Brigadier General Bahman Kargar said, “In the soft war enemies are trying to penetrate into the minds of our people and change their beliefs.”
“Our country is in a soft war and this war is far more difficult than a hard war, and we must… produce soft power in the country,” the general told an expert seminar of Law Enforcement Forces.
In the soft war, the enemy has relied on propaganda, sanctions, and military threat against Iran, he said, adding through “soft war the global arrogance (forces of imperialism) tries to hurt our country and change our Islamic-Iranian taste in order to leave destructive impact on our youth and drive our Islamic culture toward the Western culture.”
He added in the soft war the enemy has targeted the public opinion to achieve its vicious goals. “Media is the most important tool for the enemy in this war, but the Islamic Republic of Iran wins over the enemy victoriously.”
The enemies have launched more than 70 Farsi networks with enormous costs to undermine the people’s beliefs “but Iranians, especially the youth are smart enough not to be impressed by these networks,” the general explained.
He went on to say that illicit drugs are the biggest threat to human society and in the fight against the devastating effects of drugs “we need to have stronger social attachment.”
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