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Iran Lets Loose The Memes of War (S01E37)
Sunday, March 29, 2026, Istanbul
When most people think of Iranian propaganda, they think of the grafitti in Tehran showing the Statue of Liberty with a skull face.
But in this war, Iran’s propaganda has leveled up. Its AI-generated Lego animations mocking President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and lionizing Iran’s military commanders have gone viral, as have its memes showing off the cool-headed diplomacy of foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.
Scholar Kevin Schwartz is co-author of an upcoming book tentatively titled “Visualizing the Islamic Republic,” in which he…
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