{"id":1873872,"date":"2026-04-09T12:05:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1873872"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:05:35","slug":"pro-iran-groups-using-ai-to-troll-trump-and-try-to-control-war-narrative-analysts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1873872","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Iran groups using AI to troll Trump and try to control war narrative, analysts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/58\/81\/1200x675_cmsv2_41a0c5da-c5b2-5b45-a15c-6ba245633341-9715881.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2884875-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2884875\" data-cid=\"9715684\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2884875-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/56\/84\/189x106_cmsv2_04182176-345c-5923-8ee1-03998a6b31b5-9715684.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"People who are or have been married have a lower risk of developing cancer.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Health news<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Never married? 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o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          News<\/p>\n<p>                          World<\/p>\n<p>                          Iran<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Pro-Iran groups using AI to troll Trump and try to control war narrative, analysts say<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/58\/81\/1536x864_cmsv2_41a0c5da-c5b2-5b45-a15c-6ba245633341-9715881.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"An AI-generated animation created by a pro-Iran studio and depicting an Iranian man grilling four US aircraft like a kebab, 8 April, 2026\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              An AI-generated animation created by a pro-Iran studio and depicting an Iranian man grilling four US aircraft like a kebab, 8 April, 2026<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspGavin Blackburn\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1775736335\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-04-09 14:05:35 +02:00\">09\/04\/2026 &#8211; 14:05 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup-overlay js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup-overlay u-display-none\">\n<div id=\"js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup\" class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup js-c-article-partage-commentaire-popup\">\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup__header u-display-flex\"><span>Share<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/icon-close.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" 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u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Analysts say the memes appear to be coming from groups linked to the government in Tehran and are\u00a0part of a strategy\u00a0of leveraging its limited resources to inflict damage on the US.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Pro-Tehran groups are using AI to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the Iran war in a bid to foster opposition to it, experts say.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to analysts, the memes appear to be coming from groups linked to the government in Tehran and are part of a strategy of leveraging its limited resources to inflict damage on the US, even indirectly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a propaganda war for them,&#8221; Neil Lavie-Driver, an AI researcher at the University of Cambridge, said, referring to Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their goal is to sow enough discontent with the conflict as to eventually force the West to cave in, so it is massively important to them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time memes have been used in a war and they have evolved to include AI images in recent years. <\/p>\n<p>Kremlin-made AI imagery bombarded Ukrainians after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in 2022, and last year, the term &#8220;AI slop&#8221; became widely used to describe the glut of imperfect images posted online during the Israel-Iran conflict targeting Tehran&#8217;s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>In the current war that began on 28 February with joint US-Israeli strikes, the memes have used well-honed cartoons that lambast American officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5317124735729387\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/58\/81\/808x430_cmsv2_6cfe56ff-dd67-5e39-aaeb-1ec462ebd445-9715881.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of an AI-generated Lego-style animation being circulated by Akhbar Enfejari, 9 April, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A screenshot of an AI-generated Lego-style animation being circulated by Akhbar Enfejari, 9 April, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">@Akhbarenfejari<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Memes steeped in US culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Published on various social platforms, the memes are racking up millions of views, though it is not clear how much influence they have had on users.<\/p>\n<p>They have portrayed US President Donald Trump as old, out of step and internationally isolated. They have referenced bruising on the back of Trump&#8217;s right hand that prompted speculation about his health, infighting in Trump&#8217;s MAGA base, and US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth\u2019s fiery confirmation hearing, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re using popular culture against the number one pop culture country, the United States,&#8221; said Nancy Snow, a scholar who has written more than a dozen books on propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>The pro-Iran images circulating online include a series that uses the style of the Lego animated movies.<\/p>\n<p>In one, an Iranian military commander raps, &#8220;You thought you ran the globe, sitting on your throne. Now we turning every base into a bed of stone,&#8221; as Trump falls into a bullseye built of Epstein files, the US government\u2019s investigative records on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.540115364446775\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/58\/81\/808x437_cmsv2_80c43f09-f2e9-5164-b4c6-3562b317ea2a-9715881.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of an AI-generated Lego-style animation being circulated by Akhbar Enfejari, 9 April, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A screenshot of an AI-generated Lego-style animation being circulated by Akhbar Enfejari, 9 April, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">@Akhbarenfejari<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Analysts believe groups cooperating with Tehran<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The animations show levels of sophistication and internet access that suggest ties to government offices, said Mahsa Alimardani, a director at WITNESS, a human rights group working on AI video evidence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re able to have the bandwidth needed to generate content like that and upload it, you are officially or unofficially cooperating with the regime,&#8221; she said, pointing to severe restrictions Tehran has imposed on the internet as part of a crackdown on nationwide protests earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>State media has reposted some of the memes, including ones from the account behind the Lego-style videos, Akhbar Enfejari, which means &#8220;Explosive News&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Akhbar Enfejari described themselves as Iranians producing and uploading from within Iran in an effort to disrupt decades-long dominance of Western control of the airwaves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019ve long dominated the media landscape and, through that power, imposed narratives on many nations,&#8221; the group told the AP news agency on the messaging app Telegram.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5405546834118262\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/58\/81\/808x437_cmsv2_4a82b93a-af98-5071-a3ce-7aee67983d6a-9715881.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of an AI-generated Lego-style animation being circulated by Akhbar Enfejari, 9 April, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A screenshot of an AI-generated Lego-style animation being circulated by Akhbar Enfejari, 9 April, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">@Akhbarenfejari<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;But this time, something feels different. This time, we&#8217;ve disrupted the game. This time, we&#8217;re doing it better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the ceasefire was announced, Akhbar Enfejari posted: &#8220;Iran won! The way to crush imperialism has been shown to the world. Trump surrendered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the memes coming from pro-Iran groups, Iranian government accounts have trolled the US, including in a post on Wednesday from Iran&#8217;s Embassy in South Africa that said, \u201cSay hello to the new world superpower,\u201d with a picture of the Iranian flag.<\/p>\n<p>Both the US and Iran declared victory after agreeing to a two-week ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say the deep grasp of US politics and culture is the fruit of more old-school methods of propaganda: a decades-long Iranian government programme to promote narratives against the US and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis meme war comes from institutions that are very aware what the American public is aware of and pop cultural references that can appeal to them,\u201d Alimardani said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul 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sports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5432033719704953\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/58\/81\/808x439_cmsv2_bc9b31bb-71fd-5ac1-a53c-2b2c331ed67a-9715881.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of an AI-generated Lego-style animation being circulated by Akhbar Enfejari, 9 April, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A screenshot of an AI-generated Lego-style animation being circulated by Akhbar Enfejari, 9 April, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">@Akhbarenfejari<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The US 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data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Track broke day before train crash that killed 46, Spain officials say<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">Pro-Tehran groups are using AI to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during\u00a0the Iran war in a bid to foster opposition to it, experts say.According to analysts, the memes appear to be coming from groups linked to the government in Tehran and are part of a strategy of leveraging its limited resources to inflict damage on the US, even indirectly.&#8221;This is a propaganda war for them,&#8221; Neil Lavie-Driver, an AI researcher at the University of Cambridge, said, referring to Tehran.&#8221;Their goal is to sow enough discontent with the conflict as to eventually force the West to cave in, so it is massively important to them.&#8221;It&#8217;s not the first time memes have been used in a war and they have evolved to include AI images in recent years.\u00a0Kremlin-made AI imagery bombarded Ukrainians\u00a0after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in 2022, and last year, the term &#8220;AI slop&#8221; became widely used to describe the glut of imperfect images posted online during the\u00a0Israel-Iran conflict targeting Tehran&#8217;s nuclear programme.In the current war that began on 28 February with joint US-Israeli strikes, the memes have used well-honed cartoons that lambast American officials.Memes steeped in US culturePublished on various social platforms, the memes are racking up millions of views, though it is not clear how much influence they have had on users.They have portrayed US President Donald Trump as old, out of step and\u00a0internationally isolated. They have referenced bruising on the back of Trump&#8217;s right hand that prompted\u00a0speculation about his health, infighting in Trump&#8217;s MAGA base, and US Secretary of Defence Pete\u00a0Hegseth\u2019s fiery confirmation hearing, among other things.&#8221;They&#8217;re using popular culture against the number one pop culture country, the United States,&#8221; said Nancy Snow, a scholar who has written more than a dozen books on propaganda.The pro-Iran images circulating online include a series that uses the style of the Lego animated movies.In one, an Iranian military commander raps, &#8220;You thought you ran the globe, sitting on your throne. Now we turning every base into a bed of stone,&#8221; as Trump falls into a bullseye built of\u00a0Epstein files, the US government\u2019s investigative records on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Analysts believe groups cooperating with TehranThe animations show levels of sophistication and internet access that suggest ties to government offices, said Mahsa Alimardani, a director at WITNESS, a human rights group working on AI video evidence.&#8221;If you&#8217;re able to have the bandwidth needed to generate content like that and upload it, you are officially or unofficially cooperating with the regime,&#8221; she said, pointing to severe restrictions\u00a0Tehran has imposed on the internet\u00a0as part of a crackdown on nationwide protests earlier this year.State media has reposted some of the memes, including ones from the account behind the Lego-style videos, Akhbar Enfejari, which means &#8220;Explosive News&#8221;.Akhbar Enfejari described themselves as Iranians producing and uploading from within Iran in an effort to disrupt decades-long dominance of Western control of the airwaves.&#8221;They\u2019ve long dominated the media landscape and, through that power, imposed narratives on many nations,&#8221; the group told the AP news agency on the messaging app Telegram.&#8221;But this time, something feels different. This time, we&#8217;ve disrupted the game. This time, we&#8217;re doing it better.&#8221;After the ceasefire was announced, Akhbar Enfejari posted: &#8220;Iran won! The way to crush imperialism has been shown to the world. Trump surrendered.&#8221;In addition to the memes coming from pro-Iran groups, Iranian government accounts have trolled the US, including in a post on Wednesday from Iran&#8217;s Embassy in South Africa that said, \u201cSay hello to the new world superpower,\u201d with a picture of the Iranian flag.Both the US and Iran declared victory after agreeing to a two-week ceasefire.Analysts say the deep grasp of US politics and culture is the fruit of more old-school methods of propaganda: a decades-long Iranian government programme to promote narratives against the US and Israel.\u201cThis meme war comes from institutions that are very aware what the American public is aware of and pop cultural references that can appeal to them,\u201d Alimardani said.Messaging from the US and IsraelAnalysts say the US and Israel do not appear to be engaging in the same kind of campaign and, given the restrictions Iran has put on internet access in the country, getting such messages to ordinary Iranians would be difficult.Early in the war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video that used AI to make it seem like he was speaking in Farsi, in which he urged Iranians to overthrow their government.The White House has published a steady stream of memes, but those are aimed at a US audience and feature clips from American TV shows and sports.The US government-run Voice of America, which for decades has beamed news reports to many countries across the globe, still broadcasts in Farsi, though it has been operating with a skeleton staff since Trump ordered it\u00a0shut down.&#8221;This world order is really changing overnight and the US is not going to end up necessarily as the state that everybody listens to,&#8221; Snow said.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/04\/09\/pro-iran-groups-using-ai-to-troll-trump-and-try-to-control-war-narrative-analysts-say&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/58\/81\/1200x675_cmsv2_41a0c5da-c5b2-5b45-a15c-6ba245633341-9715881.jpg&#8221;] Health news Never married? 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