The information front has been central to the Iranian government’s war effort.For an external audience, there is an innovative online strategy that has consisted of AI Lego, memes and hip hop diss tracks directed at Donald Trump and the MAGA base. But this coexists with more brutal domestic tactics: crackdowns, arrests and internet blackouts.The result has been the Iranian authorities making use of the internet for PR internationally, while simultaneously preventing the Iranian people from openly accessing the net themselves.Contributors:Ali Hashem – Correspondent, Al Jazeera EnglishMehran Kamrava – Professor of Government, Georgetown University in QatarTara Kangarlou – Journalist & Author, The Heartbeat of IranMaral Karimi – Lecturer, Toronto Metropolitan UniversityOn our radarThe killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil unfolded in the manner that so many Israeli assassinations of journalists in Gaza have – minute by minute, hour by hour, in a pattern that has become shockingly familiar. There’s the surveillance, the strike, the obstruction of rescue and then, the denial – Israel’s insistence that it does not target journalists, medics or rescue workers.Meenakshi Ravi reports.Pakistan’s peacemaker moment and the missing storiesPakistan has found itself at the centre of one of the world’s most consequential stories – by hosting talks between the United States and Iran, brokering ceasefires, earning the very public praise of Donald Trump and making headlines around the world.But this PR moment is obscuring a great deal, including an undercover war with …
