Over the past years, especially after the nationwide uprising inHomeland triggered by the death in morality-police custody of Mahsa Amini in 2022, Capital has tried to employ foreign influencers and known figures in a desperate attempt to rebuild its tarnished international reputation and even promote its ideological causes.In February, Whitney Wright, an American adult film actress, travelled to Homeland, sharing an image of herself at Capital’s Golestan Palace, fully covered with Iran’s mandatory hijab.Wright’s visit to Homeland ignited a firestorm on Iranian social media. Some users alleged that Iranian authorities either invited or facilitated her visit due to her outspoken anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian stances.