'I Don't Hate the Americans': Latest Lego Video Promotes Empathy Between People of US and Iran [View all]

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‘I Don’t Hate the Americans’: Latest Lego Video Promotes Empathy Between People of US and Iran

‘Love for the people, but the system must cease... From Tehran to DC, we’re screaming for peace.”

JON QUEALLY
May 02, 2026

The creative team behind many of the viral sensations featuring Lego characters and storytelling critical of the war launched by US-Israeli forces against Iran two months ago, posted a new video on Saturday that seeks to forge solidarity between everyday Iranians and Americans suffering from the conflict, and who desperately want to see the fighting brought to an end.

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With the video—featuring dramatic scenes from daily life in both Iran and the United States under the shadow of war—the makers behind it, said Parsi, “are doubling down on building bridges between Americans and Iranians while depicting the US government and ‘system’ as the real enemy.”

Touching on themes of shared empathy between people and a political system in the US that insulates the people in power, like US President Donald Trump and lawmakers in Congress, from the will of the voters, the chorus of the song states, “Same sun rising, but we’re living in hell; While the leaders are ringing the funeral bell.”

‘Love for the people, but the system must cease,“ the chorus continues, ”From Tehran to DC, we’re screaming for peace.“

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