The effect of positivity on dealing with cognitive warfare in the statements of Ayatollah Khamenei

Author

Assistant Professor of Quranic and Hadith Sciences, University of Quranic and Atrat Studies, Isfahan University.

Abstract

Cognitive warfare is one of the new tactics of the enemy in the struggle and domination over nations. Ayatollah Khamenei has explained the nature of this war to the people and officials many times in his speeches. According to him, positivity is one of the important tools to deal with this war and one of the important characteristics of Islamic civilization. Therefore, this research aims to investigate this issue and the factors of strength and weakness and its effects in the statements of the leader of the revolution, in order to recognize the factors that strengthen positivity and promote them, as well as the reasons for increasing negativity and correcting them, a step towards the realization of the second step of the revolution and The formation of the characteristics of Islamic civilization should be removed. The findings of the research indicate that hope for internal assets and capacities, including human power, material resources, scientific and economic advances, cooperation of people and officials in order to eliminate poverty, corruption and discrimination, along with faith and trust in God, motivation and lack of trust. The foreign media is the source of all progress and resistance against the demagogy of the media. And in order to achieve this point, it is necessary to rewrite documents such as the document on the fundamental transformation of education and the transformation of the national media based on the statement of the second step of the rewriting revolution, the strategies and implementation plans for its realization, and to be monitored and implemented by the relevant institutions.

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