Iran has released a Lego‑style animated video as part of its ongoing propaganda campaign against the United States and Israel amid the widening Middle East conflict, state media and international news agencies reported.
The two‑minute animation, produced by Iran’s state‑run Revayat‑e Fath institute, was broadcast on Iranian television and circulated widely on social media platforms including X and Meta‑owned services. The video uses toy‑like figures to depict key political figures and events related to the conflict.
The animation opens with Lego‑type depictions of US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a devil‑like character examining an album captioned the “Epstein file.” It then shows the Trump character pressing a red button that triggers a missile strike, apparently symbolizing the start of hostilities. Scenes include animated toy representations of a classroom being hit, a pink backpack amid rubble, and an Iranian character reacting with grief and later retaliation.
The video includes no dialogue and appears designed for international reach, reflecting Iran’s effort to shape global public opinion as the conflict has rattled energy and financial markets and drawn widespread attention.
Iran claims that the animation commemorates students killed in a strike on a school in Minab, southern Iran, on the first day of the conflict — although independent confirmation of the incident’s details and casualty figures remains limited.
State media later show animated sequences depicting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launching retaliatory strikes against US and Israeli interests. The video ends with a message saying it was made “in remembrance of students martyred at the hands of Zionist and American terrorists.”
The release of the Lego‑style animation marks a notable example of Iran’s use of creative digital media in the information dimension of the conflict, as Tehran seeks to counter Western narratives and build sympathy for its position abroad.