Tehran billboard studio turns Iran-US conflict into public visual campaign
A state-linked Iranian design studio is producing large Tehran billboards portraying US President Donald Trump, American military equipment and the Strait of Hormuz. Studio manager Mostafa Kafaei said teams respond rapidly to news events, while residents described the posters as a way of following developments during the conflict.
A Tehran design studio is producing large government-sponsored billboards that present Iran’s conflict with the United States and Israel through images mocking US President Donald Trump and depicting American military equipment, according to the studio’s manager. Khaneh-ye Tarrahan, or Designers’ House, creates posters for prominent locations in the Iranian capital, including Valiasr Square. Mostafa Kafaei, who manages the studio, said the team monitored news closely and moved quickly from ideas to finished designs.
One mural shows Trump with his lips sewn together and his mouth closed by an image of the Strait of Hormuz. It carries the words “At the breaking point”. Another billboard depicts Trump inside a magician’s box holding a Coca-Cola and a hamburger, alongside the message “Blink, you’re gone!”.
The studio operates under one of Iran’s largest state-run media conglomerates, and the billboards are sponsored by the government. Kafaei said urgent designs could be completed within a few days by teams of up to about eight people. He said the designers mainly used Photoshop and also worked with artificial-intelligence tools, including ChatGPT and Nano Banana.
Other billboards refer to the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s claim to have captured a US underwater drone. One image shows an Iranian soldier standing on the drone, while another portrays a mythical warrior amid burning US warships in the Persian Gulf. Designs have also featured Iran’s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei and slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
Kafaei said Trump appeared frequently because he was a media personality and the studio responded to his actions in that sphere. Tehran residents quoted in the source said the billboards helped people who did not closely follow politics understand events, though one described the messages as requiring interpretation.
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