Many of the ads were for household brands such as Subaru, Verizon, TurboTax, Liberty Mutual Insurance, and Ozempic. In one case, an ad encouraging people to apply for jobs with U.S. Customs and Border Protection ran in a channel for Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
TTP identified 84 total channels: 28 for entities tied to the government of Iran, and 56 for Iranian individuals and groups that have been directly sanctioned by the U.S. as a threat to national security—known as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs).