Iran has denied US attacks on Kharg Island, rejecting US President Donald Trump’s claim that the key energy hub was being “blown up.” Trump made the assertion in a one-line social media post on Sunday and shared a video of an explosion. Hamid Bovard, head of the National Iranian Oil Company, said oil production activities on the island had not stopped.

Reuters, citing Nour News, reported that Bovard denied the destruction of the important oil facility. Reuters also said the video clip posted with Trump’s claim was likely generated using artificial intelligence. Bovard described Trump’s posts as laughable and said the situation on Kharg remained calm.

Kharg Island accounts for 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports, according to Bovard. He said US and Israeli forces had previously bombed the site, but oil workers had not allowed operations to stop even momentarily. Contractors are currently rebuilding and modernising oil storage tanks and jetties, he added.