Iran Displays Propaganda Posters and Holds Military Events in Tehran

Iranian authorities have placed propaganda posters across Tehran that emphasize national unity and resistance. The posters show Revolutionary Guardsmen and a blockaded Strait of Hormuz. Authorities have also staged mass weddings in Revolutionary Guards vehicles and held weapons training sessions in mosques. State television has shown these events.

Posters feature national heroes alongside Revolutionary Guards commanders. State media coverage has included interviews with women without headscarves. Officials have shifted messaging toward nationalist themes rather than religious ones. Rallies have featured images of the national football team and the national flag.

Iran has faced economic difficulties and infrastructure damage from recent airstrikes. Officials have conducted near-nightly rallies during the current conflict. Some residents have expressed skepticism about the messaging. Others have questioned the presence of unveiled women at rallies.

"These banners showing national heroes are for wartime purposes. After that they will come back against us and the repression will begin," said Narges, a retired government employee in Shiraz. "It's an attempt to show that everything is normal in Iran, we're all united and we don't butcher our own people," said Ali Ansari, professor of modern history at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.