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LISA DAFTARI: This Purim, we are all targets of the Iranian regime

Beyond missiles and militias, Tehran deploys botnets and disinformation to sway the free world

By Lisa Daftari Fox News

Published March 4, 2026 1:23pm EST

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Every year around this time, Jews read the ancient Scroll of Esther and remember a Persian courtier named Haman who plotted "to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews" of the empire in a single day. The story feels less like distant history and more like a chilling parallel to our present reality, because, once again, a regime in Persia — today’s Islamic Republic in Iran — openly dreams of annihilation and domination, with Jews as a central target but far from the only ones.

The holiday of Purim is often presented as a children’s tale of costumes and noisemakers, but at its core is a political battle between good and evil. A powerful ideologue identifies a people as an intolerable obstacle to his vision, secures state power behind his hatred and issues a bureaucratic death sentence. It takes courage, unity and a willingness to fight back to stop this brutal plot. Replace scroll and signet ring with rockets and proxies, and you have the worldview of today’s Iranian regime toward Israel, the United States and now, several neighboring Persian Gulf States.

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