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May 2, 2026

The creative team behind many of the viral sensations featuring Lego characters and storytelling critical of the war launched by US-Israeli forces against Iran two months ago, posted a new video on Saturday that seeks to forge solidarity between everyday Iranians and Americans suffering from the conflict, and who desperately want to see the fighting brought to an end.

“The Iranian AI Lego team has another video out,” said Trita Parsi, executive vice president at the Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a DC think tank focused on US foreign policy. “The music, lyrics, and imagery are all designed to appeal to disillusioned Americans.”

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I wonder if that's why all the Iranian accounts suddenly stopped calling everyone "zionazis"?

I won't comment on how/why they got that memo a few days before the video, but it clearly wasn't working and makes sense they're pivoting.

From a purely technical standpoint, it always made more sense for Iranian trolls to commiserate with Americans online; play it as "the only country that wants this is Israel" would be super effective.

Insisting anyone who disagrees is a Zionist just makes the label mean nothing and makes people disregard anything else the propaganda is saying, even the true parts.

All they were doing was diving people who were already against Israel and trump

[-] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 4 points 11 hours ago

That's because Zionist are Nazis, and the only ones that want this war is Israel.

[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I guess Israel is so hated in the US by younger more receptive audiences that they don't need to highlight it.

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