Video shows a US soldier crying and saying she misses home and her family.
Does this video show a US soldier crying and saying she misses home? No, it’s AI
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The video was generated with artificial intelligence.
On X, accounts focused on the Iran war shared a video of a supposed U.S. service member crying, with smoke rising and a vehicle stalled in the background.
“An American soldier cries intensely and says: We are tired… we didn’t want this and we didn’t choose it. I just want to go home,” an April 4 X post read. ” I don’t want this war… I want peace.”
“I really, I really miss home. I miss my family every single day,” the woman in the video appeared to say. “But I’m still here, serving my country.”
Other X accounts also shared the video, as did accounts on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. One X post gained 4.4 million views.
But it’s a fake clip made with artificial intelligence.
Our Sources
X post by Daily China New’s, April 4, 2026
X post by The Iran Observer, April 4, 2026
X post by Iranian Force, April 5, 2026
Deutsche Welle, Fact check: Videos of crying Ukrainian soldiers are fake, Nov. 10, 2025
