US President Donald Trump claims Iran is utilizing artificial intelligence to fabricate mass rallies and fake military successes to obscure the devastation of the US-Israeli offensive.
A parallel information war is defining the narratives of the March 2026 conflict. According to Arabic and Farsi sources, US President Donald Trump has publicly accused the Islamic Republic of using artificial intelligence to mask its military collapse. Trump claimed that viral footage showing 250,000 people mourning the assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as well as images depicting the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on fire, were entirely AI-generated fabrications. Farsi opposition networks amplified Trump's assertions that Iran's military capabilities have been decimated by 95% and that the regime is desperately using "fake news" to hide reality. Conversely, hardline Iranian media launched their own narrative offensives, alleging that Western-backed opposition networks "confessed" to US culpability in a deadly strike on an Iranian school, attempting to validate the state's framing of the US-Israeli coalition as murderers of civilians.
The mutual accusations of "fake news" highlight how both Washington and Tehran are actively attempting to control the psychological battlefield. Arab channels aligned with the Resistance Axis often report Trump's AI claims with a tone of mockery or dismissiveness.