Iranian AI Video Depicts Missile Hitting Modified Statue of Liberty

An AI-generated video depicting an Iranian missile destroying a modified version of the Statue of Liberty has circulated widely on social media, intensifying psychological tensions amid the ongoing war between Iran, the United States, and Israel.

The 53-second clip, shared by Iranian state broadcaster IRIB and channels linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, portrays the iconic New York Harbor monument with its head replaced by that of Baal, an ancient Canaanite deity often depicted with horns and associated in biblical texts with idolatry. Titled "One Vengeance for All," the video culminates in the statue's destruction by a missile bearing Iranian colors, following a montage of historical and contemporary scenes intended to highlight global suffering attributed to U.S. actions. These include imagery of Native American displacement, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Vietnam War, and conflicts in Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, and Palestine. A brief sequence also shows a young girl on what appears to be Jeffrey Epstein's private island, alluding to scandals involving the late financier convicted of sex trafficking.

The video features AI-generated...