By Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson (thanks to Mary Jane F.)
When the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran started two months ago, online accounts linked to Tehran tried building sympathy with defiant and emotional appeals. They had little impact.
Then, as the war dragged on, Iran shifted tactics. It began circulating short animated videos that scorched President Trump and others with biting satire. Mr. Trump appeared as a hapless Lego figure, as Woody from Pixar’s “Toy Story,” as a shag-haired pop star of the 1980s era of MTV.