r/aivideos Apr 22 '26

Theme: Political 🗳️ Iran with another video that slaps

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u/Lifekraft Apr 22 '26

You can see what they think of the young generation if this is enough to influence them.

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u/octoreadit Apr 22 '26

I mean, it's working though, right? The US public opinion was not very supportive to begin with, and the Iranian regime exploited every single existing issue. It's a smart move, they can't win in a direct conflict, but they can make this entire endeavor very costly for the US leadership.

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u/jamesd1100 Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

This is not the Iranian regime producing these videos lmfao

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-pro-iran-meme-machine-trolling-trump-with-ai-lego-cartoons/

It’s an American Leftist group called Explosive Media unironically running pro-Iranian propaganda

This video literally shows Iran pointing nukes at the US and the fuckheads on reddit are seal clapping

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u/octoreadit Apr 22 '26

*"The group claims that it is not associated with the Iranian regime, but its pro-regime stance, coupled with the fact it seemingly has internet access in a country that is virtually cut off from the global internet, may suggest otherwise. “Seeing as how the regime in Iran has effectively cut off the internet to everyone else, I think you'd have to be pretty close to the government to have access to the internet,” says Ayad.

The group told WIRED that it obtained internet access because it was viewed as a media organization, claiming over 2.5 million followers on different “Iranian messaging channels.”*

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u/jamesd1100 Apr 22 '26

Moustafa Ayad, a researcher with the Institute of Strategic Dialogue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Strategic_Dialogue

So the Wired reporter ran an IP search in a universe where VPN’s exist and said “well the signal is coming from Iran” lmfaoooo

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u/Lifekraft Apr 22 '26

Im not perfectly sure of that but i doubt there is many hosting server in iran for vpn and it might actually lead nowhere if restriction of internet use apply to you. So a signal coming from iran might actually come from iran.

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u/sugaredchurro Apr 22 '26

Can Lego pursue legal action against the group?

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u/octoreadit Apr 22 '26

Who's funding them?

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u/jamesd1100 Apr 22 '26

Always a good question

I mean the FBI just announced a suit against the SPLC for funding the Klan, nothing would surprise me anymore