Determining examples of soft war in the geoculture of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Academic Thesis for obtaining Master's Degree (M-A)

Field: Political Geography

Abstract

Soft war is a new concept in terms of scientific research and a very old concept in terms of history. This concept is known in the world as soft power. In its modern concept, soft war includes features such as software orientation, mentalization, emptying from within, changing cultural identity, changing behavioral patterns, along with behavioral patterning, creating doubt in the foundations and intellectual infrastructure of a political system, laying the groundwork for creating a crisis in the basic values ??and beliefs of society, and taking advantage of the five political crises - identity, acceptance, participation, influence, and distribution. It should be noted that soft war is far advanced both in terms of substance and form. It is more complicated and dangerous than hard war. The main reason for this should be found in the new communication tools used in the soft war and the successive plans of the West to create despair and self-defeat in Muslim nations. In addition, due to the first and important position it holds in the attention of the oppressed and suffering nations of the world such as Palestine, our country is strongly under the pressure of the media imperialism of the West and especially the Zionists, who are the main operators of the Western media. This thesis examined the examples of soft war in the geoculture of the Islamic Republic of Iran and came to the conclusion that America and the West are trying to confront the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran with various cultural methods. The method used in this thesis is library research, documents and hierarchical analysis.

Keywords: soft war, hard war, political system, soft power, geoculture of the Islamic Republic of Iran

-Introduction

The phenomenon of soft war, which is currently being developed as a huge project against the Islamic Republic of Iran, has indicators such as creating economic disorder, creating dissatisfaction in society, establishing organizations Non-government in a large volume, media war, psychological operations to make the administrative and executive apparatus of the government appear ineffective, weaken Iran's sovereignty through civil methods and create cultural NATO crystallizes. In the context of soft war, agents of subversion either take advantage of existing contexts in society to advance their goals, or they try to create dissatisfaction in the eyes of public opinion and then take advantage of it. Taking advantage of economic problems, the diversity of Iran's ethnic diversity, creating and fueling civil disobedience in student organizations and non-governmental and trade unions, trying to get close to the people under the guise of protecting human rights and democracy in Iran, creating numerous Persian-language radio and television networks to support Opposition (travel of young foreign activists from countries allied with America to Iran under the guise of tourists who, if necessary, join civil movements and disobedience), facilitating the activity of American NGOs in Iran, inviting young Iranian activists abroad to participate in small seminars (these people should be chosen by American authorities, not Iranian institutions), using embassies of other countries and generally weakening the support pillars of the Iranian government are among the strategies for implementing this strategy.  Currently and in the current century, considering the political and social events and transformations that have taken place in different parts of the world using the method of soft threats, one of which is soft war, there are fewer experts who doubt the role and impact of mass communication tools in these developments. Scientific researches also emphasize that with the development of modern communication technologies, the 21st century will rarely witness hard war, and considering the advantages of soft war, countries and governments have turned to soft war and the professional use of media to pursue their goals and interests in new formats. Among these means of communication, satellites and their various radio and television channels are of particular importance. The phenomenon has a special feature that separates it from other means of mass communication, and that is geographical coverage. When the international community entered the 20th century after the first Hague Peace Conference in 1899 with the idea of ??setting rules and regulations governing hard wars, perhaps no one thought that at the end of this century and the beginning of the 20th century, soft war would be raised as a challenge and concern for countries, and the issues related to broadcasting information through satellites, military bombings would come under its purview.Today, global and regional satellite communications have grown significantly, and have cast a shadow over a wide range of activities, from telephone communications to meteorology, navigation, and remote sensing. But what has received the most attention are the satellites that broadcast television programs internationally, and the number, coverage level, and quality of their programs are increasing every day. The earth has been turned around, gradually humanity found itself surrounded by waves that penetrate everywhere regardless of political divisions and nullify national sovereignty. (Introduction, 1381) so that currently no nation can be found in the world that has not been covered by satellite waves and its programs. In that case, this war shows a new way of interactions between governments to dominate different countries; Because Vastila's dominion is expanded and developed with definitions of power that consider power as the ability to focus, regulate or direct behavior. A soft war is a bloodless war based on social and cultural strategies; Because in its process, the invading powers take advantage of intimidation and creating cultural and social crises in order to dominate the target society with a humiliating shock. In this war, the sanctities and cultural beliefs of the societies are attacked and the western culture or the American lifestyle is induced to the people of the society in different ways. In fact, in this war, instead of military operations, social and cultural crises for the target society are engineered in such a way that the individual's mental perception of the norms, values ??of himself and his society is shaken and unstable, and he is easily ready to accept any opinion. In general, in this war, efforts are being made to promote Western culture as the dominant global culture and to prevent the growth and development of authentic and powerful cultures such as Islamic culture. The soft war, which seeks to destroy the thinking and thinking of the target society, to weaken its intellectual and cultural circles, and to inject instability and instability into the ruling social political system by bombarding it with news and propaganda, is one of the issues that have been developing in the world for a long time. This issue has a wide scope and function against Iran, because the sworn enemies of this land and water, whose dirty hands have been cut off from the resources of this country, want to bring our society to a dead end in order to achieve their ominous goals through this means. Since Iran today has become an unparalleled power in terms of its territory, population, quality of human resources, military facilities, abundant natural resources and privileged geographical location in the Middle East region and the international system, therefore, according to the political experts of the countries The West can no longer be overthrown by a military attack and hard war, but the only way to overthrow the Islamic Republic system is to pursue the mechanisms of soft war and use psychological operations techniques. The launch of the soft war project against Iran at the current stage should be considered as a result of the spread of hatred towards America in the world, which according to the White House leaders, Iran is the main center of creating this hatred and spreading it. In soft war, instead of conventional war tools such as cannons and tanks, cultural tools are used that affect human thoughts and emotions. This research examines examples of soft war in the geoculture of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 1-3- Importance and necessity of research This research is important in two ways and its implementation is necessary; First, it is related to changing the approach of the arrogant system in confronting the Islamic Republic. Soft war is currently the first priority of the enemy's subversive actions against the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In this context, the most important action is to prevent and deal with the factors that can facilitate and make soft war possible. On the other hand, considering the new approach of prioritizing construction and service to the people, as the main mission and strategy, it seems that the officials and commanders of the IRGC and Basij have paid close attention to the fact that the enemy is currently focusing on the social and psychological harms that exist in the society, so that through them they can implement their soft war and achieve the achievements that they have failed to achieve in the past years.