A network linked to Israel is pushing for the restoration of the Shah's 'dynasty' exposed in a campaign for Netanyahu.
An investigative report published by the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" revealed a coordinated network of 1,653 X accounts posing as Iranian users who suddenly mobilized to campaign for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party during the recent parliamentary elections in Israel.
The investigation revealed striking digital overlaps, which showed that the exact same cluster of accounts had previously been exposed in inauthentic influence operations to promote Reza Pahlavi, the son of the deposed Shah of Iran, and create artificial popular support for regime change in Iran.
According to the researchers, the network presented clear technical indicators of automatic and automatic coordination: accounts published identical wording in coordinated bursts, amplified Likud messages within minutes of each other, and executed a sharp axis from propaganda in the Persian language directed at Tehran to appeals in Hebrew that demanded the citizens of Israel to vote for Netanyahu.
Many profiles claimed to speak for the Iranian public, claiming that Netanyahu's political survival was essential to the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. After the vote was over, the accounts completely dropped local Israeli politics and went back to pushing pro-monarchist talking points.
Digital rights groups point out that this action builds on previous disclosures. A major October 2025 investigation by Citizen Lab uncovered an extensive Israeli-backed influence network using AI-generated deep fakes and automated avatars to generate internal unrest inside Iran, with messages often synchronized with Israeli aggression.