Iran's pro-establishment and pro-opposition users were involved in a social media manipulation battle soon after the US assassination of Gen Qasem Soleimani. There was some coordination and amplification on both sides in a bid to dictate their narrative
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Look at these coordinated memes pumped out on Instagram by pro-establishment users. Some non-political accounts were repurposed with the specific aim of mplifying these memes
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Iranian social media has been a cesspit of manipulation, coordination and inauthentic activity for a while. All political sides are at it. The fact most social platforms are blocked and users have to deploy VPNs and annonymous profiles to protect their safety makes things worse