Prison Break – Israeli Disinfo Operations

New Episode on the Iran Podcast

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November 4, 2025

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Alberto Fittarelli

Citizen Lab senior researcher Alberto Fittarelli speaks with Negar Mortazavi, host of The Iran Podcast, about Israel-linked influence operations pushing for regime change in Iran. Fittarelli explains how an artificial network of users on X amplified calls for unrest, sometimes with the aid of AI-generated images and videos.

The perpetrators of the operation were “trying to fake grassroots support for a campaign that was completely artificial, completely synthetic, and never had any traction in real life,” says Fittarelli. 

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