Surveying the Role of Propaganda b y Iran in the Holy Defense 2

As stated in part one, a significant outcome of the effective influence of Imam Khomeini was management of propaganda. Reviewing the speeches of Imam Khomeini reveals parts of his propaganda strategy during the holy defense. In this piece of research the role of formal and informal institutes, the effect of Basij and Ashoora culture as well as propaganda tools during the imposed war are reviewed with regard to three main axes of the main functions of propaganda: motivating people for supporting the war, motivating and promoting combat motivation of the combatants, and psychological warfare against the enemy. This article studies the role of the means of propaganda and tries to find out how much the Islamic Republic of Iran has been able to achieve its goals in the imposed war in spite of having few propaganda institutes inside and outside the country and the vast international propaganda against Iran.