‘Vengeance for all’: How Iran’s Lego videos won narrative war against Trump

by | Apr 17, 2026 | World

It’s a Lego set, with a difference.A Native American chief rides on his horse onto a barren landscape, bathed in moonlight. The animated video rapidly shuttles between a range of people who’ve been victims of the United States government, from Black Americans in chains to survivors of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison complex.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThen it pans to Iranian soldiers sticking large banners on missiles, as the tempo of the background music picks up. “For the stolen Blacks,” says the first one. “For the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” comes up next.“In memory of victims of Iran Air flight 655,” says another, referring to the passenger aircraft brought down by US missiles in 1988, killing all 290 people on board. “In memory of Rachel Corrie’s freedom struggle” follows, referring to the American activist who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003. Victims of US war and abuses in Afghanistan, Vietnam and Iraq – and the “children of Epstein island” – all get similar messages, plastered on missiles that then fire off. The video ends with giant statues of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu collapsing, and a line in bold, white and all caps: ‘ONE VENGEANCE FOR ALL.’The March 29 video is one of many released by Explosive Media, among several Iran-based groups …

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