Desi Banks

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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Following reporting by The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal, Google confirmed it has suspended the account of Desi Banks Productions LLC for violations of advertising policies and deleted the Mossad recruitment ads from its transparency portal. This article was originally published by All-Source Intelligence. Update: Desi Banks has finally commented on the affair, claiming ignorance of how his LLC was used to purchase ads recruiting Iranians for the Mossad. “I have kids, and never in my life would I be involved in […]

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A mysterious online campaign linked to Israel’s intelligence services attempted to recruit Iranians to overthrow their government. Some appear to have been placed by an Atlanta-based comedian and influencer. This article was originally published by Jack Poulson and Lee Fang at All-Source Intelligence. Desi Banks, an Atlanta comedian and content creator, is known for his light-hearted comic sketches and currently has more than nine million followers on the social media platform Instagram. There is no public record of Banks commenting on sensitive Middle […]

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