Document Type : Original Article
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Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Education, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Associate Professor and Faculty Member, Army Command and Staff University, Tehran, Iran
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PhD in Cultural Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Unit, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/irsj.2025.529269.1145
Abstract
When adversaries failed to achieve results through hard, semi-hard, and maximum-pressure methods in confronting the Islamic Revolution, they turned to a wide-ranging soft cognitive war. The necessity of the “Jihad of Clarification” arises from factors such as the expansion of the enemy’s cognitive warfare, neo-colonial domination, the inadequacy of previous explanatory efforts, and the adversary’s focus on distorting realities. Under such circumstances, Ayatollah Khamenei issued the command for a “Jihad of Clarification,” describing it as an immediate and definitive religious obligation. The central problem of this research concerns the nature of the model of the Jihad of Clarification within Ayatollah Khamenei’s intellectual framework. Its primary objective is to formulate and present such a model based on that framework. Accordingly, the principal research question asks: What are the characteristics and components of the model of the Jihad of Clarification in Ayatollah Khamenei’s intellectual system? The research adopts a descriptive method. Data were collected through both field and library methods, utilizing documents, interviews, and questionnaires as research instruments. The findings indicate that the model of the Jihad of Clarification, grounded in Ayatollah Khamenei’s intellectual framework, possesses its own specific methods, subject domains, and objectives. From the perspective of this model, the methods of the Jihad of Clarification include both in-person (face-to-face) and non-presential approaches. Religious, doctrinal, and revolutionary themes constitute among the most significant subject-related components of the model. Ultimately, the objectives of the model encompass political, cultural, and social dimensions.
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