A crazy Iranian AI-generated video shows a missile blowing up the Statue of Liberty — and also references the Epstein scandal and lefty anti-war talking points
The minute-long clip, which ends with the ominous slogan “One vengeance for all,” has been attributed to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB and was later shared by Russian regime outlet RT.
Sequences invoking Native American dispossession, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, the Vietnam War, and more recent Middle Eastern conflicts are featured in the video, casting the US as the world’s enemy.
An Iranian-made AI video shows a missile blowing up the Statue of Liberty with the head of Baal, a biblical false idol. Fars News Agency
An effigy of the mythical figure Baal with a Star of David on its forehead and a picture of President Trump attached to it is burned in Tehran earlier this year. Takweyat Foundation/Instagram
It also shows a child on Jeffrey Epstein’s “pedo island,” a theme that Iran’s regime has returned to repeatedly to suggest President Trump launched the war to distract from the scandal.
Later shots show AI-generated figures of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Qassem Soleimani looking skyward.
The final sequence shows a missile in the Iranian colors entering New York Harbor before smashing into the Statue of Liberty, whose head has been replaced by that of Baal, a Biblical false idol, and holding the Talmud.
Earlier this year, fresh conspiracy theories stemmed from a resurfaced 2009 email exchange in which Jeffrey Epstein requested money to a bank account that some claimed was titled “Baal.”
Earlier this year, an effigy of Baal, with a Star of David on its forehead and a picture of President Trump attached to it was burned by pro-regime crowds in Tehran.
In recent weeks, Iranian officials have looked to portray the US as responsible for decades of conflict in the Middle East and beyond.
Iran appears to be aimed at influencing left-wingers in America to ramp up domestic opposition to the war.
Many videos designed to resemble the LEGO movies or the Teletubbies have a potential reach of millions in the US.
“The propaganda includes memes and cartoons that aren’t meant to be perceived as real but are very good at spreading political messaging,” Darren Linvill, from Clemson University in South Carolina, said in a recent study.
“The deepfakes portray a version of reality that [seems] genuine and often paint Iran as more successful in the conflict. Both are being shared widely among communities that are critical of the war and hungry for this messaging,” Linvill said.
It is the latest in a series of baffling AI-generated propaganda videos used since the start of the recent conflict in Iran.
Last week, Chinese state television outlet CCTV shared a trippy AI-generated video to illustrate Beijing’s perspective on the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
The five-minute video featured martial arts-fighting Persian cats representing Iran, as well as a human with the head of an eagle standing in for the United States.