS, generated by A.I. For instance, Iran, working in close coordination with the Fake News Media, shows our great USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier, one of the largest and most prestigious Ships in the World, burning uncontrollably in the Ocean.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Trump went further, suggesting that American media outlets that knowingly amplify false propaganda during wartime should face serious consequences. \u201cThe story was knowingly fake and, in a certain way, you can say that those media outlets that generated it should be brought up on charges for treason for the dissemination of false information,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n His comments come as <\/span>analysts warn<\/span><\/a> that AI-generated propaganda has become a major feature of the information war surrounding the conflict. A widely circulated video appearing to show a high-rise building in Bahrain engulfed in flames after an Iranian missile strike was later determined to be AI-generated and shared by accounts linked to the Iranian government, according to researchers tracking online influence campaigns.<\/span><\/p>\n Experts said the video contained several visual anomalies typical of AI-generated content, including vehicles appearing fused together and human movements that defied normal physics.<\/span><\/p>\n Melanie Smith of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue said state-linked influence operations are increasingly using AI tools to amplify political narratives during wartime.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe content that\u2019s coming from state actors tends to be a little better targeted,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThey have a very clear narrative structure and the videos are used to support some kind of statement they want to make about the conflict.\u201d Researchers say pro-Iran accounts have circulated numerous fabricated clips showing air strikes and military successes in an effort to exaggerate damage inflicted on U.S. and Israeli targets.<\/span><\/p>\n Analysts warn that the growing flood of AI-generated content is making it harder for the public to distinguish real battlefield developments from fabricated propaganda. \u201cThe volume of AI content is starting to just pollute the information environment in these kinds of crisis settings to a really terrifying degree,\u201d Smith said.<\/span><\/p>\n