The campaign of soft power in the defense policy of Imam Khomeini (RA) during the holy defense era

With the beginning of Iraq's military invasion, the management of the holy defense continued with Imam Khomeini's guidelines. He stated that the principle of defense against aggression is obedience to God's order and defense against this imposed war is the defense of pure Islam and an obligatory principle and a shari'a duty. The main question of the article is "How was the soft power campaign of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the holy defense era?" The hypothesis of the article is that, while explaining the causes of war and the necessity of defense, he has formulated the basic slogans in the war of initiative and the components of the defense policy based on soft power. The main lines of Imam's policies, influenced by; "Imam's (RA) jurisprudential thought about Jihad in Islam", "Imam's (RA) historical experience of the behavior of the system of domination and arrogance in Islamic countries and Iran", "His understanding of Saddam Hussein and the Ba'ath system of Iraq" and "Statements and actions of Iraqis" against Iran after the victory of the Islamic Revolution. This research, with qualitative method, examines the defense policy of Imam (RA) against threats and defense against the attacker with the aim of confronting it in three components: "Imam Khomeini's (RA) jurisprudential thought about Jihad in Islam", "Imam Khomeini's historical experience" has recognized the behavior of the system of domination and arrogance in Islamic countries and Iran", "prominence of "holy defense" in order to "issue the values of the revolution".