Thread by @easternvoices

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The IRGC cognitive warfare is more dangerous than its missiles and drones.

Iran's cognitive battle uses propaganda to undermine the support of the US and Israel in the world • Khamenei creates narratives that portray Israel as murderous to erode support for it..

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"WHEN YOU'VE WON THE AYATOLLAH, YOU LOST AMERICA"
- @SpeakerJohnson

Khamenei himself manages the propaganda activity, which aims to link the support of the American students in Gaza with the destruction of the United States from within.

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Khamenei's worldview reflects the world view of Goebbels and the Soviet policy regarding the power of propaganda and cognitive engineering.

For him, although Iran cannot defeat the United States militarily, it can wear down the its foundations through propaganda.

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The leader sees his role as a cognitive guide, who uses psychological tools for influence.

He uses the narrative of the "Palestinian struggle" to build narratives that present Israel as an occupier and murderer.

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This cognitive activity is designed to generate support for the Palestinian cause among Americans and others.

The second part of this cognitive project is to turn Americans against the United States itself, which is presented as a supporter of "racist and genocidal Israel".

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KHAMENEI: A GRADUAL COGNITIVE TERROR
Khamenei claims that global conflicts are won through the media.

In his view, war is now a cognitive war. "The media affects the mind and the heart, and those who control the media manage to achieve their goals."

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Khamenei uses influencers such as intellectuals, politicians and journalists to mobilize the public.

He explains how by recruiting influencers the public can be mobilized to pressure governments to stop supporting Israel.
Khamenei carefully manufactures propaganda narratives

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For years he called Israel "the occupying regime" and used the term "racism" to create a context for harming innocents.

On October 17, 2023, Khamenei called the war in Gaza "genocide," claiming that Israel was deliberately attacking civilians and blamed the
US for it.

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SOCIAL & MORAL JIHAD
Khamenei builds the cognitive narrative of the "social & moral Jihad" and hopes that the world's population will understand Islam and its superiority over the West.

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He distinguishes between support for Hamas and support for terrorism and claims that young people in the West and the US have begun to delve into the Quran.

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THE VALUE OF PROPAGANDA
Khamenei emphasizes the importance of continuous propaganda in mobilizing global public support for Gaza.

"The Gaza issue must not be allowed to fall from the top stage of global public opinion; this issue is critical and, in his opinion, decisive."

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In a conversation with Ismail Haniyeh, Khamenei praised Palestinian propaganda and emphasized the importance of maintaining its supremacy.

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THE UNIVERSITIES
On October 23, 2024, Khamenei emphasized the power of universities and called on all universities and religious centers to stand by Gaza in the war.

A few weeks later, he called for making the most of the global trend of protests against Israel and the US.

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Khamenei noted the increase in the number of universities in the US where demonstrations are taking place and explained that this indicates that Gaza is the top issue on the public agenda.

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Professor Fouad Yazdi from the University of Tehran referred to the demonstrations at universities in the US and said that they indicate that the Palestinian cause is at the center of the world agenda.

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According to him, the demonstrations will reduce US support for Israel, and in the second stage, as tensions between the US and Iran increase, the identified students With the Islamic Republic they will take to the streets to support Iran.

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Yazdi reflects the fact that the United States is the main target.

He calls it "the great devil" and "the cardinal enemy of Iran" and hopes that the recent events there give hope to the IRGC.

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If it looks like a duck - and quacks like a duck...
The IRGC see the Biden administration as a weak regime.

They moved forward with their nuclear program, attacking Israel directly in April 2024 with missiles and drones, knowing that the United States would not retaliate.

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The IRGC closely follow the US policy towards Israel on the Rafah issue and believe that the US will not allow the elimination of Hamas.

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IRGC UNDERMINING ACTIVITY IN UNITED-STATES

On the American front, there are reports of subversive Iranian activity.

2017, Hossein Dabashi stated that former Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif had established the Iranian American National Council as a proxy for the regime.

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In 2023, Robert Malley, the former special envoy for Iran affairs, was suspended for a security breach.

The Iranian regime sees the weakness of the American regime as a golden opportunity.

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They are taking advantage of the Palestinian struggle and the rising anti-Semitism to achieve their goals in the cognitive struggle against the United States.

Khamenei takes advantage of the noisy minority even if the majority does not share their opinion.

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In his speeches, he hints at what is to come, and his threats to turn the student protest against the United States itself should be taken seriously.