00:00I'm creating a marker line.
00:01Yes, I will go and grab the United Arab Emirates flag.
00:04You have done exceptionally well.
00:05Now quickly form the firing line.
00:06Focus on your breath control in the Holy Name of Anwar.
00:10And fire.
00:10Oh my dear God.
00:13This actually aired on national television.
00:16An Aronian TV presenter, a regular talk show host,
00:21picked up an AK-47 to a game and fired at a UAE flag,
00:28live on state media.
00:30On Friday, Aronian state broadcaster IRIB,
00:35specifically the IRGC-linked OFOC channel,
00:38aired something extraordinary.
00:42Multiple programs showed news presenters and TV hosts
00:46receiving live firearms training, rifles, shooting ranges, AK-47s.
00:52And in one segment that's now going viral,
00:55a presenter fires directly at a UAE flag target
00:59with imagery of Dubai in the background.
01:05The hosts weren't shy about it either.
01:07Several stated on air they would, quote,
01:10join the war if necessary.
01:12I'm ready.
01:13I'm creating a marker line.
01:15Yes.
01:15I will go and grab the United Arab Emirates flag.
01:17You have done exceptionally well.
01:18Now quickly form the firing line.
01:20Focus on your breath control in the Holy Name of Anwar.
01:22Fire in Anwar.
01:22Fire in Anwar and fire.
01:24Oh my dear God.
01:27That was truly excellent.
01:29Everyone, please quiet on the set.
01:31The slap was very well done.
01:32Make sure the weapon is on safety.
01:34Yes, that is perfect.
01:35This isn't random.
01:37Since February 2026,
01:39Iran and the UAE have been in direct military confrontation
01:42as part of the wider US-Israel-Iran conflict.
01:46Iran has fired hundreds of ballistic missiles
01:49and over 2,000 drones that UAE targets,
01:53hitting near Dubai Airport,
01:54Jebel Ali Port,
01:55and major energy infrastructure.
01:57The UAE has quietly hit back,
02:00including striking Iranian oil facilities.
02:03Tehran views the UAE as complicit.
02:06US military bases on Emirati soil,
02:09Abraham Accords,
02:10normalization with Israel.
02:11From Iran's perspective,
02:13the UAE picked a side.
02:15So, what is this broadcast actually doing?
02:18This is textbook wartime state media mobilization.
02:23It serves three purposes simultaneously.
02:26It signals to domestic audiences
02:28that everyone must be ready to fight.
02:30It sends a message to the UAE and Gulf states
02:33that Iranian society is militarized and motivated.
02:36And it feeds the information war
02:39because they knew these clips would go global.
02:42It worked.
02:43The footage spread across X within hours.
02:46A fragile ceasefire technically exists,
02:49but when a country's state television
02:51is using your flag as a shooting target on live TV,
02:54that's not de-escalation.
02:56That's a message.
02:58Iranian state media has done provocative broadcasts before
03:01during tension spikes,
03:03but shooting at an ally's flag on live TV
03:06is a new level.
03:07I'm ready.
03:12I'm creating a marker line.
03:14Yes, I will go and grab the United Arab Emirates flag.
03:16You have done exceptionally well.
03:17Now, quickly form the firing line.
03:19Focus on your breath control.
03:20In the Holy Name of Allah.
03:22And fire.
03:23Oh, my dear God.
03:26That was truly excellent.
03:28Everyone, please quiet on the set.
03:30The slap was very well done.
03:31Make sure the weapon is on safety.
03:33Yes, that is perfect.
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