Iran's top general: US, Israel waging ‘soft warfare’ to destabilize Iran after June defeat

Tehran - BORNA - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi made the remarks in a meeting with police commanders and officials on Sunday amid sporadic protests in Iranian cities over economic hardships. 

He said the Iranian nation will rely on its Iranian-Islamic identity and its nature of peace-seeking and resistance against enemies, and will never allow rioters and the deceived to act against the country.

“The enemies, particularly the United States and Israeli regime, are focused on fueling insecurity in Iran by making use of the tools of soft warfare to make up for their defeat in the 12-day imposed war [in June],” he added.

After the United States and the Israeli regime suffered a clear defeat and grew disillusioned with their fruitless aggression, they turned to soft warfare and economic pressure in a bid to “create insecurity and unrest in the country as a way to compensate for their failure,” the top general emphasized.

Mousavi noted that shopkeepers and merchants voiced their rightful and legitimate demands for stabilizing the exchange rate and improving business conditions.

However, he said, the US and the Israeli regime “hastily and excitedly” deployed their trained agents to exploit the protests and disrupt national security and peace through psychological operations and cognitive warfare tactics.

He praised the wise and insightful Iranian nation for quickly separating itself from the rioters and those who seek to create chaos.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday said the national currency devaluation is “unnatural” and involves “the hand of the enemy.”

Referring to the recent unrest across the country, which began at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar last week, Ayatollah Khamenei said the bazaar merchants are “among the most loyal segments of the country to the Islamic Revolution,” stressing that “one cannot clash with the Islamic system in the name of the bazaar and merchants.”

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