The Cultural Deputy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces says media activists in the country should adopt an offensive stance.
General Shojaei stated that the officials and media activists in the country are commanders, officers, and jihadists in the path of God in the field of soft and cognitive warfare. They must use all opportunities and capacities not only to comprehensively defend the nation, national interests, and the ideals of the Islamic Revolution, but also to adopt an offensive posture to overcome the enemy.
The Deputy of Culture and Soft War of the General Staff of the Armed Forces further said that the media of the Islamic Revolution front should also play a role in a coordinated, convergent, and empathetic manner with a warlike posture. They should defend national security and interests in cultural, social, economic, scientific, defensive, security, and political arenas.
He continued by saying that it is necessary for the officials and media activists of the Islamic Revolution front to utilize all capacities and opportunities, and with sufficient understanding of the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the enemies of the country and the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to enter this field with an appropriate warlike posture, whether defensive or offensive. They should act intelligently, purposefully, and cohesively, and plan and act according to the layers and levels of soft and cognitive warfare, addressing emotions, excitements, perceptions, thoughts, ideas, and behaviors.