# How Iran's elite Lego team reverse engineered US propaganda

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Podcast: [The Grayzone on Odysee](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grayzone-on-odysee-5427082)
Published: 2026-07-18T22:53:51+00:00
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In Tehran, The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal meets the director of Explosive Media, the elite team of animators, researchers and filmmakers who decisively won the propaganda war over the US and Israel with a series of viral Lego videos mocking Trump and his henchmen, while stirring sympathy for the civilian victims of the US-Israeli assault on their country. ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at https://thegrayzone.com On Substack: https://substack.com/@thegrayzone Support our original journalism at Patreon: https://patreon.com/grayzone Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrayzone Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegrayzonenews Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegrayzonenews #TheGrayzone ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGlownVkhk

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