The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) published a Farsi-language video on Tuesday providing instructions on how Iranian citizens can securely contact U.S. intelligence, escalating an information campaign targeting Tehran as President Donald Trump weighs potential military strikes.
The message, posted to X, Instagram, and YouTube, opened with a direct appeal. “Hello. The Central Intelligence Agency hears you and wants to help you,” the agency stated, according to an English translation provided by the Associated Press. The post accumulated millions of views within hours.
سلام. سازمان اطلاعات مرکزی (CIA) صدای شما را میشنود و میخواهد به شما کمک کند. در ادامه، راهنمایی لازم در مورد چگونگی برقراری تماس مجازی امن با ما ارائه شده است. pic.twitter.com/Dfq4zomz1n
— CIA (@CIA) February 24, 2026
The video functioned as a technical guide for covert communication, instructing potential contacts to use untraceable disposable devices, virtual private networks (VPNs), private browsing modes, and the Tor browser to access CIA channels on the darknet. The agency has released similar instructions in Russian and Mandarin as part of a broader recruitment effort.
The outreach arrived during renewed unrest inside Iran. University students in Tehran staged anti-government demonstrations on Monday. Washington has positioned its largest regional military presence in decades, and a new round of nuclear negotiations is scheduled for later this week.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe has claimed the foreign-language campaigns are producing results but has not disclosed whether previous efforts yielded actionable intelligence.
The CIA’s outreach follows a similar campaign attributed to Israel’s Mossad. An X account titled “MOSSAD FARSI” launched last year and has since disclosed identities of Iranian military commanders. Israeli officials have not disputed the account’s authenticity, according to Y Net Global.
