[Iran Says Trump's Economic Pressure Plan is "Psychological Warfare"] According to Tasnim News Agency, a senior Iranian intelligence official stated that Trump's economic pressure plan is primarily a "psychological warfare" operation orchestrated by his media team to increase psychological pressure on the Iranian people. The official claimed that the US has already employed all available means, including primary and secondary sanctions and a naval blockade. Iran considers Trump's previous statements about "attacking all infrastructure" and "opening the Strait of Hormuz" to be more propaganda than concrete action. He stated that such actions typically occur before financial markets open to control energy prices. Trump then uses statements such as "giving Iran time" and "regional countries intervening in mediation" to ease tensions, and the media revives the narrative of US-Iran negotiations. Iran believes that the simultaneous occurrence of this economic pressure plan and the visit of Pakistani mediators to Iran is a typical Trump tactic of media pressure and will not bring about any new substantive changes.
