نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
In the landscape of modern conflicts, battle has shifted to an arena where the "outbound image" of war influences the fate of conflicts as much as kinetic weapons. Relying on a strategic foresight approach, the present study analyzes the patterns of regulation and governance over war content during the conflicts known as the "Ramadan War" (February to June 2026) between Iran, Israel, and the United States, as well as the role of the Gulf countries. The primary research question is how the involved sovereignties governed the outbound image from their respective countries through a combination of legal, infrastructural, and technological tools. The findings of this research, formulated based on legal documents, field reports, and technical network analyses in the 2025-2026 period, indicate that key regional actors implemented three distinct patterns with the aim of creating an "architecture of silence": 1. The infrastructural blockade pattern (Iran), which led to the complete isolation of the information space through the transition to the "National Information Network" and the implementation of "stealth blackouts"; 2. The structural/legal authoritarianism pattern (Israel), which, during a "legislative blitz," confiscated media independence in favor of the official military narrative and deployed algorithmic censorship; and 3. The deterrent criminal regulation pattern (Gulf countries), which imposed institutionalized self-censorship on society by setting million-dollar fines and criminalizing the publication of factual images.
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