Top Iranian officials appear to perceive or pretend to perceive the ongoing protests in Iran as an outcome of what they call a “media war” against the regime.
From the start of popular protests in mid-September, Iran’s ruler Ali Khamenei and his top officials began blaming foreigners for the unrest, mostly ignoring the root causes of deeply felt public anger.
In one of the most recent comments in this regard, Iranian Army Commander General Abdolrahim Mousavi charged that “The enemies are waging a war on the Islamic Republic using audio, video and written words.”He claimed that “the enemies are targeting the status of the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s values.”
Earlier, IRGC Commander Hossein Salami had also expressed his anger against the media coverage of the ongoing uprising and threatened foreign-based Persian broadcasters such as Iran International and BBC Persian. The…
