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Examining the Role and Narration of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization in the (2022 AD/1401 SH) Protests in Iran | ||
| Contemporary Researches on Islamic Revolution | ||
| مقاله 6، دوره 8، شماره 27، فروردین 2026، صفحه 153-129 اصل مقاله (701.2 K) | ||
| نوع مقاله: Science - Research | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22059/jcrir.2025.400158.1730 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Hossein Naghdi Eshratabad* 1؛ Gholamali Soleimani2؛ samaneh Keshvar doost3 | ||
| 1Ph.D. Student,, Department of Islamic Revolution Studies, Faculty of Islamic Knowledge and Thought, University of Tehran, Tehran, IRAN | ||
| 2Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Revolution Studies, Faculty of Islamic Knowledge and Thought, University of Tehran, Tehran, IRAN | ||
| 3assistant professor of Islamic Revolution Department, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Thought, University of Tehran. Tehran, Iran | ||
| چکیده | ||
| Abstract Objective: This study analyzes the role of the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) in representing and steering the nationwide protests of autumn 2022 in Iran from the perspective of psychological operations and hybrid warfare. It demonstrates how the organization sought to construct a fabricated social reality against the Islamic Republic of Iran through targeted narrative-building. Method: The research adopts a descriptive–analytical approach using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), based on Norman Fairclough’s three-dimensional model (1995) and Teun A. van Dijk’s cognitive–ideological framework (2006). Data were purposively collected from the organization’s official media outlets (Simaye Azadi, Iran Azadi, statements of the National Council of Resistance, and affiliated social media channels) from September to December 2022 and systematically analyzed. Results: By employing techniques such as emotional provocation, antagonistic binary construction (us vs. them), appropriation of the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom," simulation of the scale of uprising, making hero of protesters, victimization, persistent labeling of the ruling system, and the discursive linkage of internal and external "Resistance," the MEK produced a fully ideological and regime-change–oriented narrative of the protests. In doing so, it played an active role in the project of hybrid and cognitive warfare against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mahsa Amini functioned as a "Discursive nodal point," while the Iranian woman was framed as the "Revolutionary Subject," constituting the central signifiers of this narrative. Conclusion: During the 2022 protests, the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization did not merely reflect reality; rather, it acted as an active agent in constructing a fabricated social reality and engineering public opinion. Its performance should be understood as part of a broader strategy of narrative warfare and psychological operations against the Islamic Republic of Iran. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| 2022 Iran Protests؛ Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)؛ Critical Discourse Analysis؛ Hybrid Warfare؛ Media Narrative Construction؛ Psychological Operations | ||
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