After pink missile, Iran's IRGC paints blue one ‘for boys’

After pink missile, Iran's IRGC paints blue one ‘for boys’

In a move that appeared aimed at wartime symbolism, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly painted a missile blue for boys, according to Iranian state-linked Tasnim News Agency. In a post on X, Tasnim shared footage showing an individual using spray equipment to coat a missile in blue paint. The outlet said the move followed requests from Iranian boys after an earlier gesture involving a young girl, portraying it as symbo…

Iran IRGC paints blue missile ‘for boys’ after pink one

The move reportedly followed requests from Iranian boys after an earlier gesture involving a young girl, and was presented as symbolic messaging linked to the Iran–Israel conflict.

How Iran’s IRGC turned missiles into social media content

TEHRAN: It began, as so much does in the modern information war, with a child’s voice on a smartphone video. On the evening of April 4, a clip emerged on Telegram of a young Iranian girl — her face painted in the green, white, and red of the Iranian flag — attending one of the nightly pro-war demonstrations that had become a fixture of life in Tehran since the conflict with Israel and the United States began. Standing before a crowd, she address…