Fact check: 'Iranian' content farms reach millions

Several social media accounts claiming to represent the Iranian military show signs of being part of so-called content farms. DW Fact Check looks at how they operate and how users can spot them. As fears of regional escalation grew after US strikes on Iran, US President Donald Trump claimed the US-Israel war with Iran was " effectively over " on November 9 at a White House briefing .

"We're just keeping it the status quo." Periods of heightened public interest, such as the conflict involving Iran, create fertile ground for so-called content farms . Following Trump's statement, posts on the Iran war surged online again. And a growing network of accounts claiming links to Iran's military has accumulated millions of views.

DW Fact Check examined a number of these accounts and found recurring signs of content farm behavior. Experts who reviewed the accounts DW provided describe them as part of a broader ecosystem of pro-Iran content aggregators that connect across multiple social media platforms.