‘Anonymous’-affiliated hackers claim to take down Iranian websites in support...
Hacktivists launched a campaign against the Iranian government after a 22-year-old woman died while in the custody of the state's "morality police." Iranian officials claim Masha Amini, who was...
View ArticleHow ‘Bella Ciao’ became the viral anthem for the fight against authoritarians
Seminal moments are often soundtracked with emphatic music. And it’s been hard—if you’ve been following the feminist revolution in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini—to escape the strains...
View ArticleInside Iran, protesters remain unfazed by the regime’s high-tech crackdown
For the past month, Isfahan-based Azadeh Iravani (a pseudonym) has used various anonymous social media accounts to participate in the ongoing protests against the Iranian regime. Under a number of...
View ArticleTwitter suspends Yashar Ali for promoting Molotov cocktail recipe to Iran...
Twitter suspended journalist Yashar Ali after he posted a recipe for a Molotov cocktail. The news of the temporary suspension was first reported by journalist Ken Klippenstein....
View ArticleIranians on TikTok are naming arrested protesters to try and stave off...
As the protests against the Iranian regime sparked by Mahsa Amini's murder refuse to relent, the government voted that the nearly 15,000 protesters arrested so far should face the death penalty....
View ArticleFalse claim that Iran sentenced 15,000 protesters to death spread by celebs...
A number of celebrities and politicians have reposted a false claim that 15,000 Iranian protesters have been sentenced to death. The claim seems to stem from an article published by Newsweek last...
View ArticleWhy critics claim Biden directly funded Hamas’ attack on Israel
A new theory is circulating online in the wake of Hamas' attack on Israel: that President Joe Biden funded the attack. Critics point to the prisoner swap the U.S. reached with Iran in August. Under...
View Article‘Mean tweets and world peace’: Trump fans push new 2024 slogan after Iran’s...
Supporters of former President Donald Trump are reminiscing about "mean tweets and world peace" in the wake of Iran's large-scale aerial attack on Israel overnight on Sunday. Trump supporters on...
View Article‘Iranian terror cell’ fears pushed by same crowd who claimed secret Hamas...
Conservatives are raising the alarm over the unfounded belief that Iran is preparing to activate "sleeper cells" in the U.S. The prominent X user DC_Draino helped the claim go viral on Sunday in...
View ArticleWho is Eli Kopter? Meme suggesting Mossad agent took out Iranian president...
A news analyst on i24News’s French-language news program claimed that a Hamas Telegram group had blamed Israel’s spy agency Mossad for the downing of a helicopter on Sunday which killed Iran’s...
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