@mcfadden
In the first frame, the figure over the Iran map with the arrow on the right reminded me of a web security feature.
On sites which require you to prove that you're human, you are sometimes asked to move a puzzle piece into a blank spot on an otherwise complete puzzle. More simply, other sites require users to move a rectangle from the left of a horizontal slide to the right end.
Too bad we can't simply slide that figure out of Iran to put an end to this undeclared "excursion".