When a large-scale military operation against Iranian infrastructure launched on February 28, 2026, coordinated activity appeared almost simultaneously across multiple platforms. Networks of inauthentic accounts on TikTok, Facebook, X, and Instagram began distributing AI-generated videos depicting Iranian strikes on regional landmarks and cities, with 19% of accounts involved in amplifying the campaign.
The activity centered around three recurring narratives designed to portray Iran as the dominant and victorious actor in the conflict, amplified through synchronized posting behavior and repeated media assets distributed across large account networks.
The campaign displayed clear indicators of coordination: identical video assets, synchronized posting windows, repeated hashtag clusters, and cross-platform distribution patterns pointing to centralized content production rather than independent user activity.
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