The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp, an agency tasked with policing domestic culture and heading off the influence of other nations, is concerned about the social-media popularity of Kim Kardashian.

A new report from Iran Wire highlights just how deep the Guards’ distaste for Kardashian runs. A spokesman for the group’s Organized Cyberspace Crimes Unit accused Kardashian of working for Instagram as part of a complicated ploy to “target young people and women,” ostensibly corrupting them with aspirational photos depicting a lifestyle that’s at odds with Islam. (Kardashian’s paternal grandparents immigrated to the United States from Armenia, which shares a border with Iran.)

While the idea of Kardashian as a secret agent might be absurd, the whole ordeal is no laughing matter: one famous Iranian entertainer was recently featured in what appears to be a forced confession, and the Revolutionary Guards say they have warned 170 individuals, 29 of whom are being targeted for prosecution.

“Ms. Kim Kardashian is a popular fashion model so Instagram’s C.E.O. tells her, ‘Make this native,’” the spokesman, Mostafa Alizadeh, said on an Iranian news program. “There is no doubt that financial support is involved as well. We are taking this very seriously.”

Instagram declined to comment on the incident.

These actions and statements are part of what the Cyberspace Crimes Unit is calling “Operation Spider 2,” a long-running effort to crack down on what authorities deem illicit Instagram and Facebook usage. According to reporting by Iran Wire, the unit claimed to have arrested individuals responsible for some 350 Facebook pages. The organization accused these accounts of “promoting a culture of promiscuity, weakening and rejecting the institution of family, ridiculing religious values and beliefs, promoting relationships outside moral rules, and publishing the private pictures of young women.”

At least some of the targeted Instagram accounts remain online, though some of their owners have left Iran. One model and makeup artist, Elnaz Golrokh, posts glamorous photos of her new life in Dubai and hawks protein supplements, Daniel Wellington watches, and beauty products to her 638,000 followers.

Hamid Fadaei, a male model who reportedly married Golrokh, appears to have also left Iran. Fadaei treats his 200,000 Instagram followers to similar content.