Khamenei Responds to Gallant's Open Letter, Calling It a 'Full-Scale Psychological Operation'

Iran Responds to Former Israeli Defense Chief’s Threats Over Proxy, Nuclear Strategy

The office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a rare public response this week to an open letter from former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, dismissing it as propaganda and characterizing it as part of a broader psychological campaign. Gallant’s letter, published on his Substack newsletter last week, claimed that Israel’s recent 12-day […]

Iran's Supreme Leader responds to former Israeli Defense Minister

Iran dismisses Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s open letter as propaganda aimed at manipulating global opinion, while reaffirming its regional resilience amid escalating tensions.

Khamenei responds to Gallant's open letter, calling it a 'full-scale psychological operation'

The statement described the letter as “a conflict whose primary battlefield is not border zones, but public perception and the realm of awareness.”

Israel and Iran Usher In New Era of Psychological Warfare

(New York Times) – Information warfare, often called psychological operations, or psyops, is as old as war itself. But experts say the effort between Israel and Iran was more intense and more targeted than anything that had come before, and seen by millions of people scrolling on their phones for updates even as bombs fell. The reason is that today’s technology — the ubiquity of social media and the advent of generative A.I. — has transformed th…