Social Media

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  • Lego-style 2026/05/08

    By Ioana Mate, Middle East analyst and international law attorney

    Iranian psychological warfare on social media and the strategic blindness of the West

    When Lego-style social media videos become a weapon in psychological warfare

    There comes a moment when an analyst must acknowledge that their conceptual tools are no longer sufficient to describe the reality they are observing. The Lego-style animations produced by the Iranian media entity Explosive Media — American warships exploding in colored plastic, Israeli aircraft turned into falling horses, figurine soldiers storming beaches under pixelated flags — represent one of those moments.

  • Social media apps 2025/12/27

    By Fatemeh Kavand

    ‘Regulation for us, freedom for thee’

    How the West weaponizes social media

    Even as a new wave of restrictive regulations on children’s digital access sweeps across Europe and the United States, these very governments—employing a completely different media policy—have simultaneously opened a vast arena of unrestricted social media and satellite broadcasting towards Iran. This meaningful contradiction raises serious questions about soft warfare and cultural engineering.

  • terror online 2025-12-08 14:47

    Masoud Shojai Tabtabai talks about "Terror Online" event

    Masoud Shojai Tabtabai, the secretary of the first International Cartoon and Poster Contest "Terror Online," explained the event's details at a press conference held on Saturday, December 6, in Tehran.

  • Mazandaran hosts Caspian tour operators and influencers to promote Iran’s image 2025-11-19 17:43

    Mazandaran hosts Caspian tour operators and influencers to promote Iran’s image

    TEHRAN – Tourism officials in Mazandaran province hosted tour operators and social media influencers from Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan this week as part of a program aimed at promoting Iran’s image and showcasing the region’s tourism capacity.

  • A view of Vank Cathedral, New Jolfa district, Isfahan, Iran 2025-11-17 17:10

    Armenian Iranologist says media distort image of Iran’s treatment of Armenian heritage

    TEHRAN  – An Armenian expert on Iran said on Sunday that Armenian cultural heritage has been preserved and respected in Iran, but inaccurate media coverage has led to a distorted image of the country.

  • Israel's propaganda 2025/10/08

    By Garsha Vazirian

    You can’t unring the bell: The Israeli offensive that lost its grip

    When genocide went viral and propaganda struggled to hold sway

    TEHRAN — Picture a hush in a room. A nervous voice leans into a mic and admits what everyone has felt: “We have a major, major, major generational problem.” That leaked fragment was less an accusation than a diagnosis: the old pipelines of influence were cracking as short, brutal images poured into young people’s feeds.