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The strategy behind creating an “artificial intelligence general” makes perfect sense for Tehran…
Is it possible that the spokesman for Iran's Revolutionary Guard, who made headlines in many Western media outlets and, among other things, won the sympathy of many people, is ultimately simply a hologram?
The Israeli military claims that Brigadier General Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the official “voice” of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya General Staff, is actually a digital construct. Israeli officials presented Zolfaghari as an artificial intelligence product used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to conduct psychological warfare.
The Israeli military's post was specific: "Ebrahim Zolfaghari appears to us more like an artificial intelligence creation than a real person. If you have seen him in an interview or in the field, please let us know. If not, help us prove that he is a fictional figure. Are the authorities obligated to invent fictional characters?"
The strategy behind creating an “artificial intelligence general” makes perfect sense for Tehran. In an environment where Israeli-American forces are engaged in a constant hunt to eliminate senior officials, a digital spokesman offers the ultimate advantage: he cannot be killed. At the same time, the regime avoids the blow to prestige and morale that the loss of a real person would cause, as the “digital Zolfaghari” can continue to address the public without interruption, without needing to be replaced. And yet, this tactic provides the Guard with a completely controlled communication channel, free from human frailties or the fear of physical neutralization.
But how did the IDF arrive at this conclusion? The answer likely lies in the fact that Israeli intelligence agencies were searching for Zolfaghari to neutralize him, but never found the slightest physical trace. With no field search yielding results and no human sources confirming his physical presence, analysts concluded that their target existed only in the digital world. The lack of any testimony from people who had met him in person reinforced the belief that he was a virtual figure.
IDF in Persian:
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) April 15, 2026
Dear people of Iran,
Ebrahim Zolfaghari looks more like an AI-generated product to us than a real person.
If you have seen him in an interview or in person, let us know.
If not, help us prove that he is an AI creation.
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