We usually think of propaganda as something obvious—loud slogans, obvious bias, or state television repeating the same message. But modern propaganda rarely looks like that anymore. It behaves more like a living system: adaptive, subtle, and designed to blend into the environment it spreads through. To understand how groups like the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) operate in the information space, it can be useful to borrow a metaphor from biology: propaganda as a vi

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: The notion that the Iranian diaspora is somehow “separate” from Iran—or worse, an obstacle to activism—isn’t just incorrect. It reflects a misunderstanding of how modern political movements actually function. For millions of Iranians, leaving the country was never about abandoning it. It was about survival, seeking opportunities, or simply escaping restrictions that made a normal life unattainable. Today, an estimated 5 to 7 million Iranians re