Amirali R. Davoudpour
Iranian Canon of Medicine and Law, Administrative Wing of Law and Healing association, Iranian Watchdog of Medicine and Law, Tehran-Iran
Email of the corresponding author: davoudpour@canmedlaw.org
Accepted and published July, 2024 , DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13189009
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Abstract
This research article explores the creation and utilization of pseudo-clerics in Iran, a strategy employed by various intelligence agencies to infiltrate and manipulate the socio-political and religious landscape. We previously explained multiple aspects of the so-called “Mahan” or “Haman” plan to increase distrust among the people and the “Mahan” psychological operation plan, implemented by the SAVAK security advisor in the late Pahlavi regime under the military government of General Gholam Reza Azhari. The operation, suggested by Mossad, aimed to ridicule religious beliefs among the Iranian populace. The plan which involved utilizing pseudo-clerics to propagate false religious visions has not been ceased. The article sheds light on the psychological and social ramifications of such practices in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Keywords: Pseudo-clergy, Mossad, Iran, Psychological warfare