Why did Iran fire a baby pink missile at Tel Aviv? Because a baby girl wanted so

War is metal. But sometimes, it's also Babymetal, in the strangest way possible. If you're wondering what we mean when we say it, we're referring to the pink missile that Iran fired at Tel Aviv. Why? Because a little girl requested the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to do so.

When there's only grim news all around and no play, even the war begins to look like play, and the Iranians have played well. The IRGC, much like Iran's consulates worldwide, seem to be having "fun" with the US and Israel in a war they insist was imposed on them by the two nations.

The image of the pink missile with a Persian message — "In response to the request of the little revolutionary girl" — went viral on the day the two-week ceasefire was announced by US President Donald Trump. Iran's Tasnim News Agency posted a video of the little girl, along with the photo of the Seyed Majid pinpoint striker missile, painted in pink colour.

Iran, in late March, launched missiles at Israel, with messages thanking India and Germany, and the visuals of the same were shared by the Consulate General of Iran in Mumbai and Iranian state media.

The move was reminiscent of similar moves by the Indian Army in the 1999 Kargil War, when Indian soldiers wrote "From Raveena Tandon to Nawaz Sharif" on bombs and missiles directed at Pakistani forces.

The photos of the pink missile came on the day a two-week ceasefire was announced after six weeks of brutal war that erupted after escalating tensions between Iran, Israel, and the US.

The pink projectile, reportedly launched by the IRGC's Aerospace Force just before the ceasefire, turned a child's innocent, yet fierce, plea into instant propaganda gold. It is proof that even in high-stakes war, Tehran knows how to meme its way into headlines.

It's equal parts absurd and chilling, but people on social media also called it "weirdly adorable". Like destruction, but delivered in pastel pink.

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