The office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a rare public response this week to an open letter from former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, dismissing it as propaganda and characterizing it as part of a broader psychological campaign.

Gallant�s letter, published on his Substack newsletter last week, claimed that Israel�s recent 12-day aerial campaign had led to what he described as �the strategic collapse of a system you spent four decades constructing.� He warned Khamenei that while Iran may attempt to rebuild its regional proxy network or accelerate nuclear development, Israeli intelligence and military forces remain prepared to dismantle those efforts.

In a statement published on Khamenei�s official website and translated by the Iran International news outlet, Iranian officials described Gallant�s letter as a �full-scale psychological operation� intended to shape global perception rather than engage in substantive policy debate.

�This is a conflict whose primary battlefield is not border zones, but public perception and the realm of awareness,� the statement read, accusing the Israeli official of attempting to influence regional narratives.

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