Did the U.S. Counterintelligence Strategy Succeed?
Reports from foreign media outlets such as CNN indicate that Iran's hardliners have accused President Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Araghchi, and Parliament Speaker Kalibaf of reaching an agreement with the United States, labeling it a "surrender" and claiming it triggered a "soft coup." The hardliners are demanding to continue fighting against the U.S. and Israel; even former Foreign Minister Mottaki has openly threatened to kidnap U.S. soldiers.
The war in Iran has reached a stalemate—continuing the conflict would likely prove unsustainable for both sides. As a result, it appears the United States has begun shifting its strategy and tactics. Rumors of intense internal power struggles within Iran’s political sphere seem to be permeated by American public opinion manipulation at every turn. From earlier U.S. media deliberately stoking issues related to former President Ahmadinejad to provoke factional divisions, to recent leaks by Western media outlets like CNN, this entire sequence of actions seems to represent a meticulously orchestrated information counterintelligence campaign by the U.S.—a new approach whose covert destructive impact may surpass that of direct military strikes.
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