Israel Reportedly Co-Opted Major Iranian Prayer App To Encourage Millions Of Defections, Resistance

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Israel reportedly co-opted a popular Iranian prayer app Saturday to send mass notifications urging defections from the Islamic regime.


The BadeSaba Calendar app, utilizing its extensive reach inside Iran, helps users track daily prayer times and religious observances, the Wall Street Journal reported. It has logged more than 5 million downloads on the Google Play Store alone, giving operators access to a vast domestic audience.


Screenshots posted on social media show a burst of Persian-language notifications declaring “help has arrived.” The cyber operation apparently took place as Israel and the United States launched a sweeping waves of strikes against Iranian military and leadership targets, ultimately resulting in the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Israel hacked a popular Iranian prayer app to send notifications to potentially millions of phones Saturday morning urging the country’s military personnel to defect from the regime and join a fight to liberate the country. https://t.co/osIRvGSmrz


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One of the push notifications reportedly targeted members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and regular army, urging them to abandon their posts.

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“The era of the dictators is over. Do not sacrifice your lives for a regime that has already fallen. Lay down your arms and join your people. Help has arrived,” the notification said, the outlet reported.


Intelligence analysts view the breach as a calculated psychological operation, according to the outlet. By seizing control of a trusted religious utility app, the perpetrators bypassed state-controlled media channels and delivered defection messaging straight to personal devices widely used by soldiers and civilians alike. (RELATED: At Least Nine Protestors Killed Attempting To Storm US Consulate After Ayatollah’s Death)


President Donald Trump confirmed Khamenei was killed during the opening of the joint U.S.–Israeli military campaign, which Trump described as a “massive and ongoing” effort to cripple Iran’s military infrastructure. Prior to the operation, Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed members of the bipartisan Gang of Eight, a group made up of the House speaker, House minority leader, Senate majority and minority leaders, and the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees.

 

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@syed putra You may be very upset reading this.

 

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@syed putra You may be very upset reading this.

We all know the true intention of israel and it has nothing to do with regime change but to Ultimately turn iran into another libya. Unending Civil strife and chaos

 

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Ali Larijani said the US sought to replicate a Venezuela-style scenario in Iran after ousting Nicolas Maduro’s regime.​

Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani warned against inciting Kurdish groups after Donald Trump backed a Kurdish offensive in Iran. (EPA Images pic)
TEHRAN: Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani, said on Saturday that the US and Israel were seeking to break the Islamic republic apart.
“Their issue was… the fundamental disintegration of Iran,” said Larijani in a pre-recorded interview broadcast on state TV.

On Feb 28, the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran that killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered a war in the Middle East.


Iran responded with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel as well as US interests across the region.

Larijani said the US was seeking to replicate in Iran a scenario similar to Venezuela, where interim president Delcy Rodriguez has cooperated with it under threat of violence after Washington ousted her boss, Nicolas Maduro.

 

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Ali Larijani said the US sought to replicate a Venezuela-style scenario in Iran after ousting Nicolas Maduro’s regime.​

Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani warned against inciting Kurdish groups after Donald Trump backed a Kurdish offensive in Iran. (EPA Images pic)
TEHRAN: Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani, said on Saturday that the US and Israel were seeking to break the Islamic republic apart.
“Their issue was… the fundamental disintegration of Iran,” said Larijani in a pre-recorded interview broadcast on state TV.

On Feb 28, the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran that killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered a war in the Middle East.


Iran responded with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel as well as US interests across the region.

Larijani said the US was seeking to replicate in Iran a scenario similar to Venezuela, where interim president Delcy Rodriguez has cooperated with it under threat of violence after Washington ousted her boss, Nicolas Maduro.

Trump and BFF BiBi trying to pull off a fast one to seize Iran Free oil just like what happened in Venezuela to save the current global Running out of Gas AI Rally and patch up the big lobang in Private Credit funds…. Dim Jee Aloha Snackbar followers still resist and did not yield de woh