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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

Iran social media strategy pivots to information war amid US-Israel attack

A man is silhouetted standing in a blown out window while people can be seen walking in the distance near destroyed buildings.
An Iranian man inspects a damaged residential building in southern Tehran, Iran, 15 March 2026. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

Iran has radically overhauled its social media strategy in an all-out information war launched by the country’s Islamic rulers in response to US and Israeli military attacks.

Cyber experts say Iranian foreign influence operations have gone into overdrive as part of an “asymmetric” campaign designed to complement its military retaliation and intensify moral pressure on the US and Israel into curtailing their war efforts.

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