Iran intelligence ministry says hostile forces mounting 'soft war' across seven fronts including economic pressure; exploiting social issues to stir public opinion; stoking ethnic and religious tensions; terrorist attacks and sabotage; weapons smuggling and illegal comms devices; cyberattacks; information operations via foreign Persian-language media and social platforms; says attempted ground operations from west and northwest foiled and large caches of weapons and comms gear seized

2026-05-27

Iran intelligence ministry says hostile forces mounting 'soft war' across seven fronts including economic pressure; exploiting social issues to stir public opinion; stoking ethnic and religious tensions; terrorist attacks and sabotage; weapons smuggling and illegal comms devices; cyberattacks; information operations via foreign Persian-language media and social platforms; says attempted ground operations from west and northwest foiled and large caches of weapons and comms gear seized