{"id":30666,"date":"2024-08-16T02:06:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=30666"},"modified":"2024-08-16T02:06:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:06:11","slug":"khamenei-defies-psychological-warfare-amid-military-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/16\/khamenei-defies-psychological-warfare-amid-military-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei Defies \u2018Psychological Warfare\u2019 amid Military Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sudan Events – Agencies\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has refused to yield to what he described as military \u201cpsychological warfare\u201d, implicitly referencing the United States\u2019 deployment of a \u201cdeterrence\u201d force to the region after Western powers warned of escalating tension, particularly regarding potential threats to Israel.<\/div>\n
Khamenei said the enemy\u2019s objective in psychological warfare, particularly in the military arena, is to instill fear and force a retreat.<\/div>\n
\u201cAs the Quran states, a non-tactical retreat in any domain\u2014be it military, political, or economic\u2014will incur divine wrath,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n
Khamenei\u2019s comments came after Tehran, on Tuesday, described Western calls to avoid retaliation against Israel, after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, as \u201c”illogical and excessive\u201d.<\/div>\n
Iran has threatened a harsh response to Haniyeh\u2019s killing, which took place during his visit to Tehran late last month, accusing Israel of responsibility. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement.<\/div>\n
Meanwhile, the US Navy has deployed warships and submarines in the Middle East to bolster Israeli defenses.<\/div>\n
Khamenei\u2019s official website quoted him as saying in a meeting with a group of Iranian figures that feelings of weakness, isolation, and submission to the enemy’s demand are an<\/div>\n
\u201cexaggeration\u201d of the enemy\u2019s capabilities<\/div>\n
He pointed out that governments, whether of large or small nations, which currently \u201ccapitulate to the demands of the arrogant powers, could avoid submission if they relied on their people and capabilities, and recognized the enemy\u2019s true power without exaggeration.\u201d<\/div>\n
Meanwhile, US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area.<\/div>\n
American officials said that these public announcements aim to convey a message to Iran that US military capabilities can be used against any Iranian attack.<\/div>\n
US President Joe Biden expected that Iran would refrain from launching a retaliatory strike against Israel if a truce was reached in Gaza.<\/div>\n
In response to a question from reporters about whether Tehran would abandon targeting Israel if an agreement could be reached, Biden said on Tuesday evening: \u201cThis is what I expect.\u201d<\/div>\n
Earlier on Tuesday, Reuters quoted three senior Iranian officials as saying that the only way that could postpone Iran\u2019s direct response to Israel is to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip in the hoped-for talks this week.<\/div>\n
Two sources said that Iran is considering sending a representative to the ceasefire talks, for what would be the first time since the start of the war.<\/div>\n
The representative will not attend the meetings directly, but will participate in behind-the-scenes talks to \u201cmaintain a diplomatic channel of communication\u201d with the United States while the negotiation process continues.<\/div>\n
But hours after publishing its report, Reuters quoted Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York as saying that Tehran will not have a representative present on the sidelines of the ceasefire talks.<\/div>\n
In an implicit denial, the government agency ISNA, citing an unnamed \u201cinformed source,\u201d said that \u201cthis claim from the British agency cannot be confirmed.\u201d<\/div>\n
On the other hand, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported, citing a senior Israeli source, on Tuesday evening, that Tel Aviv will not participate in the round of negotiations scheduled to be held in Qatar on Thursday regarding an exchange deal if the mediators agree that Iran sends representatives to these negotiations.<\/div>\n
Western diplomatic pressure has been escalating since then in an attempt to spare the Middle East from further escalation.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events – Agencies\u00a0 Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has refused to yield to what he described as military \u201cpsychological warfare\u201d, implicitly referencing the United States\u2019 deployment of a \u201cdeterrence\u201d force to the region after Western powers warned of escalating tension, particularly regarding potential threats to Israel. Khamenei said the enemy\u2019s objective in psychological warfare, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30667,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30666\/revisions\/30667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}