How does Iran depict the largest military surprise it was exposed to as a "victory"?
In Israel's attacks on Iran, it may have been the most shocking thing to attack nuclear facilities and Iranian air bases is the destruction of residential buildings, which the people or government officials did not expect.
The publication of pictures of a child was not under the rubble, a dusty game lying in the street, and a drawing book, was not one of the scenes that the Iranians used to see, at least since the end of the Iran -Iraq war, especially in the streets of the capital, Tehran.
On Iranian television, a correspondent was covering the collapse of a 14 -storey building in the Martyr Jamran complex in the Nubnad Square in Tehran, children's clothes and pictures of them said that they were killed in the Israeli attack, and the report broadcast shocking scenes of the bodies of children inside the bags of the dead, or bloodshed with blood inside the dead refrigerators, in front of the eyes of the viewers.
This attack on the Iranian capital made citizens, who suddenly found themselves in the "front front line", looking for information explaining to them what is happening, how long it is, and how they can survive these strikes.
A big question has also emerged in everyone's minds, which is how Israel was able to plan and carry out attacks with this accuracy and breadth, and target senior officials in the most important state institutions, and in the depth of Iranian territory?
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However, and even after long hours of the attack, and even after more than a day, no official party in the country was issued by any explanatory statement, and people have not provided information that helps them to understand the true size of Israel's attack on Iran, or how to act in light of a military confrontation with this breadth. People asked: Have you entered the country in war?
One of the users wrote on the "X" platform: "More than 30 hours have passed since the beginning of the military clash between Israel and Iran, yet a media room for the war has not yet been formed, and there is no official spokesman or office for confirmation or exile or to provide the media and the public with information, and fake news and images such as the virus are spread, as if nothing happened."
Almost all official officials who spoke on TV channels used a tone that suggests that "the matter is not dangerous", "everything under control", and "the conditions of cities are safe and calm", reassuring people that there is no need to worry or panic. However, no official device explained how Israeli aircraft managed to fly freely and without resistance until they reached Tehran and other cities, and carried out accurate strikes on their targets.
The data issued by the various organizations, which were published in the official agencies, were full of rhetorical phrases that talked about "resistance", "oppression" and "harsh national revenge".
As for the official media, people had to either search for information amid data full of phrases such as: "You should not speak with this wild system except in the language of strength", and "the enemy was a reason for our injustice to prove the justice of our cause", or to move between Iranian television channels to listen to songs and enthusiastic speeches accompanied by pictures of the Iranian flag and "martyrs."
Festival, resistance and cruel revenge
The official coverage began on Friday morning with news and pictures of military leaders and nuclear scholars who were killed, then Iranian television began broadcasting national and Islamic chants that accompanied these news and pictures, as well as quotes from prominent personalities in the Islamic Republic, and the chants of victory, and emphasize the continuation of the "Resistance Front" path.
But from the afternoon, after the issuance of two explanations by the Iranian guide, one of them is written and the other is a photographer, broadcasters and experts in TV programs began to knock on the drums of "harsh revenge". Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in his photo statement that "the armed forces will move vigorously, and will make the malicious Zionist regime in trouble," a phrase that has reshaped the formal coverage method, and blows into a trumpet of revenge.
With the arrival of the evening, Iranian ballistic missiles started towards Tel Aviv, and the first channel on Iranian television began a live broadcast of Tel Aviv city pictures at night, and shots showing missiles hitting the heart "A landslide response."
Thus, the "Narrar al -Nasr", and even the sirens of the sirens in Tel Aviv were crystallized as evidence of fear.
And all of this was happening at a time when the Israeli attacks on Iranian air bases, Natanz, Fordo and Isfahan nuclear installations were continuing, while the attacking aircraft continued to fly in the sky of Tehran until the hours before Saturday afternoon.
How serious is the situation?
When the missiles fall, the issue becomes a matter of life or death, where people want to know what happened, and how they can protect themselves and their loved ones, and the answer to these two questions requires accurate information, and any kind of censorship or restriction in the transfer of information may lead to some survival or the death of others.
Yisrael Katz, the Israeli Minister of Defense, published on Saturday a message on the "X" platform that was caused like a bomb in Iran, where he wrote: "If Khamenei continues to launch missiles on the residential areas of Israel, then Tehran will burn." City disturbances, or at least to stifling traffic congestion in the roads leading to outside. However, is it not the right to know what is happening? And to what extent did the seriousness of the situation reach?
Iranian officials often try to present the facts in the way they see "right" to prevent what they call "disturbances", "psychological war" and "stirring up confusion", and therefore we hear constantly phrases such as "slight damage", "cities are safe", and "We have now gave the enemy a harsh lesson." However, are cities really safe? Did the "enemy" really teach a harsh lesson?
Therefore, during the coverage of the new round of Israeli attacks on Iran, only the death toll from the senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards and a number of nuclear scientists were published through the targeting of military and nuclear facilities, and separate numbers of the dead and wounded announced by some governors, or their deputies, or at times the Red Crescent officials in small cities where it was said, for example, that two people were said. They were killed in Tabriz and wounded 6, or a person was killed and 4 was injured in the province of Sinistan.
Instead of publishing accurate information, news agencies were filled with data issued by officials, imams of mosques on Friday, religious societies, and various types of institutions, all of which were talking about "the oppression of the Iranian people", the continuation of the "resistance front", and demands the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic to "harsh revenge". However, even after following this news one by one, the basic questions remained without an answer:
- How did attacks be carried out of this size?
- How many civil, military officials and nuclear scholars were killed?
- How many civilian deaths, and what are their names?
- How many children were killed among civilians?
- What are the nuclear facilities and military bases that have been targeted specifically?
- What is the actual size of the losses?
- How many soldiers and officers were killed in the bases?
- What are the targets targeted near residential areas?
- The most important of all: Is Tehran and the rest of the Iranian cities safe?
Until almost June 14, no news was published about Iran's success in confronting these attacks, and whether it had succeeded in intercepting a drone, fighter or missile, so that Israel denied the news of "shooting down" two F -35 fighters and a pilot families, and no photos were published by the two fighting aircraft that were shot down or the captive pilot.
In the event of a military confrontation, what should people do in the streets?
For the elderly who lived in the Iran -Iraq war, the sound of explosions in Tehran was reminded of the rocket in the war years, which, according to one of the users of the X platform "opens the old wounds", but the difference this time was in the question of many: "Why didn't the sirens not be released?" That voice, which resonated in the back alleys and roads whenever the Iraqi MiG aircraft appeared during the 8 -year Iranian -Iran war, giving people an opportunity to escape to cellars, shelters or any shelter.
The crowds on gas stations and fears of food lack, as evidence of people's need for accurate and reliable information so that they could make appropriate decisions in the face of an emergency situation.
In the darkness of the dawn and the ambiguity of the conflicting news between the correct and the Maghalat, the Iranian Minister of Interior came out after long hours and directed recommendations to the people, asking them that:
- They keep their calmness
- They do not do any behavior that raises general anxiety
- They only trust official and reliable information
- They avoid unnecessary moves
- They cooperate with relief teams when needed
However, these phrases seemed to be more demands than that they are recommendations, as they were formulated with the aim of "controlling disturbances and public opinion", instead of providing answers, Iranian officials began since dawn, around 5 am, with a threat from "spreading lies", which is a legal phrase with criminal consequences, and among these threats, the Public Prosecution called on social media users to refrain from refraining from examining "psychological security issues For society, "she confirmed that she will take judicial measures against those who disagree.
Then the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Organization went further, and issued a statement declaring that it "put on its agenda identifying and taking preventive measures against the elements that cultivate psychological disorder and violate public order." This organization is a intelligence service that works in parallel with the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, and the organization also called on citizens to provide it with information "in the event of any suspicious movements or events."
The next day, Saturday, official television reported that 5 people were arrested in Yazd on charges of "stirring public opinion."
"The necessary" information instead of the media
The Islamic Republic officials often suffer from publishing "necessary information" instead of "media". This restriction is what limits the dissemination of information, and pushes the public to resort to social media platforms in search of answers, and to search for difficult or impossible information to verify its accuracy, at least from the point of view of those who lack experience in the field of information and media knowledge.
At the same time, in line with the efforts of the Iranian government to "prevent the undermining of psychological security for society" and "stimulating public opinion", the media reduces it from unfortunate events. For example, Akbar Salihi, the assistant of the governor of Isfahan for security affairs, stated that the Natanz explosion, saying: "This morning, the Natanz nuclear site was attacked, but calm has returned and has no reason to worry." Another: "Natanz facilities were attacked, but the damage appears to be superficial." Another expert said: "Many drones that were poured over Tehran at night were our belonging, and there is no need to worry."
Another problem is that officials often speak in general phrases and say: "Details will be announced later," but these details never appear.
For example, the Senndge Governor stressed the need to be cautious about the "foreign media" and not to pay attention to "rumors, stir up the atmosphere", and beware of "psychological warfare". In this context, this advice means that officials often avoid providing information on the pretext that "providing this information will help the enemy", and therefore, transparency in information is often considered a threat to national security that justifies the congregation.
There is another justification that goes further, which is that some officials say in response to an exact question of what happened: "Do you want us to give military secrets to the enemy?"
While the authorities seek to block information, they also seek to remove credibility with any other circulating information. For example, Hassan Abeini, deputy director of the political department at the Iranian Radio and Television Authority, said around five thirty in the morning on Friday morning, that people should be careful in dealing with information on communication sites because the enemy "publishes information pollution" through lies, such as spreading fake names to the victims, which raises "anxiety" in society. He also warned of artificial intelligence, and called on people not to believe everything they see. In the same context, the TV program presenter called on the viewers to follow the news only through the official media, and to recover for a few seconds before re -publishing any news on the communication sites to make sure of his health.
Despite the validity of these tips, which reflects the awareness of the concept of "media culture", the failure of the official channels to play their role in accurately transmitting information does not leave a choice but to search for alternative sources, which may lead to "greater general concern" and take decisions that are not necessarily based on reality.
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