On March 1, 2026, the Iranian government made it official. “After a lifetime of struggle,” a state broadcaster declared, “Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei drank the sweet, pure draft of martyrdom ...

Armies and governments habitually stage war games before embarking on a high-risk campaign like the war ignited by the US and Israel against Iran. The precise reasons for this offensive, as well as ...

From video game clips to cartoon characters to blockbuster movie scenes, the Trump administration’s Iran messaging has embraced a style critics say blurs the line between propaganda and entertainment ...

War is a serious matter, not a joking one or an “I don’t care” one. In recent weeks, we’ve witnessed men sitting around joking about war, a war in which hundreds of people have been killed. Many are ...

AI-generated content promoting the Trump administration's war in Iran has accumulated more than 2 billion social media ...

Propaganda is produced by all sides in war. But the images and slogans roaring across social media in this first month of the war in Iran may be something new. The Trump White House has posted videos ...

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Mar. 27, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. It’s been less than a month, and President Donald Trump’s war of ...