UK-Based Instagram Account Posts AI-Generated Videos, Graphics Supporting Iran And Its Resistance Axis
On June 15, 2025, Tarek Bazzi, an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel activist based in Dearborn, Michigan, shared an AI-animated video envisioning Iran and its axis destroying the Jewish state. The video was created by a UK-based creative AI generator, and posted to his Instagram account.[1]
Following is a brief review of that account, which has also published other content using Shi'ite religious imagery in support of the Iran-backed Axis of Resistance and glorifying Lebanese Hizbullah, Yemen's Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis), Palestinian armed groups, and other Iran-backed factions.
The Instagram account, describing its creator as a "visual AI specialist" and "creative director," who focuses on "cinematic Shia videos & free wallpapers," currently has 182,000 followers. It has published 69 posts since March 2024.
Video Released After Nasrallah's Killing Declares "Victory Is Closer Than Ever," Graphics In Honor Of His Funeral Pledge Loyalty To Him
On September 29, 2024, shortly after the killing of Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike, the account released a one-minute 22-second video titled "Victory Is on the Horizon," predicting the victory of the Iran-backed axis despite Nasrallah's death. The video depicts Hizbullah fighters reading from the Quran under a tree, witnessing the Israeli strike that eliminated Nasrallah, as a narrator declares in Arabic: "You don't know who you're fighting today. You are fighting the sons of Muhammad and Ali and Hassan and Hussain …" Declaring: "The time has come to unite," the video then shows representatives of various Axis of Resistance groups – a member of an Iraqi militia driving in the desert, a Palestinian militant overlooking the Dome of the Rock, a Hizbullah operative in the forest, a Houthi operative monitoring an American destroyer, and an Iranian soldier in an underground tunnel housing missiles – as a narrator declares in Persian that the "resistance in Palestine" and Hizbullah will be victorious. Depicting Nasrallah being embraced by the Hidden Imam, a narrator declares that the Shi'ites "will never abandon Palestine." The video closes with the text "Victory is closer than ever before," while showing a large crowd of Muslim worshipers surrounding the Dome of the Rock.
The day before Nasrallah's funeral, on February 22, 2025, the account published two graphics. A poster depicting a large crowd of Hizbullah supporters – with a Shi'ite holy figure, perhaps the Hidden Imam, standing in their midst – features the text "Condolences on the grand farewell of our beloved master of resistance." The graphic was also released in the form of wallpaper for a mobile phone, which was advertised on the Instagram account with the Hizbullah slogan "We remain loyal to the pledge." The Instagram post, titled "Sayyedna [Our Master]," an honorific used to refer to Nasrallah, asserts: "How blessed are we to have lived in the era of this giant personality? The world will never be able to fill his space."
Video Predicts Israel's End Is Near, At Hands Of Iran And Its Proxies
A June 15 video, released during the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, is titled "The True Promise" – the name of Iran's current operation against Israel – and predicts the imminent elimination of the Jewish state at the hands of Iran and its proxies. It opens with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reciting Quranic verses about victory, while depicting Iranian fighter jets flying through the sky; Houthi seamen advancing on an American destroyer; armed Iraqi militiamen driving through the desert; armed Hizbullah fighters walking; and a Palestinian in a keffiyeh releasing a dove near the Dome of the Rock. Depicting a barrage of Iranian missiles being launched and falling on an Israeli city, as Israelis scream in terror, it features text declaring: "Justice will be served." Netanyahu is then shown cowering as rubble falls on him, before the Hidden Imam emerges with Imam 'Ali's sword, Dhu Al-Fiqar, to threaten the Israeli leader's life.
Writing: "The Beginning of The End is here," the account prayed: "May Allah hasten the reappearance of Imam Al Mahdi and bring the justice we have been yearning for."
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