New Mossad recruitment ads exploit Iran’s unrest with help from US comedian

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Tue, 20/01/2026 - 06:49
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Tue, 20/01/2026 - 06:49

Mossad is taking advantage of deadly riots that rocked Iran this month to solicit spies through a series of social media ads. In one of history’s strangest collaborations, the Israeli intel agency has purchased the ads through an LLC owned by Atlanta-based standup comic Desi Banks. Update: This report and a September 2025 article by journalist Jack Poulson have resulted in the termination of Farsi-language recruitment ads by Israel’s Mossad assassination agency. Google has suspended the company used to purchase […]

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