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Top general: Enemies distort Iran’s reality via ‘cognitive’ war, propaganda
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Saturday that Iran’s enemies have distorted reality of recent developments in the country by using the mainstream media and “cognitive war.”
“Over the course of a soft war, the enemy influenced a number of people in the society through its propaganda empire and cognitive war, turning the reality upside down,” Mousavi said at a meeting with Iran’s cultural officials.
The top general called on the officials and the relevant cultural authorities to transfer the Islamic Revolution and the Sacred Defense ideals to the younger generations as a way to tackle the “enemy's tricks in the cultural area.” He also called for revealing the enemy's crimes against the Iranian nation.
Since the beginning of recent protests in Iran over economic woes on December 28, the Western media have launched a campaign against the Islamic Republic over its response to the deadly riots, which were triggered by the protests over national currency devaluation.