‘Vengeance for all’: How Iran’s Lego videos won narrative war against Trump

Iranian creators use high-quality, low-cost Lego videos to wage a viral narrative war against the US, exploiting its political divisions. | Contesto: cronaca

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• ‘Vengeance for all’: How Iran’s Lego videos won narrative war against Trump

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In a striking digital campaign, Iranian media creators have unleashed a series of viral videos using Lego animation to frame the assassination of a top Iranian commander as an act of vengeance against former US President Donald Trump, winning what analysts describe as a significant narrative battle in the court of global public opinion. The videos, which began circulating widely in early 2024, directly respond to the 2020 US drone strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani, recasting the event through a lens of symbolic retribution aimed at a domestic American audience. The content is deceptively simple: blocky Lego figures reenact the strike and its aftermath, with Trump and other US officials portrayed as villains facing poetic justice. Despite their toy-like medium, analysts at Al Jazeera note the productions are of notably high quality, crafted with sophisticated editing, sound design, and storytelling that belies their low production cost. This combination allows for rapid ideation and dissemination, enabling Iranian narrative forces to operate with an agility that often outpaces traditional state propaganda outputs. The strategic genius of the campaign, observers argue, lies not in its origin but in its precise target. The videos are designed less for Iranian consumption and more to exploit deep and visible fissures within the United States' political landscape. By portraying Trump's action as a reckless provocation and his subsequent political troubles as a form of comeuppance, the narratives feed directly into existing domestic American debates, effectively weaponizing the country's own partisan divisions as a force multiplier for Iranian messaging. This approach represents a maturation of state-aligned information warfare, moving beyond crude disinformation to emotionally resonant storytelling. The use of Lego—a globally recognized, innocuous cultural artifact—grants the videos a peculiar accessibility and shareability, allowing a geopolitical message to slip past the defenses of audiences who might dismiss overt propaganda. The core message, encapsulated in the tagline 'Vengeance for all,' frames the Iranian response as a morally justified and...

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