While imposing sanctions on the IRIB remains crucial, deterring the IRGC’s broader media apparatus, such as its soft war PSYOPS armies and operatives, is even more critical. As of March 2025, the United Kingdom has announced plans to confront the regime’s influence agents, including propagandists working for Iranian state media and its non-Pers
who sympathize with leftist
some agents are based abroad and operate independently, creating original propaganda content supportive of Tehran’s objectives. Their goal is to expand the regime’s influence among local Muslim communities and students who sympathize with leftist and communist ideologies. These influence agents—also referred to as elite PSYOPS operatives—ra
channels, including the Islamic
Newspapers and news websites affiliated with the IRGC—such as Fars News, Tasmin News, Masregh News, and Javan Newspaper—along with the IRIB’s news programs and channels, including the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN), have employed systematic operation techniques against regime enemies. 10 These tactics are embedded in nearly eve
Central Bank (ECB) is currently
Moreover, the European Central Bank (ECB) is currently just three months away from completing a two-year “preparation phase” ahead of the digital euro’s potential launch in a few years’ time. So, what is the digital euro? Why is it being discussed so much? And is it actually a good idea? Although the digital euro’s precise properties rema
Altman’s admission that current
Altman’s admission that current interfaces are “too cumbersome” takes on terrifying new dimensions when you see the full system. The cumbersome part isn’t just physical friction—it’s the cognitive friction that allows for the possibility of authentic thought, anonymous existence, economic independence, or resistance to surveillance. The