🔸Donald Trump, the U.S. president, on Sunday, the 4th of Mordad, published several AI-generated images about Iran on the Truth Social network; including an image of a hypothetical bombing of Khark Island titled “Attack on Khark Island,” and an image of an Iranian oil tanker on which it said: “This oil tanker now belongs to us.”

🔸He also published AI-generated images of a missile attack on a ship flying the flag of the Islamic Republic and his own presence alongside American forces on the deck of a ship. The publication of these images has fueled speculation about the possibility of an escalation of U.S. military operations against Iran.

🔸The images were released while the Axios news website reported on Sunday that Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, had recommended that the campaign of bombing Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz be stopped, because these operations had reached their maximum level of effectiveness.