Mystery radio broadcast detected amid US-Israel strikes on Iran

Beginning February 28, 2026, the same day US-Israel strikes on Iran commenced, a shortwave radio station known as V32 began broadcasting sequences of numbers in Persian from an unidentified location in Western Europe. The transmissions follow a pattern of repeated numbers, a pause, and the Persian word for attention. Five days after the broadcasts started, the signal began experiencing heavy electronic jamming. On March 17, 2026, at 02:00 UTC, the signal was severely interfered with, a phenomenon captured by webSDR receivers in Greece and Cyprus using bubble jamming patterns. Analysts suspect the station may be using Cold War-era espionage techniques, which require a specific key for decryption. While Radio Free Europe initially attributed the broadcasts to Iran, subsequent assessments have suggested the involvement of other state actors, including potential electronic warfare intervention by Turkey. Experts maintain that these encrypted signals are virtually impossible to decode without the appropriate cryptographic key.