An Iranian news outlet closely associated with intelligence circles in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed that reports of tensions between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu before Israel’s strike on Iran were part of a coordinated effort to mislead Tehran and lower its guard.

According to a report published by Raja News, the flood of media reports suggesting disagreements between Washington and Israel was intended to convince Iranian officials that an Israeli attack had either been canceled or significantly delayed.

The outlet pointed to reports describing Trump’s opposition to military action, statements indicating that “the decision is mine,” and Israeli media accounts suggesting that Netanyahu was considering postponing a response and refraining from immediate action.

However, Raja News argued that those reports were part of what it called a “big lie” and a calculated deception campaign. The Israeli operation carried out in the early morning hours against targets in Iran, the report asserted, demonstrated that the narrative of a serious dispute between the United States and Israel was designed to create a false sense of security among decision-makers in Tehran.

The publication compared the strategy to a classic “good cop, bad cop” operation. According to the report, Trump played the role of the reassuring figure who appeared to be restraining Israel, while Netanyahu maintained a low public profile and projected calm before the attack was ultimately launched.

Raja News also criticized Iranian media outlets aligned with the country’s reformist camp, accusing them of eagerly embracing claims of a major divide between Washington and Jerusalem. The report argued that those media organizations not only fell victim to the alleged psychological operation but also helped spread it throughout Iran.

In particularly sharp language, the outlet accused those media figures of becoming the “foot soldiers of the enemy in the war of perception” by amplifying what it characterized as a false narrative.

The report concluded by asserting that the strike once again demonstrated close coordination between the United States and Israel. “The United States and Israel are two sides of the same coin,” the publication claimed, arguing that the overnight operation served as further evidence of that reality.

{Matzav.com}