Multiple Iranian state-aligned channels are warning citizens against sharing footage with diaspora media, alleging that the news network Iran International provides direct targeting coordinates for Israeli military strikes inside Iran.
Multiple Iranian news channels aligned with the state and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are circulating synchronized claims that the diaspora news network Iran International is actively assisting Israeli military operations by providing targeting coordinates inside Iran.
The allegations center on statements attributed to Barak Ravid, a senior reporter for Axios. According to the explicitly pro-regime کانال اخبار سپاه پاسداران 🏴, Ravid stated that Israel targets addresses provided by the network and that Mossad regularly uses Iran International for information warfare. A widely shared post from the domestic news aggregator آخرین خبر goes further, asserting that the Axios reporter is Mossad-affiliated and making the following claims: Mossad regularly utilizes Iran International for information warfare. The network, which is supported by Mossad, gives location coordinates of attacks inside Iran directly to Israel.
In response to the alleged intelligence gathering, channels are issuing stark directives to Iranian citizens. The crisis-focused channel اخبارفوری خبرفوری جنگ امریکا فوری cautioned its followers not to assist the enemy, stating, "Friends, don't be accomplices to the crime." The channel declared that capturing any picture or video for social networks or Iran International is equal to "complicity in the bombing and murder of compatriots."
The source material relies entirely on an unverified, circular attribution to Axios reporter Barak Ravid to legitimize state narratives against Iran International. The channels exhibit uniform state-aligned messaging, evident in the identical text shared across different regional and national aggregators.