I want to share some of what I have personally experienced in the past few weeks because I believe others who speak out against the Islamic regime in Iran need to understand how these operations work. I am an American-Israeli journalist covering Iran, and I have been repeatedly targeted by sophisticated cyberattacks, attempted espionage, and coordinated online harassment campaigns. Several months ago, the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence publicly designated me an enemy of the regime, placing me second on a list of individuals it considers particularly hostile. In recent weeks, the targeting has escalated significantly. Here is what has been happening: 1. Google has repeatedly warned me that government-backed attackers are targeting my accounts. I have received multiple official Google security warnings involving more than one of my accounts. These are not the first warnings: Google also notified me of government-backed attempts to compromise my accounts in 2024. 2. Someone hacked the X account of an academic I personally know, and used it to lure me into a phishing operation. On September 30, I received a message from the account of Daniel Pipes, an academic I know personally, inviting me to discuss a new project. A woman posing as his assistant subsequently contacted me through email and WhatsApp, arranged a meeting, and sent what appeared to be a Google Meet invitation. When I clicked the link, I was redirected to a suspicious website asking me to sign into my Google account. I refused to enter my credentials. The supposed assistant insisted that the website was their internal server and that it was safe. I refused again. I later contacted the real Daniel Pipes, who confirmed that his account had been compromised and that he had never sent me those messages. 3. Last week, I was targeted with a remote-access Trojan disguised as a copyright infringement lawsuit. An email accusing me of copyright violations on social media directed me to download a file supposedly related to legal proceedings. I suspected it was malicious and did not download it. Examination of the file in an isolated sandbox environment identified what appeared to be Parallax RAT, malware capable of providing attackers with remote access to an infected computer. 4. I have also been subjected to coordinated online character assassination and disinformation campaigns, including activity linked to the IRGC. These campaigns have involved vicious sexist attacks against me, racist attacks against my partner, and the deliberate circulation of false allegations about my political positions and activities. Among the fabrications are claims that I supposedly “vote for Arab parties” in Israel, alongside other invented narratives intended to discredit me and drive wedges between Iranians and Israelis. My message to other journalists, dissidents, activists, and anyone speaking out against the Islamic Republic is simple: take these threats seriously. The people targeting you may not appear as strangers. They may impersonate your friends, colleagues, professional contacts, or legitimate institutions. Their attacks may unfold over days or weeks and involve multiple platforms to establish credibility. Verify unusual requests, even when they appear to come from someone you know. Protect your accounts and be extremely cautious with unfamiliar links and attachments. Cc: @israelpolice

The ad so bad it backfired: Rebellion PAC’s bigoted (and factually incorrect) attack ad blaming Israel for domestic economic issues in the US and promoting Muslim Brotherhood fan boy Abdul El Sayed. Is it any surprise Cenk Uygur is behind it? But make no mistake, this ad echoes the same rhetoric and gaslighting we’ve seen from El Sayed for months. This week on @JNS_org

Senator @ChrisMurphyCT went into overdrive in the fall of 2023, defending Biden’s $6 BILLION ransom deal with the Ayatollahs. Iranian Americans were screaming that putting $6 billion within reach of this savage regime would have catastrophic consequences. Just two weeks later came October 7. We will never forget your obsessive determination to make deals with America’s enemies, Chris. I certainly won’t. The policies championed by people like you cost my father his life! Now, as @POTUS @realDonaldTrump prepares to confront my father’s killers and America’s mortal enemy, HUSH! The last thing we need is a lecture on sanity from the mullahs’ errand boy.

Got to hand it to Qatar: when it comes to buying influence and corrupting democracies, they’re impressively nonpartisan. Left, right, radical left, radical right — no ideology is off-limits, no political camp beyond reach. Their only loyalty: their own interests and the advancement of Islamism. Their greatest success is eroding public trust in our democratic institutions from every direction.

This is beyond horrifying. Russia struck a railway station in Dnipro with a drone, killing 13 people who were simply waiting for their train. The drone operators could see the platform in real time. They could see the civilians standing there. They knew what they were targeting, and they struck anyway.

JD Vance is reportedly trying to revive “peace” negotiations with Iran by reaching out to Mohsen Rezaei. Who is Mohsen Rezaei? 🔴 Former commander of the IRGC for 16 years, helping build the regime’s military and repressive apparatus. 🔴 Wanted by Argentina in connection with the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing that murdered 85 people. 🔴 An ideological hardliner who openly threatened to take thousands of American soldiers hostage and demand $1 BILLION per hostage. THIS is the man JD Vance thinks he can convince to abandon military aggression against the United States and open the Strait of Hormuz? There is no peace with the mullahs. Once again, we’re witnessing a fundamental American miscalculation.

My exclusive interview with Treasury Secretary @SecScottBessent at the Treasury's historic Cash Room. He says Iran's economy could contract more than 25%, which is worse than the Soviet Union after its collapse. His message to the Iranian people: "fill up their tanks now." Full interview 👇 @IranIntl_En

For years, Israel was accused of “targeting journalists” in Gaza. Now Al Jazeera has fired 24 Gaza-based staff amid a US lawsuit alleging ties and support by the Qatari network to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad