1 April 2026

Iran targets US public opinion with online information war

Joanna YORK

When President Donald Trump announced in a social media video on February 28 that the United States and Israel had launched strikes on Iran, he kickstarted a war that has engulfed the Middle EastBut he also sparked an online information war that analysts say has been dominated by the use of AI-generated content to spread fake news about the conflict

One study from Clemson University in South Carolina found that, within 24 hours of the US and Israel launching attacks on Iran, dozens of social media accounts affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had begun posting Iranian propaganda about the war, some of which reached an audience of millions.

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