Reuters and CNN's psychological operations following Iran's firm stance

After the remarks of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Tuesday, and his emphasis on continuing enrichment, the Western media has taken action and in the past few hours has been trying to re-establish the so-called "either war or surrender" duality by creating a media tactic.

The Leader of the Revolution said yesterday: "I would like to give a warning to the other side, the American side, who are entering into these indirect negotiations, talking, trying not to talk nonsense, saying, 'We will not allow Iran to enrich." This is a big mistake. No one is waiting for permission from this or that. The Islamic Republic has a policy, a method, and it pursues its policy."

After this decisive stance, CNN, citing American officials, claimed that the Zionist regime was preparing to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. A Zionist official also repeated the same claim in a separate interview. Then, Reuters, which has a long history of creating narratives against the Islamic Republic of Iran, wrote, citing "three informed Iranian sources" (sources whose Iranianness or informedness are always questionable), that Iran is ready to defend itself if the negotiations fail.

Reuters also wrote, citing European sources, that European countries would activate the trigger mechanism if the negotiations fail. Wendy Sherman, the head of the American negotiating team in the JCPOA negotiations, also got into the thick of it and told Reuters that if Iran insists on the right to enrich, "war is likely."

In this regard, it should be said that psychological and media operations, especially in the context of nuclear negotiations, are a strategic tool in the hands of Western powers and the Zionist regime to influence public opinion, weaken Iran's positions, and impose their demands through indirect pressure. These operations, using techniques such as "blame-shifting," "false dualism," and "targeted narrative," try to instill the impression that Iran must either surrender or face war.

We also witnessed such operations during the JCPOA negotiations in 2015. Western media outlets tried to create psychological pressure on the negotiating team by highlighting internal disputes in Iran and exaggerating Israeli threats. Also, using Persian-language media outlets abroad to undermine public confidence in the negotiations and instill domestic discontent was part of this psychological operation.

Therefore, it seems that in the coming days we should witness a greater volume of propaganda warfare and psychological operations by Western countries to gain points by threatening or intimidating our country's negotiating team.