Webinar | What OSINT Reveals About the US-Iran Conflict

The shift from a world before social media to one shaped by open-source information has fundamentally transformed how conflicts are observed and understood. Coordinated civilian reporting systems in Ukraine offer a powerful example of OSINT in action. Applications such as Diia (Дія), ePPO (єППО), and chatbots like eEnemy allow verified users to submit social media footage and reports of Russian military activity. This approach not only centralizes vast amounts of near-real-time information into a single system but also supports the verification of events and the documentation of war crimes, demonstrating the tangible impact of open-source intelligence in modern conflict. In this webinar, we turn this lens to one of today’s most complex geopolitical tensions: the US–Iran conflict. Open-source data, especially social media, provides a unique opportunity to gain timely and independent insights into evolving situations. You will explore how analysts collect, verify, and interpret information across social media, messaging platforms, and news sources. From identifying credible signals amid noise and disinformation to applying techniques such as geolocation, image verification, and timeline reconstruction, this session shows how OSINT enables independent, evidence-based insights into rapidly evolving conflict dynamics. It equips you to critically assess developing narratives and develop a more grounded, transparent understanding of events as they unfold. 

Key takeaways:

• How OSINT transforms conflict visibility and enables real-time, decentralized intelligence gathering 
• Practical tools and techniques to collect, verify, and analyze information from social media, messaging apps, and news sources 
• How to identify disinformation, validate evidence, and reconstruct events using geolocation and image analysis 

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