On January 9, 2023, the IRGC-affiliated SEPAHCYBERY Telegram channel, shared an animated video depicting an evidence board with photos of former U.S. President Donald Trump and several top U.S. defense officials. The video also featured footage of these officials, images of various weapons (including guns, explosives, and poison), footage and images from crime scenes, and a caption that reads: “The perpetrators of general Soleimani martyrdom will be punished for their actions. We will determine how and when to punish. Coming soon…” The video ends with an image of the IRGC’s logo and the IRGC’s official Telegram handle.The U.S. officials shown on the evidence board are: former National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien; Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley; former NSC MENA affairs director Robert Greenway; U.S. Cyber Command Commander Gen. Paul Nakasone; former Deputy National Security Advisor for MENA Affairs Victoria Coates; former Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger; Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth; Joint Chiefs of Staff director Lt. Gen. Andrew Poppas; and former U.S. CENTCOM commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie.

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a video posted to the NaysmeBahar YouTube channel on November 18, 2022 that the Iranian regime should “listen” to what the Iranian public has to say instead of expending so much effort in oppressing it, humiliating it, and implementing the “will of Satan”. He said that Iranian officials should get their information from reliable sources and that most Iranians are unhappy with the way the country is being run. He also said that there are corrupt “gangs” in Iran’s security agencies.