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AI-Generated Video Does Not Show Tanker Hit by Iranian Missile in Strait of Hormuz

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AI-Generated Video Does Not Show Tanker Hit by Iranian Missile in Strait of Hormuz
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Recently, social media accounts circulated a video purportedly showing a tanker on fire, claiming it depicts the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps striking a vessel with a missile in the Strait of Hormuz after the vessel refused to comply with its orders.

Another vessel was targeted by the IRGC using an anti-ship missile in the Strait of Hormuz

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