Cyabra Uncovers Iran-Driven Disinformation Campaign Generating Over 145M Views Online
Online discussion surrounding the conflict shows a high risk of manipulation identified by the Company’s social media analyzing technology
New York, NY, March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyabra Strategy Ltd. (“Cyabra”), the solution that analyzes actors, behaviors, and content to uncover coordinated digital manipulation, shared today a detailed analysis report showcasing a pro-Iran disinformation campaign online that threatens online integrity, with platforms being flooded with posts, images, and videos promoting false narratives and AI-generated deep fake content used to spread disinformation and manipulate public perception. The full report, which was also covered by The New York Times, can be downloaded here.
"Our analysis demonstrates the extraordinary reach misinformation and bot amplification can have on online platforms, with deep fakes and false narratives reaching an astounding 145 million views and more than nine million engagements in such a short amount of time," stated Dan Brahmy, Cyabra Founder and Chief Executive Officer. "With clear coordination patterns and synchronized tactics, these findings, alongside previous analysis, highlight that these tactics are a recurring information warfare strategy. Governments and enterprises alike need to take action to mitigate the spread of manipulated content and inauthentic actors to restore trust in our online ecosystem.”
Online discussions regarding Iran during the ongoing conflict are being significantly influenced by coordinated pro-Iran disinformation campaigns built around three central narratives. They are executed through AI-generated content, deepfakes and synthetic media and through coordinated amplification across social media, aim to shape public perception and distort the reality of the conflict.
Key findings include:
1. Iran deployed tens of thousands of fake accounts to spread AI-generated videos across social media, manipulating perceptions of the war and generating over 145 million views.
2. The campaign advances one clear agenda: portraying Iran as the dominant and victorious power in the conflict while depicting its adversaries as weak and defeated.
3. The fake profiles exhibited clear signs of coordinated activity originating from a centralized source, including identical keywords and hashtags, synchronized posting patterns, and repeated content distribution.
4. The campaign mirrors behavioral and narrative patterns observed in previous Iran-linked disinformation operations identified by Cyabra, reinforcing the assessment of a recurring Iranian information warfare strategy.
“While we uncover countless influence operation campaigns daily for our clients, our core mission to restore digital trust drives us to publicly expose threats to global and national security. We consider this far more than just our business, it is an enormous responsibility to restore trust to the online landscape,” added Mr. Brahmy.
Cyabra’s advanced AI-driven detection technology analyzes social media activity using hundreds of behavioral and contextual signals, including posting frequency, language patterns, network behavior, content originality, and engagement dynamics, to assess profile authenticity and identify coordinated inauthentic behavior.
For this investigation, Cyabra analyzed AI-generated content, posts, and videos promoting pro-Iran narratives from the ongoing conflict, alongside relevant keywords and hashtags associated with the campaign.
Cyabra has entered into a business combination agreement with Trailblazer Merger Corporation I (NASDAQ: $TBMC), a blank-check special-purpose acquisition company.
About Cyabra
Cyabra helps global enterprises and governments restore trust and authenticity when manipulated content, coordinated behaviors, and inauthentic actors distort what’s real online. The solution analyzes who is operating, how activity is amplified, and how narratives are leveraged, translating evidence into clear mitigation steps teams can act on quickly.
By reducing ambiguity and misdirected response, Cyabra enables proportionate, evidence-led action when clarity matters most.
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