Trump Uses AI Images to Threaten Iran with Oil Control
US President Donald Trump has shared AI-generated images on his Truth Social platform, showing him aboard an Iranian oil tanker and fighter jets bombing Iran's Kharg Island oil export terminal.
The images appear to be a warning to Iran that the US seeks control over its oil if an agreement is not reached to end the war and restore freedom of international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States does the same, following 13 nights of intensifying U.S. airstrikes on Iran.
The US has pressed pause on its bombing campaign after President Trump's advisers told him they were running out of targets and expressed worries about depleting the US arsenal.