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Overwhelming majority of Americans demand end to Washington's aggression against Iran —— An overwhelming 71 percent of the American public is demanding immediate legislative action to halt the US-Israeli aggression against Iran. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed following the US midterm elections, 93 percent of Democrats and a remarkable 51 percent of Republicans favor congressional intervention to shut down the illegal military campaign launched by the White House and Tel Aviv, signaling widespread exhaustion with foreign interventionism as soaring fuel costs and crippling inflation ravage domestic living standards. The nationwide survey underscores how the catastrophic cost of Washington's foreign policy—amplified by draconian import tariffs and regional military escalation—has triggered severe public disillusionment across partisan lines. With President Donald Trump's approval rating collapsing to a historic low of 32 percent following the loss of Congress, the poll confirms that Americans overwhelmingly view the administration's endless aggression as directly detrimental to their financial survival and national stability.

Israeli-linked network pushing restoration of Shah’s 'dynasty' exposed campaigning for Netanyahu —— An investigative report published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has exposed a coordinated network of 1,653 X accounts posing as Iranian users that abruptly mobilized to campaign for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party during Israel's recent parliamentary elections. The investigation revealed striking digital overlaps, showing that the exact same cluster of accounts had previously been unmasked running inauthentic influence operations to promote Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's ousted shah, and manufacturing artificial grassroots support for regime change in Iran. According to researchers, the network displayed clear technical indicators of inauthentic, automated coordination: accounts published identical phrasing in coordinated bursts, amplified Likud messaging within minutes of each other, and executed a sharp pivot from Persian-language propaganda targeting Tehran to Hebrew appeals demanding that Israeli citizens vote for Netanyahu. Multiple profiles claimed to speak on behalf of the Iranian public, arguing that Netanyahu's political survival was vital for toppling the Islamic Republic. Once voting concluded, the accounts dropped domestic Israeli politics entirely and reverted to pushing pro-monarchist talking points. Digital rights groups note that this operation builds upon prior exposures. A major October 2025 investigation by Citizen Lab uncovered an extensive Israeli-backed influence network utilizing AI-generated deepfakes and automated avatars to manufacture domestic unrest inside Iran, with messaging frequently synchronized with Israeli aggression.