"This is a propaganda war for them," Neil Lavie-Driver, an AI researcher at the University of Cambridge, said, referring to Iran. It's not the first time memes have been used in a conflict, and they have evolved to include AI images in recent years. In the conflict that began February 28 with joint US-Israel strikes, the memes have used well-honed cartoons that lambast US officials. After the ceasefire was announced, Akhbar Enfejari posted: "IRAN WON! 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.

Source: The Telegraph April 09, 2026 11:48 UTC