Warning About Iran International's Strategy and the Role of Historical Memory

The Head of the Parliament Research Center, warning about Iran International's strategy in cognitive warfare, said the aim of this current is to damage social relations and turn the various groups in Iranian society into enemies of one another.

The head of the Majlis Research Center warned about Iran International's strategy in the cognitive war and said that the aim of this movement is to destroy social relations and turn different groups of Iranian society into enemies of each other.

Ambassador of Arjan-Political Group: Babak Naghdari, head of the Research Center of the Islamic Council, referring to the increasing complexity of the cognitive war against Iran, said that the method of confronting the enemies with the Iranian society has gone beyond influencing political attitudes and is aimed at weakening social bonds. According to him, the purpose of this approach is not only to make people pessimistic about a policy or government; Rather, it tries to turn the society into hostile groups that do not have a common understanding of the past, present, and future.

Neghadari added that the performance of media such as Iran International should be evaluated in the same framework. According to him, these media turn the natural differences of society into deep confrontations by selectively choosing events, redefining historical figures and intensifying political and social differences. In such a narrative, instead of being a tool for understanding the past, history serves the Iranians' confrontation with each other today.

The head of Majlis Research Center explained that in this way of narration, people are continuously divided into groups facing each other and each group should hold the other responsible for past failures and current problems. He considered the most dangerous consequence of cognitive warfare to be a situation in which the countryman is presented as the biggest threat to Iran's future, and the external enemy is left out of consideration.

He continued that creating hate doesn't necessarily start with creating a fake event. Sometimes a real event, a part of history or a political dispute, becomes a narrative that arouses anger and deepens social divisions by removing contexts and purposeful highlighting. In this situation, even the truth may serve a destructive narrative; Because in addition to the correctness of the event, the meaning attributed to it is also important.

Referring to the responsibility of the country's elites, media and political activists, Neghadari said that preferring to win short-term competitions over maintaining national solidarity is a strategic mistake. According to him, sometimes a movement uses literature to overcome its rival, the result of which is an increase in social hostility instead of political victory. He emphasized that internal competitions should not lead to providing the ground for plans that oppose a strong and unified Iran.

Referring to Iran's readiness to respond to any aggression, the IRGC spokesman said that this country has acquired more advanced weapons after the 40-day war, and any attack will be met with a stronger response.

Iran's cultural advisor in Russia, referring to the people of this country's welcome to Iran's cultural week in Moscow, said that they have also seen the reflection of Tehran's night gatherings in Moscow's Bolshoi Hall. An event that tells about the change in the world's view of Iran after the 40-day war.

The New York Times reported that the consequences of the war against Iran, from the increase in fuel and fertilizer prices to transportation costs, have put pressure on the supply chain and the price of bananas in the United States; A widely consumed fruit that reaches the stores of this country from the farms of Central America.