Iran creates chilling AI video of huge missile strike targeting Israel | World | News
Iranian propagandists have created a chilling video showing an explosive missile strike on Israel, captioned “ready for the Zionists.” In a video shared on Telegram by Iranian channel Cyber Corps, the one-minute clip reportedly shows Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missiles, named after the Iranian city of the same name, capable of carrying a 1,800-kilogram warhead, being launched before crashing into Israeli territory.
This is not the first time that Iran has used AI amid ongoing tensions with Israel. After Iran hit Israel with missile barrages on June 14 in retaliation for a massive attack on its nuclear and military facilities that killed top generals and nuclear scientists, AI-generated videos were falsely shared in posts claiming they showed how Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion International Airport were damaged. The clips were originally posted by a TikTok account that creates AI content.
“This is not AI, this is the real Tel Aviv airport,” read the Thai-language caption of a video shared on Facebook on June 15, showing a badly damaged airport. She adds that users can verify the authenticity of the clip using AI chatbots such as Grok, known for its mixed reliability.
The Arabic language text in the upper right corner of the video read: “Tel Aviv.”
A similar video, purportedly showing damaged and crumbling buildings, shared on Instagram by a Pakistan-based user on June 14, was captioned: “A glimpse of Tel Aviv, the capital of Zionist warmongers.”
According to BBC Verify at the time, an organization analyzing open source images called the volume of misinformation online “astonishing” and accused some “committed farmers” of seeking to profit from the conflict by sharing misleading content intended to attract attention.
“We see everything from unrelated footage from Pakistan to recycled videos of the October 2024 strikes – some of which have been viewed more than 20 million times – as well as game clips and AI-generated content that are presented as real events,” Geoconfirmed, the online fact-finding group, wrote on X.
A widely shared post claimed to show a plane damaged after being shot down in the Iranian desert. However, signs of AI manipulation were evident: the civilians around the plane were the same size as nearby vehicles, while the sand showed no impact.
