VIDEO | "That whole rally that they had three days ago, four days ago ... was fake."

Speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One on Sunday, US President Donald Trump dismissed widely circulated footage of a large pro-Khamenei gathering, claiming that the media had shown “about 250,000 people in a square saying how much they love Khamenei,” but insisting the scene was “totally AI generated” and that no such rally had taken place.

Trump further alleged that outlets had knowingly amplified fabricated imagery to suggest widespread public support for Iran’s leadership, stating that the supposed demonstration from several days earlier was, in his words, entirely “fake.” The claims come despite the fact that images and video from the gathering had been independently verified by The New York Times.