Category: Iran

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Russia / Iran / Syria / Iraq / OEF Ad Hoc Update (13)

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. A HUGE leap forward for Israel Israel openly admitted attacking Iranians in Syria following an Iranian missile strike from Syria. Israel responded and spanked Iran. They blew up a bunch of Iranian military and intelligence sites in Syria.  Munition storage sites  Military site located in the Damascus International Airport … Continue reading Russia / Iran / Syria / Iraq / OEF Ad Hoc Update (13)

Information operations · Information Warfare · Iran · Russia

Iran-Russia Cooperation Grows Beyond Syria

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That these two nations, Russia and Iran, are working closely together, should be worrisome to most. Iran and Russia are considered rogue nations by many.  That both brand the West as their enemy is equally worrisome.  </end editorial> Syria is symbol of Russo-Iranian cooperation and there are numerous facts to prove it. However, there are… Continue reading Iran-Russia Cooperation Grows Beyond Syria

Information operations · Information Warfare · Iran

USS John C. Stennis And Iran Exchange Shows Of Force

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The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS John C. Stennis, just entered the Persian Gulf after passing through the Straits of Hormuz.   This was just after Iran did their own show of force. Iranian ships fire rockets as US aircraft carrier enters Persian Gulf The Times of Israel Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Launch War Games as U.S. Carrier Enters… Continue reading USS John C. Stennis And Iran Exchange Shows Of Force

Information operations · Information Warfare · Iran

Iran Threatens US Forces in Qatar and Afghanistan with Missile Strike

Joel Harding

There are a series of dictums called “Murphy’s War Law“.  One is “If the enemy is within range, so are you.” When Iran threatens the US, that our troops are within range of their missiles, they should remember that Iran is also within range and has many, many different platforms to launch such strikes.  The… Continue reading Iran Threatens US Forces in Qatar and Afghanistan with Missile Strike

Cybersecurity · cyberwar · Information operations · Information Warfare · Iran

Report: Evolving Menace – Iran’s Use of Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

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November 6, 2018 | Report Evolving Menace:  Iran’s Use of Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare Annie Fixler Policy Analyst Frank Cilluffo Auburn University CEEW Board of Advisors EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2016, the industrial computer security firm MalCrawler conducted an experiment: It created an elaborate network to observe the actions and gauge the intentions of malicious cyber operators.… Continue reading Report: Evolving Menace – Iran’s Use of Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

Facebook · Information operations · Information Warfare · Iran

Facebook finds evidence of Iranian disinformation campaign

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BY ALI BRELAND – 10/26/18  Facebook has discovered Iranian disinformation activity on its platform and is working to reduce its impact. The company’s head of cybersecurity, Nathaniel Gleicher, revealed Friday that Facebook had removed 82 pages, accounts and groups that engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” Roughly 1 million accounts followed those pages, with another 25,000 accounts joining at… Continue reading Facebook finds evidence of Iranian disinformation campaign