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Revolutionary Guards-affiliated media shared AI video of an Iranian missile attack on a US aircraft carrier. President Trump has backed new Geneva talks on Tehran’s nuclear program amid rising tensions.
Fake AI video showing Iranian attack on US aircraft carrier surfaces online (Image: X/@sentdefender)
Some pro-Iranian media outlets affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) circulated a video purportedly showing Iranian missile attacks on US aircraft carriers and other surface ships, along with the US Navy, and depicting a digitally fabricated scenario using artificial intelligence (AI).
The video, widely shared on social media platforms, depicts a barrage of missiles fired from Iranian territory hitting a US Navy aircraft carrier strike group at sea. This sequence features extensive aerial shots and a massive explosion that destroys what resembles an American aircraft carrier. There has been no confirmation of such an incident from US defense officials.
Channels associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are disseminating videos created using artificial intelligence (AI) showing Iranian missile attacks by the US Navy on aircraft carriers and other surface ships. pic.twitter.com/0JjnesMpfe— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 16, 2026
Rising tensions and diplomatic efforts
The video’s release comes at a sensitive time in relations between Iran and the United States. President Donald Trump’s administration has moved a second US aircraft carrier to West Asia amid rising tensions even as diplomatic channels have been reopened.
President Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Monday that he would play an indirect role in high-level negotiations scheduled for Tuesday in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program. “I will be indirectly involved in these talks, and they will be very important,” Trump said, expressing optimism that Iran is interested in reaching a deal.
After a period of heightened conflict, new diplomatic efforts have begun. U.S. officials told Reuters that the Pentagon is preparing contingency plans in case negotiations break down, including the possibility of a prolonged military operation.
President Trump has suggested that Iran may be more inclined to compromise after the US attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities last June. He suggested that the consequences of not reaching a deal were clear. Before these attacks, negotiations had stalled over U.S. insistence that Iran abandon its domestic uranium enrichment, a demand that Tehran has long rejected.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi met with the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog in Geneva on Monday. Writing in X, Araqchi said he had traveled to Switzerland to seek a “fair and impartial agreement” while making clear that Iran would not bow to pressure. “What’s not on the table is compliance in the face of threats,” he said.
February 17, 2026, 07:37 IST
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