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EU targets Iran’s Revolutionary Guard propaganda ecosystem in an online crackdown

Published: 23.05.2026 02:42Fetched: 23.05.2026 02:42

Summary

A total of 14 200 posts linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), now designated as a terrorist organisation by the European Union (EU), have been targeted in a coordinated action against terrorist content online.Led by Europol’s EU Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU), the action focused on identifying and disrupting the group’s online presence used to spread propaganda, recruit...