Iran's ayatollahs hijacked French government social media account to discredit popular opposition leader
August 6, 2019 Iran's ayatollahs hijacked French government social media account to discredit popular opposition leader By Hamid Enayat The psychological warfare led by the Iranian mullahs against their political opponents is the most effective since Nazi Germany, aided by their use and abuse of modern social media communication techniques. The Iranian regime, which took power in 1979 on a religious basis and by using the religious sentiments of the people, has a fundamental characteristic: demagoguery. It exploited the political vacuum due to the absence of progressive forces owing to their suppression and the extermination of the leaders of these forces by the Shah's secret police, the SAVAK. This regime has always waged psychological warfare aimed at tarnishing the image of its opponents. Foolish sums have been spent by the regime to ruin the image of its opposition all over the world — sometimes to make believe that no viable o...
