title: README — Propaganda Under Analysis (how to read this archive)

content:
PROPAGANDA UNDER ANALYSIS — READ FIRST.

This archive preserves the wave of Iran-associated “Lego” propaganda videos as ARTIFACTS FOR STUDY. The purpose is to record WHAT the videos say, HOW they changed over time, and — rated — WHO made them. The content is propaganda that MAY BE FALSE. Nothing here is endorsed; every claim is presented as ‘the video asserts X’, never as fact.

TWO CORRECTIONS THAT MATTER:
1) These are AI-GENERATED ‘Lego-style’ videos (reported tool: Google Veo 3) — NOT physical brick stop-motion. The plastic-brick look is an AI aesthetic.
2) There are TWO DISTINCT PRODUCERS, often conflated: (a) EXPLOSIVE MEDIA (Akhbar Enfejari), the viral English rap ‘Lego-Trump’ wave — self-describes as an independent ~10-person youth team and denies state ties; and (b) REVAYAT-E FATH, an actual Iranian STATE-run institute whose Minab-strike clip is watermarked, aired on state TV, and redistributed by IRGC-affiliated Tasnim.

CONTESTED FACTS ARE FLAGGED, not smoothed over: the Minab strike’s perpetrator is genuinely disputed; the casualty figure is internally inconsistent (156 vs 178); and the YouTube-ban timing/rationale has a real source discrepancy (YouTube cited spam/deceptive-practices; the group claimed ‘violent content’).

Attribution is rated DOCUMENTED / LIKELY / ALLEGED in the Attribution record. ‘Iran the state is behind the phenomenon’ overstates a hybrid picture: some clearly state-made content, one commercially state-funded semi-independent studio, plus organic copycats (PersiaBoi, Southern Punk, Pakistan’s Nukta). Video artifacts were downloaded through the operator’s own azure7 egress and are kept ADMIN-ONLY — preserved and analyzed, not amplified.

source_name: Profoundd research synthesis (RRM Canada, Graphika, BBC, Al Jazeera, JPost, CSMonitor)

doc_kind: critique

case: iran-lego

sub_case: overview


title: How the videos changed over time (sourced timeline)

content:
HOW THE VIDEOS CHANGED OVER TIME (sourced; each phase pegged to a war event). Language, audience, format, tone, and platform all shifted — while the core targets stayed constant.

• JUN 25 2025 — Explosive Media launches in FARSI with HUMAN HOSTS (1-min vertical clips) for a DOMESTIC audience; low reach. No Lego, no AI, no English yet. [DOCUMENTED — RRM Canada]
• ~FEB 28–MAR 10 2026 — Revayat-e Fath (STATE institute) airs its ~2-min Lego-style Minab-strike clip on state TV (Gulf/Saudi embassy targeting). [DOCUMENTED content; contested Minab responsibility]
• MAR 7 2026 — THE PIVOT: Explosive Media switches FARSI/human-host → ENGLISH AI-GENERATED LEGO animation; boosted within ~12h by RT + Iran Radio; audience shifts DOMESTIC → GLOBAL/WESTERN. This is the single biggest change and the reason it went viral. [DOCUMENTED — RRM Canada]
• LATE MAR 2026 — ‘L.O.S.E.R.’, the first rap/trap-scored clip; tone flips SOLEMN → SATIRICAL TROLLING. Series later claims ~900M cumulative views. [DOCUMENTED]
• MAR 29 2026 — ‘One Vengeance for All’ (grievance montage; Statue-of-Liberty strike). [DOCUMENTED]
• ~MAR 27–28 2026 — First takedowns: YouTube + Instagram remove accounts; IG restored after hours (‘we survived the ban’). [DOCUMENTED removal; ban-timing has a source discrepancy]
• ~APR 8–9 2026 — Ceasefire → ‘IRAN WON / Trump Surrendered’; tone flips to TRIUMPHALISM. [DOCUMENTED]
• APR 11 2026 — Format spreads: Pakistani creators (Nukta) make copycat Lego content. [DOCUMENTED]
• APR 14–16 2026 — Definitive YouTube ban (YouTube: ‘spam, deceptive practices’; group: ‘violent content’). Re-uploads by others reach ~2M; other platforms stay live. [DOCUMENTED]
• APR 2026 — Account MIGRATION: banned pages reappear under new handles (documented on the group’s X). [DOCUMENTED]
• ~APR 21 2026 — ‘GoodBye, Oil’ (Hormuz/energy-leverage). [UNCERTAIN date]
• MAY 27 2026 — POST-BLACKOUT return; ‘Trump’s Victory Delusion’; now professionalized and SOLICITING CRYPTO. An Olof-Palme clip is read by analysts as a veiled threat (interpretation, not established intent). [DOCUMENTED posts]

• MAY 27–AUG 2026 — PLATFORM CONSOLIDATION: Telegram primary hub (~19,900 subscribers, 7,400+ posts as of 2026-08-17); Rumble channel live (https://rumble.com/user/ExplosiveMediaa, 5 videos, 4,305 views); Dailymotion channel live (https://www.dailymotion.com/explo-jdz109); X @ExplosiveMediaa still active. L.O.S.E.R. audio track also distributed on SPOTIFY. [DOCUMENTED — sweep 2026-08-17]

WAYBACK / PRESERVATION NOTE: archival coverage is THIN. The only Wayback snapshot found is the post-ban @ExplosiveMedia YouTube channel page (2026-04-18) — no pre-ban, no Instagram, no X captures. There is NO evidence any individual video was secretly edited/’memory-holed’; the supportable statement is removed-then-re-uploaded-elsewhere (survival + migration, not proven deletion of embarrassing content).

CONSTANT THROUGHOUT: the US (esp. Trump) and Israel (esp. Netanyahu) as targets; Trump–Epstein mockery; ‘Israel controls America’ framing; and the strategic aim of shaping war narrative to pressure US opinion.

sub_case: timeline


title: Who made them — attribution, rated DOCUMENTED / LIKELY / ALLEGED

content:
WHO MADE THEM — rated (this is the part most likely to be OVERCLAIMED). Keep the two producers distinct.

DOCUMENTED:
• The Iranian state DISTRIBUTED these — state-TV airing, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim reposts, embassy shares. (Distribution is documented; that is not the same as authorship of the viral clips.)
• Explosive Media’s creator ADMITTED to the BBC that ‘the regime is a customer’ — an on-record paid relationship, after previously claiming full independence. [JPost/BBC]
• Graphika forensically traced a viral Lego-Trump video to the Akhbar Enfejari Telegram account, reposted by Tasnim (IRGC) and RT (Russia) within ~1 hour. [Forbes/Graphika]
• The state-TV Minab clip is a genuine STATE-institution product (Revayat-e Fath watermark + broadcast). [JPost/MEMRI]

LIKELY (hedged open-source assessment, not proven):
• RRM Canada (Government of Canada) assesses Explosive Media is ‘likely linked to Saeed Jalili’ — the Supreme Leader’s political apparatus (SNSC), NOT the IRGC. The popular ‘IRGC Lego videos’ framing is imprecise on this point. Named collaborator: M. Taha Ansari Mohseri (tied to Jalili’s 2024 campaign).
• NAMED CREATOR: Mahdi Hemmat is identified in an April 13, 2026 Odysee interview as the Explosive Media cartoonist (title: ‘Low cost, high impact’). Attribution status: LIKELY — the interview is open-source but has not been independently verified against official records. [Odysee interview 2026-04-13]

ALLEGED / UNCLEAR:
• That this is ONE centrally-run influence operation. The evidence points to a HYBRID: some clearly state-made content, one commercially state-funded semi-independent studio (Explosive Media), plus organic copycats (PersiaBoi, Southern Punk, Pakistan’s Nukta). A symmetric-skepticism read: ‘Iran the state is behind the phenomenon’ is state-sponsored-and-amplified but partly outsourced and partly organic.

SOURCE-HYGIENE NOTE: Press TV/Tasnim (Iranian state) and MEMRI/Times of Israel (Israeli-aligned) are partisan here and are used only for facts they concede (who posted, the watermark), not their characterizations. The load-bearing sources are RRM Canada, Graphika, the BBC, ISD, and Cyabra.

sub_case: attribution


title: Narrative of Victory (روایت پیروزی)

content:
Narrative of Victory (روایت پیروزی) — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari) — semi-independent, denies state ties
Approx date: 2026-03-10 (approximate).
ARTIFACT: an AI-generated “Lego-style” propaganda video (NOT physical Lego; reported tool: Google Veo 3). Preserved for study — its claims are NOT endorsed and may be false.

WHAT THE VIDEO ASSERTS (propaganda claims, not facts):
  • The video asserts that a panicking Lego “Trump”, egged on by a Lego “Netanyahu” and a “Satan” figure, reads from an “Epstein file” folder and launches a missile at a girls’ school.
  • The video asserts that a tearful Iranian soldier then launches a righteous “retaliatory” strike.
  • The video asserts that Iran holds the moral high ground and “won” the narrative of the war.

Themes / targets: anti-Trump, Trump–Epstein mockery, martyrdom/retaliation, ‘Israel controls America’.
FLAG: Aired on Iranian state TV before going viral; the breakout clip of the wave.

PROVENANCE: originals were largely removed from mainstream platforms; any preserved copy is a surviving repost (Telegram / X / Rumble / Wayback / news-embed) — treat as a secondary capture.

summary: Narrative of Victory (روایت پیروزی) — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari). Asserts: that a panicking Lego “Trump”, egged on by a Lego “Netanyahu” and a “Satan” figure, reads from an “Epstein file” folder and launches a missile at a girls’ school

source_name: Al Jazeera — how Iran’s Lego videos won the narrative war

doc_kind: artifact

sub_case: explosive-media


title: L.O.S.E.R.

content:
L.O.S.E.R. — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari) — semi-independent, denies state ties
Approx date: 2026-03-28 (approximate (late March)).
ARTIFACT: an AI-generated “Lego-style” propaganda video (NOT physical Lego; reported tool: Google Veo 3). Preserved for study — its claims are NOT endorsed and may be false.

WHAT THE VIDEO ASSERTS (propaganda claims, not facts):
  • The video asserts that Trump is the real “loser” — turning his own insult back on him with MAGA-hat imagery.
  • The video asserts that the US military is humiliated and can be “reduced to rubble”, rapped by an IRGC-style commander.
  • The video asserts that Trump is compromised by the “Epstein files” (he is shown falling into a target made of them).

Themes / targets: anti-Trump, US-military humiliation, rap/trap satire, Trump–Epstein mockery.
FLAG: Explosive Media called this the “vanguard” of the rap-scored series (~900M cumulative views claimed).

PROVENANCE: originals were largely removed from mainstream platforms; any preserved copy is a surviving repost (Telegram / X / Rumble / Wayback / news-embed) — treat as a secondary capture.

summary: L.O.S.E.R. — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari). Asserts: that Trump is the real “loser” — turning his own insult back on him with MAGA-hat imagery

source_name: Christian Science Monitor — Iran stakes a claim as a propaganda power player


title: One Vengeance for All

content:
One Vengeance for All — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari) — semi-independent, denies state ties
Approx date: 2026-03-29 (documented).
ARTIFACT: an AI-generated “Lego-style” propaganda video (NOT physical Lego; reported tool: Google Veo 3). Preserved for study — its claims are NOT endorsed and may be false.

WHAT THE VIDEO ASSERTS (propaganda claims, not facts):
  • The video asserts that a series of missiles are “dedicated” to victims of the US/Israel — naming Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Iran Air Flight 655, Rachel Corrie, Vietnam/Iraq/Afghanistan, and “the children of Epstein island”.
  • The video asserts that Iran avenges historical grievances, ending with statues of Trump and Netanyahu collapsing and a missile striking a Baal-headed Statue of Liberty.

Themes / targets: historical-grievance montage, anti-US, anti-Israel, martyrdom.
FLAG: ~150k views on the native X post; one Brazilian-user repost reportedly hit ~2.5M.

PROVENANCE: originals were largely removed from mainstream platforms; any preserved copy is a surviving repost (Telegram / X / Rumble / Wayback / news-embed) — treat as a secondary capture.

summary: One Vengeance for All — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari). Asserts: that a series of missiles are “dedicated” to victims of the US/Israel — naming Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Iran Air Flight 655, Rachel Corrie, Vietnam/Iraq/Afghanistan, and “the children of Epstein island”

source_name: Newsweek — video ending with a Statue of Liberty strike


title: Iran Changed the World

content:
Iran Changed the World — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari) — semi-independent, denies state ties
Approx date: 2026-04 (approximate).
ARTIFACT: an AI-generated “Lego-style” propaganda video (NOT physical Lego; reported tool: Google Veo 3). Preserved for study — its claims are NOT endorsed and may be false.

WHAT THE VIDEO ASSERTS (propaganda claims, not facts):
  • The video asserts that Iran’s Lego-video campaign itself “changed the world” — a self-referential music video celebrating the operation’s reach.

Themes / targets: self-referential triumph, media-war framing.

PROVENANCE: originals were largely removed from mainstream platforms; any preserved copy is a surviving repost (Telegram / X / Rumble / Wayback / news-embed) — treat as a secondary capture.

summary: Iran Changed the World — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari). Asserts: that Iran’s Lego-video campaign itself “changed the world” — a self-referential music video celebrating the operation’s reach

source_name: Wikipedia — Explosive Media


content:
IRAN WON — Trump Surrendered (ceasefire clip) — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari) — semi-independent, denies state ties
Approx date: 2026-04-09 (approximate).
ARTIFACT: an AI-generated “Lego-style” propaganda video (NOT physical Lego; reported tool: Google Veo 3). Preserved for study — its claims are NOT endorsed and may be false.

WHAT THE VIDEO ASSERTS (propaganda claims, not facts):
  • The video asserts that Iran “won” and that “Trump surrendered” upon the ceasefire.
  • The video asserts that Iran won the “propaganda war”.

Themes / targets: triumphalism, ceasefire spin.
FLAG: Posted immediately on the ceasefire — the tone pivots to triumphalism.

PROVENANCE: originals were largely removed from mainstream platforms; any preserved copy is a surviving repost (Telegram / X / Rumble / Wayback / news-embed) — treat as a secondary capture.

summary: IRAN WON — Trump Surrendered (ceasefire clip) — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari). Asserts: that Iran “won” and that “Trump surrendered” upon the ceasefire

source_name: Fortune — what are the AI-generated Iran Lego videos


title: GoodBye, Oil

content:
GoodBye, Oil — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari) — semi-independent, denies state ties
Approx date: 2026-04-21 (UNCERTAIN (single-source date)).
ARTIFACT: an AI-generated “Lego-style” propaganda video (NOT physical Lego; reported tool: Google Veo 3). Preserved for study — its claims are NOT endorsed and may be false.

WHAT THE VIDEO ASSERTS (propaganda claims, not facts):
  • The video asserts that Iran can choke off the world’s oil via the Strait of Hormuz — an energy-leverage / economic-pressure threat framing.

Themes / targets: Strait of Hormuz, energy leverage, economic pressure.
FLAG: Date and details are single-sourced — treat as tentative.

PROVENANCE: originals were largely removed from mainstream platforms; any preserved copy is a surviving repost (Telegram / X / Rumble / Wayback / news-embed) — treat as a secondary capture.

summary: GoodBye, Oil — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari). Asserts: that Iran can choke off the world’s oil via the Strait of Hormuz — an energy-leverage / economic-pressure threat framing

source_name: The National — group behind the AI Lego videos


title: Trump’s Victory Delusion

content:
Trump’s Victory Delusion — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari) — semi-independent, denies state ties
Approx date: 2026-05-27 (approximate (post-blackout return)).
ARTIFACT: an AI-generated “Lego-style” propaganda video (NOT physical Lego; reported tool: Google Veo 3). Preserved for study — its claims are NOT endorsed and may be false.

WHAT THE VIDEO ASSERTS (propaganda claims, not facts):
  • The video asserts that Trump’s claim of victory is a delusion — he is depicted as an infant clutching an oil bottle.

Themes / targets: anti-Trump ridicule, post-blackout triumphalism, monetization (crypto).
FLAG: Released as Iran’s ~3-month internet blackout lifted; the group now solicits crypto donations.

PROVENANCE: originals were largely removed from mainstream platforms; any preserved copy is a surviving repost (Telegram / X / Rumble / Wayback / news-embed) — treat as a secondary capture.

summary: Trump’s Victory Delusion — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari). Asserts: that Trump’s claim of victory is a delusion — he is depicted as an infant clutching an oil bottle

source_name: The National — post-blackout return


title: Olof Palme clip

content:
Olof Palme clip — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari) — semi-independent, denies state ties
Approx date: 2026-05 (approximate).
ARTIFACT: an AI-generated “Lego-style” propaganda video (NOT physical Lego; reported tool: Google Veo 3). Preserved for study — its claims are NOT endorsed and may be false.

WHAT THE VIDEO ASSERTS (propaganda claims, not facts):
  • The video asserts that the 1986 assassination of Swedish PM Olof Palme is a relevant reference — read by terrorism analysts as a veiled threat to Western leaders.

Themes / targets: veiled threat (analyst reading), anti-Western.
FLAG: The ‘threat’ is an ANALYST INTERPRETATION, not an established intent of the video.

PROVENANCE: originals were largely removed from mainstream platforms; any preserved copy is a surviving repost (Telegram / X / Rumble / Wayback / news-embed) — treat as a secondary capture.

summary: Olof Palme clip — Explosive Media (Akhbar Enfejari). Asserts: that the 1986 assassination of Swedish PM Olof Palme is a relevant reference — read by terrorism analysts as a veiled threat to Western leaders


content:
Minab girls’-school-strike retaliation video — Revayat-e Fath — Iranian STATE-run institute (state-TV, IRGC/Tasnim-distributed)
Approx date: 2026-03-10 (approximate (exact release date uncertain)).
ARTIFACT: an AI-generated “Lego-style” propaganda video (NOT physical Lego; reported tool: Google Veo 3). Preserved for study — its claims are NOT endorsed and may be false.

WHAT THE VIDEO ASSERTS (propaganda claims, not facts):
  • The video asserts that Netanyahu and “the Devil” manipulate Trump into war.
  • The video asserts that Iran launches “retaliatory” strikes on the US Embassy in Riyadh, RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus), the UAE (Burj al-Arab), US bases in Bahrain and Erbil, and — falsely, per Israeli reporting — Ben Gurion Airport and the Knesset.
  • The video asserts that these strikes are just revenge for the Minab girls’-school bombing, which Iran blames on Israel/US.

Themes / targets: Gulf/Saudi targeting, martyrdom, antisemitic tropes, Trump–Epstein.
FLAG: DISTINCT PRODUCER: this is Revayat-e Fath (STATE institute), NOT Explosive Media — watermarked, aired on state TV, redistributed by IRGC-affiliated Tasnim.
FLAG: CONTESTED FACT: who actually struck Minab is genuinely disputed — no party claimed it and fact-checkers found no proof of Iranian, Israeli, or US responsibility. Iran’s blame narrative is a propaganda claim, not established fact.
FLAG: Casualty figure is internally inconsistent (cited as 156 and 178).

PROVENANCE: originals were largely removed from mainstream platforms; any preserved copy is a surviving repost (Telegram / X / Rumble / Wayback / news-embed) — treat as a secondary capture.

summary: Minab girls’-school-strike retaliation video — Revayat-e Fath. Asserts: that Netanyahu and “the Devil” manipulate Trump into war

source_name: Jerusalem Post — IRGC-linked media shares Lego video on Minab (Revayat-e Fath watermark)

sub_case: revayat-e-fath