New bombshell reports from one of the world’s most respected investigative organizations, Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, as well as the prominent Israeli outlet Haaretz, show that Israel has been conducting disinformation operations against Iranians to promote war and artificially boost Reza Pahlavi.
The same disinformation tactics were used to attack anti-war voices like NIAC and other experts in the diaspora back in 2022. We have known and been saying for years that we are targets of Israeli disinformation operations online – now the evidence is here.
- Read the full investigation on Citizen Lab (English, فارسی)
- Investigation on Haaretz
- Report on BBC Persian (فارسی)
- Report on Radio Farda (فارسی)
- Euro News Persian (فارسی)
- BBC Persian (فارسی)
- Nour News (فارسی)
- Social Forensics Report documenting 2022 disinformation
These attacks have succeeded in dividing our community, threatening people into self-censorship and silence, and even forced some experts, particularly women, to leave the field because of the risks involved. Now, the truth is coming out.
Please share this with your friends and networks who may have been targets of these disinformation campaigns over the past years. We will continue fighting for our civil rights at home and against more war abroad.
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