{"id":331933,"date":"2025-05-24T21:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T20:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=331933"},"modified":"2025-05-24T21:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T20:05:46","slug":"irans-state-media-glorifies-u-s-shooting-suspect-to-bolster-regime-morale-amid-mounting-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/irans-state-media-glorifies-u-s-shooting-suspect-to-bolster-regime-morale-amid-mounting-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s State Media Glorifies U.S. Shooting Suspect to Bolster Regime Morale Amid Mounting Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_331934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-331934\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-331934 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/new-york-shooting-22052025.jpg\" alt=\"NYPD blocks off a Manhattan street following the May 22 shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/new-york-shooting-22052025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/new-york-shooting-22052025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/new-york-shooting-22052025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/new-york-shooting-22052025-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/new-york-shooting-22052025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/new-york-shooting-22052025-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-331934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NYPD blocks off a Manhattan street following the May 22 shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Two-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amid growing internal unrest and external isolation, Iran\u2019s regime has seized on a violent incident in Washington, D.C., to bolster its propaganda and rally its dwindling base. Regardless of the outcome of official investigations into the perpetrator\u2019s motives or affiliations, Iran\u2019s state-run media is already spinning the act into a strategic asset\u2014an alarming reminder of the clerical regime\u2019s capacity to leverage bloodshed and chaos for its own survival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On May 23, the Kayhan newspaper, known as a mouthpiece for the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, <a href=\"https:\/\/kayhan.ir\/fa\/news\/311410\">celebrated the alleged<\/a> shooter\u2014named \u201cElias Rodriguez\u201d\u2014as a revolutionary hero. \u201cOur dear Basiji brother,\u201d the paper wrote in its May 22 column, \u201csent two Zionist beasts to hell with bullets.\u201d It went further, declaring, \u201cWashington\u2019s Basij [militia] has announced its presence through this revolutionary action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This glorification of violence is not new. <a href=\"https:\/\/kayhan.ir\/fa\/news\/247322\/\">Kayhan previously praised<\/a> the 2022 stabbing of Rushdie in New York as \u201cdivine revenge,\u201d writing that \u201cTrump and Pompeo are next.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clerical Regime Welcomed and Promoted the Attack on Salman Rushdie Based on Khomeini and Khamenei\u2019s Fatwa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SalmanRushdie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SalmanRushdie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cUzyLycxP6\">https:\/\/t.co\/cUzyLycxP6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1559541254177931266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This rhetoric is not just inflammatory\u2014it is calculated. The regime, weakened by the erosion of its proxy networks, the collapse of its Syrian ally, and increasing domestic unrest, is desperate to project strength. By openly endorsing lone acts of violence abroad, it aims to energize demoralized IRGC members and loyalists at home, whom it hopes will stand against the inevitable next uprising.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pattern is unmistakable. In 1989, following the strategic setback of abruptly accepting a ceasefire with Iraq, former Supreme Leader Ruhollah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/article\/part-1-khomeinis-fatwa-rushdie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khomeini issued a fatwa<\/a> against Salman Rushdie\u2014an attempt to shake the world and reassert control amid a turbulent and weakened regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is not mere rhetoric. It is the calculated use of terrorism and assassination as tools of statecraft, deeply rooted in the regime\u2019s ideology. Tehran\u2019s leaders continue to idolize acts of violence that serve their narrative of defiance, whether through covert proxies or glorified lone actors. Even when such violence damages the regime\u2019s global standing, the ruling clerics see political value in it\u2014both as an intimidation tactic abroad and a morale booster at home.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran\u2019s Regime Behind the Attack on Salman Rushdie<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UKIndictMohajerani?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UKIndictMohajerani<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SalmanRusdhie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SalmanRusdhie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RhyL56wRQ2\">https:\/\/t.co\/RhyL56wRQ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1558540721128349700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a 2023 statement, Kayhan argued that \u201cno matter how much noise America or Israel makes over the Rushdie verdict, they cannot extinguish the zeal running through the veins of the Muslim nation.\u201d This reflects a worldview in which human life is expendable, so long as it serves the regime\u2019s struggle to maintain control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The true message emerging from Iranian state media is chilling: in the eyes of the clerical dictatorship,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/why-the-regime-in-iran-craves-warmongering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> chaos and death<\/a>\u2014even on foreign soil\u2014are not tragedies to be mourned, but opportunities to be exploited. As the regime faces mounting rebellion from within and increasing condemnation abroad, its propaganda machine reveals what may be its final doctrine of desperation: survive at all costs, even if it means applauding terror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read Amid growing internal unrest and external isolation, Iran&rsquo;s regime has seized on a violent incident in Washington, D.C., to bolster its propaganda and rally its dwindling base. 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