Contributors to the site have for years been publishing content on the climate and the planet
According to this investigation, Iranians are reportedly behind the operation.
Pierre-Louis Crescitz
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Key facts
Contributors to the site have for years published content on the climate and the planet. The feed mixes images of animals with messages that…
According to this investigation, Iranians are said to be at the controls. A vast interference operation would be concealed behind the accounts in question.
The facade is not insignificant: a journalist from a climate site arouses less suspicion than an avowed defender of the Iranian regime.
Contributors to the site have for years published content on the climate and the planet. The feed mixes images of animals with messages that violently attack France on social media.
According to this investigation, Iranians are said to be at the controls. A vast interference operation would be concealed behind the accounts in question.
The facade is not insignificant: a journalist from a climate site arouses less suspicion than an avowed defender of the Iranian regime.
It is the broadcast that informs him that, according to Viginum, Iranians are said to be behind these accounts.
Contacted, the Iranian embassy did not respond, according to franceinfo. The French government says it is ready to take measures against all hostile actions by the Iranian regime targeting France.
Dig deeper
What is Viginum?
It is the French service for vigilance and protection against foreign digital interference, attached to the General Secretariat for Defence and National Security.
What is an interference operation?
It is a coordinated action, often concealed, aimed at influencing another country’s public debate without acknowledging its origin.
Why is Iran cited in this case?
The Iranian regime is presented as the alleged sponsor of accounts that attack France while hiding behind content about the climate and the planet.
Why does this case concern France?
France is the designated target: the messages aim to discredit it on social media, amid lasting tensions with Tehran.
What is at stake?
The credibility of French public debate, if accounts presented as environmentalist are in fact serving a hostile campaign by a foreign state.