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NCRI –\u00a0Mullah Ahmad Khatami, a known figure of the faction loyal to Regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, described the Iranian people\u2019s active use of the Internet and social media as a \u201ccultural war.\u201d This \u201ccultural war\u201d is more difficult than a \u201cmilitary war,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n
Khamenei, since 1991, referred to this threat using various terms, such as cultural assault, cultural NATO and cultural raid.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we must sense the threat,\u201d Khatami continued.<\/p>\n
The young should \u201cfeel this threat\u201d, since \u201cthey are using the Internet and social media more than other walks of life,\u201d he emphasized, going on to claim the Internet \u201cis a blaze targeting religion, morals and social independence.\u201d<\/p>\n
This senior member of the regime\u2019s Assembly of Experts called on all religious schools and propaganda organizations to establish a specific department allocated for the struggle against this \u201ccultural attack.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly religion can stand this against these attacks. To this end, we must place more energy into religion,\u201d Khatami highlighted. However, he failed to explain why this \u201ccultural attack\u201d has been growing, despite the regime\u2019s continued effort to advocate religious solutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur young, struggling with unemployment, reach the conclusion that the state is not working correctly, and they must seek a state to save them from their frustration,\u201d said Mullah Ahmad Alamalhoda, Khamenei\u2019s representative in the city of Mashhad, northeast of Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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