Is the End Near For the Iranian Regime?

In an effort to dissuade and dissemble, it was reported that Iran released 240K bots in Israel and the US, as part of its cyber war to try and influence public opinion in both countries. But they were found out, according to groundbreaking research commissioned by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism.

 

The investigation, which analyzed social media activity on X during “Operation Rising Lion,” identified at least 100 fabricated accounts systematically promoting Tehran’s strategic messaging. Beyond merely spreading disinformation to glorify Iranian successes while fabricating Israeli failures, Tehran invested substantial resources in targeting domestic audiences within Israel and the United States.

Researchers examined approximately 100 X accounts exhibiting clear signs of automated rather than human operation. These accounts maintained continuous activity across all hours without typical human patterns of rest.

Moreover, they generated content at superhuman speeds, posting thousands of messages daily. The content frequently appeared identical or remarkably similar across multiple suspicious accounts, strongly indicating coordinated bot activity.

Iranian messaging operations were divided into four distinct categories, promoting regime loyalty and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. “The bot network advanced Iranian nationalism, seeking to frame the conflict as targeting Iran’s people rather than its government,” according to the research.

A second messaging category targeted both Iranian domestic audiences and Israeli citizens with fabricated reports of Israeli military failures. These automated accounts circulated manipulated imagery and AI-generated content depicting false scenarios such as Tel Aviv engulfed in flames or Israeli aircraft destroyed over Iranian territory.

It also gave comfort to Hamas, with additional messaging streams seeking to characterize Israel as a terrorist state that “murders children” and “massacres Palestinians.”

However, the research identifies Iran’s most significant operation as systematic efforts to turn American public opinion against President Donald Trump’s military action targeting Iranian nuclear infrastructure.

These accounts amplified messaging identical to Republican critics of the military strikes. Following Trump advisor Steve Bannon’s claims that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exercised control over the president, Iranian accounts circulated imagery depicting Trump as Netanyahu’s marionette or as a dog owned by the Israeli leader.

A lot of time spent by the IRGC and its stooges trying to win the disinformation war, wouldn’t you say? And still no nuclear facilities to boast about.

Soon enough, the thugs in Iran will find themselves walking to the cranes they hung so many who protested against their corrupt regime.