CPD refuted fake news about "Ukrainian agents" in Iran
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The Center for Counteracting Disinformation refuted information about the detention of Ukrainian agents in Iran, calling it false. These reports are being spread by Russian media against the backdrop of negotiations between Iran and the Russian Federation to discredit Ukraine.
The Center for Counteracting Disinformation stated that information about the alleged detention of Ukrainian agents in Iran is false. This is reported by UNN with reference to the Telegram channel of the Center for Counteracting Disinformation.
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The CCD reported that information about the alleged detention of three Ukrainian agents in the city of Isfahan, Iran, began to be actively spread on social networks.
A number of accounts on social networks are spreading manipulative information about the alleged detention of three Ukrainian agents in Isfahan, Iran
The Center noted that most of these reports refer to the Iranian agency Tasnim. At the same time, according to the CCD, there was no publication about this in Tasnim.
Most often, information resources refer to the Tasnim news agency. However, publications with such information did not appear in the mentioned media, so it is not true
The agency stressed that a wave of identical messages in a short period of time may indicate coordinated inauthentic activity.
The intensity of identical messages of such content appearing in a short period of time may indicate inauthentic account behavior
The CCD also drew attention to who exactly is promoting these statements.
This "news" is being spread by Russian media and pro-Russian bloggers
The Center also noted that false information is being spread against the backdrop of active political negotiations between Iran and Russia.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin against the backdrop of US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities
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The CCD believes that the purpose of spreading such messages may be an attempt to blacken Ukraine in front of an international audience.
Thus, the purpose of these messages may be an attempt to discredit Ukraine against the backdrop of the exacerbation of the security situation in the Middle East, particularly among audiences critical of the actions of the United States and Iran
The Center for Counteracting Disinformation called on citizens to check information and not spread unconfirmed rumors.
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