One key tool Washington has long utilized for influence operations and covert regime change plotting abroad has long been the establishment of foreign media for political messaging.
The idea is that a foreign language satellite news channel gets presented as 'independent' while in reality it beams propaganda onto a unsuspecting population within a so-called 'rogue' state being targeted by the US.
For example, WikiLeaks previously revealed that US intelligence invested heavily in such projects to bolster anti-Assad forces and sentiment in the context of last decade's proxy war in Syria.
Currently, Iran says it is fully aware of several Persian-language media outlets which are subversive, given they have the backing of the US, UK, or Israeli governments, or others like Saudi Arabia.
Iran International TV claims to be a privately funded channel based in west London and was established in May 2017.The AFP in a Wednesday report has said Iranian state media has newly called out the following as hostile propaganda media fronts:
- BBC Persian
- Iran International
- Radio Farda
An Iranian military spokesman has said these have been added to the armed forces' "military target bank" - putting the outlets on notice that their offices and infrastructure could come under attack.
"These hostile media ou
