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Iranian Developments: From Military Strikes to Cyber Ops

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Explore the recent Iranian activities from military strikes to cyber operations in Iran's trending news. Dive into the intriguing details of Iran's actions and their potential impact.

Iran's recent activities have been a hot topic, ranging from military strikes in Iraq and Syria to cyber operations against Israel. The strikes by the IRGC outside Iran sparked attention due to their intensity and targets. Simultaneously, Iran faced internal issues like the tragic death of an Iranian diplomat in Moscow. The government's drastic decision to issue 30% interest rate bonds to stabilize the national currency added to the chaos. Iranian journalists also faced adversity, with arrests and detentions by security forces. These events unfolded amid escalating tensions and cyber warfare, with Microsoft reporting extensive Iranian AI-based cyber operations against Israel.

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Why did Iran strike Iraq and Syria, and what's next? (The New Arab)

While not the first instance of the IRGC striking outside Iran's territory, the intensity, targets, and timing of these attacks prompted broad scrutiny.

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Iranian diplomat dies in Moscow (bne IntelliNews)

An Iranian diplomat at the embassy in Moscow allegedly died in a fitness club on February 4, according to the Russian newspaper Izvestia.The ...

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Iran Issues 30% Interest Rate Bonds To Stem Currency Crisis (Iran International)

With Iran's national currency on a rollercoaster, the government has given the green light to state banks for a whopping 30-percent interest rate for ...

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Iranian journalist Nasrin Hassani begins 7-month prison sentence ... (CPJ Press Freedom Online)

โ€œAll of the journalists arrested for reporting on the unprecedented nationwide protests that followed Mahsa Amini's death should be released and charges against ...

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Iranian Journalists Detained After Security Forces Raid Media Outlet ... (Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty)

Iranian security forces raided a building housing the editorial office of the Fardaye Eghtesad media outlet, detaining an unknown number of its journalists ...

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Iranian Journalists Detained in Tehran Offices; Reason Unknown (IranWire |)

Family members of journalists and other staff from the Iranian financial news website Farda-e-Eghtesad gathered outside the outlet's off ...

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Iran is not directing Houthis or other groups to launch attacks, Iran's ... (NBC News)

Iran does not exert control over the militants in the Middle East that are launching attacks on the U.S. and Israel, Iran's U.N. ambassador told NBC News' ...

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Iranian envoy to UN says Tehran arming, training and 'empowering ... (The Times of Israel)

Iran's ambassador to the United Nations says Tehran is sending weapons, training and empowering Palestinian terror groups.

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Iran's UN ambassador says militia attacks should stop with Gaza ... (The National)

Amir Saeid Iravani says a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is possible.

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PEN America Condemns Detention of Iranian Dissident Rapper ... (PEN America)

PEN America's strongly condemns the arbitrary detention of Iranian rapper Vafa Ahmadpour and calls for his immediate release.

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$375000 - The Sticker Price for an Iranian Shahed Drone (Forbes)

A hacker group called the Prana Network broke into the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) email servers and grabbed data on the sale of Shahed drones ...

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Hacker group reveals cost of Iranian drone production (Yahoo News)

A group of hackers from the Prana Network were able to gain access to the mail servers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which contained ...

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Hackers expose data on Iranian drones sold to Russia (defence-blog.com)

The Prana Network hacking group has exposed critical data about the production and pricing of Shahed-136 drones intended for Russia.

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Pressure Intensified On Iranian Students, Professors (Iran International)

Iran's security and intelligence authorities have mounted pressure on dissenting students and professors as the second semester of the academic year ...

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Iran Update, February 6, 2024 (Critical Threats Project)

Note: CTP and ISW have refocused the update to cover the Israel-Hamas war. The new sections address developments in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon, and ...

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Iranian Professor Who Protested Student Arrests Sacked (IranWire |)

A professor at Tehran's Shahid Beheshti University has been dismissed, amid intensifying efforts by the Islamic Republic authorities to ...

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Microsoft uncovers extensive Iranian AI-based cyber ops against ... (CTech)

Amid the rising potential of a widening war, we expect Iranian influence operations and cyberattacks will continue to be more targeted, more collaborative ...

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Microsoft: Iranian cyberattacks on Israel have soared since Oct. 7 (JNS.org)

The attacks and "influence operations" have grown in number, sophistication and geographic scope since the start of the war, according to Microsoft's Threat ...

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Iran accelerates cyber ops against Israel from chaotic start ... (Microsoft)

Since Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, Iranian government-aligned actors have launched a series of cyberattacks and influence operations (IO) intended ...

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How Iranian cyber ops pivoted to target Israel after 7 October attacks (ComputerWeekly.com)

Microsoft has shared new intelligence on how Iranian government-aligned threat actors have turned their fire on Israel over the past four months.

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Taskovski Picks Up Iranian Documentary 'Maydegol' (Variety)

Taskovski Films Sales has picked up Iranian documentary 'Maydegol,' which will have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

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'Netanyahu is the Target': Microsoft Report Reveals Iran's Cyber War ... (The Jerusalem Post)

Objective: Undermine Israel and its supporters in an attempt to create general confusion and mistrust - that's how the system worked.

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Microsoft: Iran is refining its cyber operations (CyberScoop)

Stepped up coordination among Iranian cyber actors may improve their ability to hit U.S. critical infrastructure, Microsoft researchers say.

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