Addressing members of a senior clerical body in Iran:

“Today, (Iran’s) Islamic system faces an all-out economic war that is carefully guided by a war room, but along with this war, there is a major media and propaganda warfare that is often neglected. The goal of this media war is to create anxiety ... and pessimism among people toward each other and the authorities, and to exaggerate economic problems in the minds of the public.

“Based on our intelligence, the U.S. and Zionist (Israeli) spy agencies, financed by the super-rich of our region, have set up an organization for this media war and are seriously planning and trying to infect the advertising space and the minds in our community.”“Khamenei says U.S., Israel wage media war to discourage Iranians,” Reuters, September 6, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-khamenei/khamenei-says-u-s-israel-wage-media-war-to-discourage-iranians-idUSKCN1LM1AM.