WAANA (Sep 09) – Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, referred to the adversaries’ tactic of creating psychological warfare and fear in an attempt to push the Iranian nation to retreat in various fields.

 

He emphasized that recognizing one’s own strengths and avoiding exaggerating the enemy’s power is the way to counter this tactic. He stated, “The martyrs stood against this psychological warfare with their sacrifices and struggles, and neutralized it. In honoring them, we must highlight and preserve this truth.”

 

Ayatollah Khamenei identified the exaggeration of the enemies’ capabilities as one of the main pillars of psychological warfare against the noble Iranian nation and the Islamic Republic. He remarked, “From the very beginning of the Revolution, they have used various methods to instill fear in our people, telling them that they must be afraid of the U.S., Britain, and the Zionists.”

 

He added, “Our nation realized that by relying on its internal strength and capabilities, it can accomplish great things, and the enemy’s hand is not as full as it pretends to be.”

 

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution stated that the enemy’s goal in psychological warfare in the military field is to create fear and force a retreat. He said, “According to the Holy Qur’an, non-tactical retreats in any arena, whether military or in political, propaganda, or economic fields, will result in divine wrath.”

 

He also pointed out that feeling weak, isolated, and submitting to the enemy’s demands is one of the outcomes of exaggerating the enemy’s strength in the political sphere. He added, “Governments, whether large or small, that surrender to the demands of the arrogant powers today, if they rely on their people and their own strengths, and recognize the reality of the enemy’s capabilities without exaggeration, can refuse to bow to their demands.”

 

Ayatollah Khamenei also noted that the result of exaggerating the enemy’s influence in the cultural arena is a sense of passivity, becoming enamored with the enemy’s culture, and belittling one’s own culture. He said, “The outcome of such passivity is accepting the opposing side’s lifestyle and even adopting their foreign words and expressions.”

 

He added, “We must appreciate the youth who stood firm against psychological warfare without fear or being influenced by the words of others, and we must reflect and preserve this truth in artistic works and commemorations.”