For our new BBC podcast, Top Comment, we spoke to a representative of Explosive Media, one of the key accounts generating these clips. He wanted us to refer to him as Mr Explosive.

He’s a savvy social media operator who initially denies working for the Iranian government. In previous interviews the outlet has said it is “totally independent”. But upon further questioning, Mr Explosive admits the regime is a “customer” - something he’s never before confirmed publicly.

🤣 I have to laugh at how hard western media tries to make it sound like everything done in a country they don’t like is secretly tied to its “regime” of a government, as if this somehow means the action is inherently bad just cause the west said the country’s government is bad. It’s such a silly fucking “gotcha”. “Oh, you claim you are independent? But you made something for the government! Not so independent now, are you??? Gottem.” Meanwhile, the west is chock full of private entities that make/do stuff for the government, so it’s laughable they want to act like that’s a bad thing when another country does it, but not when it’s them.

Just read through it, it’s cute that the BBC thinks it’s doing journalism lol

Neat that Mr Explosive points out what a prolific liar the Don is.