Washington’sincomplete approach of understanding Iran

Consequently, it is not expected that US efforts to achieve regime change, build a compliant Iran, erode social cohesion, weaken public trust, and widen political and economic divides in Iran will be successful in the short term.

The Origins of Misunderstanding and Distorted Perception of Reality

For decades, an important part of American strategies and research on Iran was based on traditional oriental studies, classical regional studies, and cultural observations from outside of Iranian society .

“The gap and challenges in understanding Iran” is also related to the quality of the cognitive infrastructure of the American national and party centers and institutes.

the way of interpreting the changes in institutions and centers is effective on the quality of talks and attitudes.

In the past year, Iran has faced a series of internal challenges. But many American officials and analysts mistakenly considered Iran to be much weaker and more vulnerable. In fact, the gap in data has caused some of the American analyses and perceptions of Iranian society to be inaccurate.

In this approach, sometimes small signs are interpreted as too large, or a large part of the information is ignored .

Despite the technological changes, academic growth, expansion of the use of digital media, and the high intelligence and activism of Iranians, Iran has also become a multi-voiced network.

But there is a gap between Iran’s social reality and American data for interpretation .

Certainly, if the image that is made of the Iranian society is not consistent with the real developments of society,........

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