Former Wisconsin Nurse Posts AI Lego Videos Mocking U.S. Figures and Praising Iran’s Online Strategy

Mahdi Hemmat, a 37-year-old former neonatal transport nurse in Milwaukee, has created and posted AI-generated Lego videos that promote Iranian messaging and show attacks on U.S. targets, nypost.com reported. Hemmat worked as a neonatal transport nurse at Aurora Sinai Medical Center until March 2025, according to an Aurora spokesperson.

His LinkedIn profile continues to list employment at the hospital. He operates the Instagram account @persiaboihemmat, where he describes himself as a “LEGO journalist … covering the information war brick by brick,” and maintains nearly 160,000 combined followers across Instagram and TikTok.

A video posted Monday titled “Bullseye Loomer” showed a Lego figure of Laura Loomer targeted by snipers accompanied by a rap song and received more than 180,000 views.

Another video posted after the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham last weekend depicted a Lego figure of Graham and included lyrics stating he was “first on the list,” drawing over 104,000 views. Additional videos include one posted May 23 showing gunmen firing on the White House as it burns and one posted June 10 depicting U.S.

Troops in the Middle East fleeing Iranian bombs while repeating a claim that the IRGC struck 21 American bases in one night. ” Hemmat could not be reached for comment. Hemmat appears linked to Explosive Media, a Tehran-based collective that posts similar AI-generated Lego videos and frequently tags him.

A Canadian government report identified M. Taha Ansari Mohseni, a contributor to the collective, and stated that at least 83 million people engaged with the videos in the first month of the Iran war.