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For the first time, all the labor unions are calling for support for the high school movement! The same goes for the teaching and student organizations. They are all calling to demonstrate on October 6th! We do not claim to lead this movement. We want to be (translated)

The number of high schools and universities mobilized is unprecedented in almost 40 years. What needs to be done to be heard? It took 10 days of student mobilization for the government... to agree to meet with student organizations! I call for discipline in action! It is absurd to set fire to trash cans or cartons. The images of flames only serve the opponent, who then disseminates them to the television news! (translated)

Iran’s cognitive warfare – when AI becomes the operating layer of state propaganda Iranian state-linked influence operators were not using artificial intelligence simply to write faster social-media posts. According to Anthropic’s September 2026 threat intelligence report, three separate operations connected to Iranian propaganda institutions were using Claude to help construct the machinery behind what the operators themselves called “soft war” and “cognitive warfare” – non-military efforts intended to shape public opinion inside Iran and abroad. Anthropic linked the activity to the Islamic Culture and Communications Organization (ICCO), which operates under Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance; the Islamic Propaganda Office of Khorasan Razavi; and the Bina Cultural Observatory, part of the Islamic Propaganda Organization. The company said each operation was run by someone working within or on behalf of the named institution. The attribution was based on a combination of account telemetry, institutional references disclosed during conversations, branded documents and open-source corroboration. Anthropic subsequently removed the accounts. AI as an operational headquarters The most significant feature of the operation was the role assigned to AI. Claude was used to develop campaign plans, doctrine manuals, coded project portfolios, persona systems, target databases, early-warning protocols, amplification schedules and ministerial planning documents. Anthropic described the model as the principal administrative and operational layer supporting the three campaigns, allowing relatively small groups of operators to create organisational structures and planning material that would otherwise have required a much larger staff. This distinction matters. The reported use of AI went considerably beyond content generation. Operators were using the model to help organise how influence activity should function: which audiences to target, which identities should deliver particular narratives, how official material should be repackaged and when amplification should take place. Human operators still determined objectives and supplied the underlying political doctrine; AI helped translate those decisions into an operational system. Anthropic found that all three operations explicitly connected their activity to Jihad al-Tabyin, often translated as “explanatory jihad”, a concept used within the Iranian state system to frame information activity as both a strategic and ideological responsibility. In internal planning material examined by the company, this doctrine was not merely rhetorical: it informed manuals and campaign structures used by the operators. ‘Not the narrator, but the director’ One sentence contained in the ICCO material captures the model particularly clearly. According to Anthropic, an operator described the role of Iranian cultural attachés as being “not to be the narrator, but the director” of the narrative. The distinction reveals the logic of attribution laundering. Instead of publishing an overt state message and asking foreign audiences to believe it, the operator attempts to create the appearance that the same narrative emerged independently from journalists, activists, foreign writers or ordinary citizens. Anthropic found that Claude was used specifically to make content appear to come from foreign authors or independent media organisations and to design hashtag campaigns that looked grassroots rather than centrally organised. The ICCO operation reportedly used the organisation’s international cultural network as part of this structure. Anthropic found ministerial-level documents carrying official ICCO branding, including a nine-part international influence portfolio. This makes the operation particularly significant because the infrastructure was not limited to anonymous social-media accounts; it intersected with formal state institutions and an existing network of cultural representation abroad. A multilingual content factory A second operation was associated with the Islamic Propaganda Office of Khorasan Razavi and what Anthropic described as a “cognitive warfare command room” operating from a seminary in Mashhad. Its organisers ran a multi-province content production system known internally as Manjanegh, or “Catapult”. According to Anthropic, dozens of activists were involved in repackaging publicly available reporting from Iranian security institutions under different personas so that the material no longer appeared directly connected to those institutions. The network used Claude to transform official government intelligence bulletins into customised material in Farsi, Arabic, Urdu, Malay, Spanish and English, while planning expansion into a total of 20 languages. Distribution extended across Iranian platforms such as Eitaa, Bale and Rubika and international services including X, Instagram, Telegram, TikTok and YouTube. Anthropic also documented paid amplification across more than 100 Iranian channels, including channels associated with IRGC narratives. The scale should nevertheless be interpreted carefully. Anthropic documented production infrastructure and some real-world dissemination, but it did not demonstrate that all planned campaigns were fully deployed or that they meaningfully changed public opinion. The company placed the operation in Category Three of its Breakout Scale, indicating multi-platform activity with content observed in external distribution channels, rather than evidence of strategic impact on entire populations. From security bulletins to apparently independent voices The Bina Cultural Observatory operation provides another example of the same architecture. Anthropic linked a director-level official at Bina to activity in which Claude generated messaging in the voice of an IRGC spokesperson. During the 2026 US–Israel–Iran war, the network also attributed false claims to Western institutions including CSIS, Brookings and RAND. The apparent objective was to make Iranian state-aligned claims look as though they had been independently validated by respected foreign research organisations. That technique is more sophisticated than simply publishing propaganda under a false name. It attempts to manufacture a chain of external validation: official information is transformed into apparently independent commentary, which can then be recirculated as evidence that outside observers have reached the same conclusion. Anthropic also found target databases naming international officials and Iranian opposition figures, as well as aggressive counter-narrative material directed against the Bahá’í community. These findings show that the infrastructure was designed not only for broad messaging but also for targeted influence activity against specific groups and individuals. What AI changed The Iranian operations described by Anthropic did not create a new doctrine of influence. Iran has used cultural institutions, official media, aligned organisations and covert or semi-covert online networks for years. What AI changed was the economics and organisational capacity of that model. A relatively small team could use the system to draft doctrine, create personas, translate material, structure target databases, produce campaign calendars and generate multiple versions of the same message for different audiences. The operator remained responsible for intent, political direction and selection of targets. AI reduced the amount of human labour required to turn those decisions into a functioning influence operation. The most revealing part of the case is therefore not that an Iranian propaganda network used a chatbot. It is that AI was being treated as part of the back office of information warfare – a system for converting state doctrine into apparently decentralised, multilingual and plausibly independent voices. Sources Anthropic — Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026 https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026 Iran International — Iran state-aligned accounts used Claude to push IRGC narratives https://www.iranintl.com/en/202609105561 BNE IntelliNews — Yemen missile cell used AI to write guidance software, Anthropic says https://new.intellinews.com/articles/yemen-missile-cell-used-ai-to-write-guidance-software-anthropic-says-467296 This is Beirut — Anthropic report details Iranian propaganda operations https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/news/politics/anthropic-report-details-iranian-propaganda-operations-and-yemen-missile-development-using-claude Anthropic report — PDF mirror https://static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2026/09/anthropic-detecting-and-countering-091026-1.pdf Keywords #DISINFORMED #Episode11 #Iran #IranianInfluence #IranianPropaganda #CognitiveWarfare #SoftWar #JihadAlTabyin #Disinformation #InformationWarfare #InfluenceOperations #ForeignInterference #FIMI #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #AIPropaganda #GenerativeAI #ClaudeAI #Anthropic #SyntheticMedia #NarrativeManipulation #NarrativeLaundering #AttributionLaundering #PersonaNetworks #Astroturfing #SocialMediaManipulation #DigitalInfluence #StatePropaganda #IslamicCultureAndCommunicationsOrganization #ICCO #IslamicPropagandaOrganization #KhorasanRazavi #IRGC #MultilingualInfluence #Targeting #Amplification #OSINT #WRLD

The Bonn orchestra is insolvent. The popular concert series Vienna Classics is completely canceled. Domino effects! A country in decline. Economically and culturally. The performance operation ends: The association of the Classical Philharmonic Bonn has filed for insolvency. The entire season 2026/27 has been canceled, and thus five planned concerts in the Bielefeld Oetkerhalle are also canceled. Financing collapses: About 60 musicians are affected by the discontinuation of concert operations. Reasons cited include rising costs for travel, accommodation, venues, and organization, as well as the loss of essential financial support. The insolvency shows how significantly rising costs and lack of funding can economically pressure even established cultural offerings. @HotManufaktur thank you very much for this important note! Source: Neue Westfälische (translated)

"Il faut que le gouvernement reçoive les organisations et réponde aux demandes"0:49Lycées bloqués: "Il faut que le gouvernement reçoive les organisations et réponde aux demandes", estime Raphaël Glucksmann, candidat "Place publique" à l'élection présidentielle #Budget2027 #SécuritéSociale #Économie

The violence that is escalating today in front of many high schools in France is extremely worrying. It is unacceptable. Burning a high school, damaging a public establishment, attacking a teacher, a firefighter, or a police officer is not protesting. It is destroying and committing violence. Nothing can justify it. Nothing can excuse it. I understand the revolt of the French who work, who pay their taxes, and who see the public facilities they have financed and that their children need being degraded or going up in smoke. In a country that is already facing so many difficulties, destroying what belongs to everyone is truly outraging. Nothing can justify preventing those who want to study from accessing high schools either. The authors of violence and destruction must be identified and held accountable for their actions. There can be no complacency with those who break, burn, or attack. The cynical exploitation of high school students by LFI and the political forces that want to fuel conflict is scandalous. Everything can spiral out of control very quickly. And any tragedy would inevitably be exploited by those who have an interest in social confrontation. Total support for the civil servants who carry out their missions with awareness, calmness, and professionalism. Recognition to all those who work to restore calm: parents, responsible trade unions, and all others. What we are experiencing gives a pretty clear idea of what the networks of an extreme left are preparing, which despises democratic rules and betrays republican values. (translated)

"Il faut que le gouvernement reçoive les organisations et réponde aux demandes"Lycées bloqués: "Il faut que le gouvernement reçoive les organisations et réponde aux demandes", estime Raphaël Glucksmann, candidat "Place publique" à l'élection présidentielle #Budget2027 #TaxeSucrée #SantéPublique

What is happening today in front of the high schools is scandalous. By sending the police and riot police with helmets and weapons in front of the high schools, the government wants to kill the mobilization in its infancy, to tarnish it and make it illegitimate. The main subject now becomes the violence of the youth. Shame! The subject is the youth, the relegation of a large part of the youth. The contempt, the discrimination, the difficulty of finding even an apprenticeship contract, the blocked future in a society that is sliding into the barbarity of wars... And us, workers, what are we doing? Do we have a policy, perspectives, forms of organization to offer to this youth? I am convinced that we do. Provided that the world of work gets back into action to impose at the center of everything the interests of the greatest number against the handful of capitalists who are transforming society and the world into a territory of looting, exploitation, rivalries, and wars! (translated)

⚡️🇫🇷FLASH - The National Union of Journalists (SNJ), the first organization of the profession, strongly condemns the remarks made by Marine #LePen during a press briefing organized on Tuesday, September 29. The leader of the National Rally (RN) was reacting to revelations from Mediapart regarding #antisemitic remarks attributed to the president of the RN, Jordan #Bardella. The presidential candidate notably stated: "Now, it is Mediapart, I believe, that will need to put on its Kevlar suit, because there will obviously be a response to the way they behave." Kevlar is the material used to make bulletproof vests. The threat is therefore precise, public, and acknowledged. As a deputy and former party leader, Marine Le Pen perfectly knows that her remarks will be widely disseminated. These intimidations are of extreme seriousness. The #SNJ gives its full support to the editorial staff of #Mediapart, whose investigations contribute to illuminating public debate, and will stand alongside its teams if they wish to take legal action. (statement) (translated)

ALMA AVEIRO, CRISTIANO RONALDO'S SISTER, SHARED A MESSAGE DENOUNCING THE TREATMENT OF HER BROTHER! The shared text notably states: "CR7 DESERVED MORE RESPECT. The selection deserved better organization. Portuguese journalism deserved more competence and less speculation. As for the Portuguese... they do not deserve to have the best in any field. We are envious, contemptuous, ignorant, and we deserve to return to the mediocrity of football before CR7. Thank you for everything, CR7! YOU DESERVE BETTER!" Elma added: "EVERYTHING IS SAID." (translated)

I had the pleasure of meeting the president of the Belgian federal Parliament, Mr. Peter De Roover, at the Parliament's headquarters in Brussels. Our important exchanges focused on several issues related to strengthening constructive dialogue in its various forms, as an essential peaceful instrument for addressing transnational international crises. We also emphasized the importance of preventive religious diplomacy carried out by the Muslim World League. We discussed the crucial role that the diversity of religious institutions around the world can play in defusing conflicts before they erupt, particularly those related to hate speech and the clash of civilizations. This role involves early awareness of the universal nature of difference and diversity, which should be addressed through dialogue, understanding, and collective action around shared values, in order to promote peace in the world and harmony within societies, while respecting everyone's right to live with dignity. I would like to express my deep gratitude for the commendations made by the president of the Parliament for our efforts on behalf of the Muslim World League and the Organization of Muslim Scholars. He praised, in this regard, the leading role played by the League in promoting understanding and mutual respect, fostering peaceful coexistence, and strengthening trust between societies. He described this presence as a concrete example of positive international pluralism and preventive diplomacy. I was also pleased that the president of the Parliament acknowledged the concrete nature of the international action we undertake on behalf of the League, as well as its institutional commitment, which goes beyond theoretical frameworks to establish real dialogue with leaders and communities around the world. The role of the League thus serves as a concrete model of contribution to building peace and promoting the values of coexistence, tolerance, and social cohesion. (translated)

RFK Jr.: organ harvesting launched while patients were still showing signs of life RFK Jr. talks about ongoing investigations into the organ harvesting system in the United States: decertified organizations, cases where the recovery process was initiated while patients still showed neurological signs, and pressure to go further. Organ donation saves lives when done properly. The debate here is about abuses, consent, and control. Tell me in the comments: do you think the system is adequately regulated, or does it need a complete overhaul? Subscribe for more investigations. (translated)

🚨 MACKLEMORE is SOLD OUT for his 3 concerts supporting PALESTINE 🇵🇸 📍 DUBLIN — 3Arena 📍 PARIS — Accor Arena 📍 LONDON — OVO Arena Wembley 👉 All profits will be donated to 12 organizations helping Palestinians 👏 (translated)

Several anti-Israeli demonstrations are planned at various universities in the country on October 7, which is the annual memorial day for the massacre in Israel. It is so incredibly disgusting with these organizations that steal the history of October 7 and reshape it to fit their narrative. If one chooses to demonstrate for Palestine's right to resistance and demands a boycott of Israel on October 7, then in my eyes, they are merely an anti-Semite and a romanticizer of terror. (translated)