Khaberni - Thousands of Iranians received a mysterious text message from an unknown source, containing the shocking phrase: "The American President is a man of action, wait", which raised widespread questions about its meaning and timing.
The message caused concern among citizens and triggered a wave of speculation on social media platforms, amid ambiguity about the sender and their motives.
According to the Iranian Fars Agency, the message was sent on Monday to about 50,000 numbers through the hacking of one of the systems used for sending bulk advertising messages.
This came after American President Donald Trump gave Iran 10 days to strike a "meaningful deal" in the ongoing negotiations between the two parties, or face "bad consequences."
According to Axios, one of Trump's advisors stated that the president is frustrated with his surroundings warning him against going to war with Iran, but he believes there is a 90% chance of a military action happening within the next few weeks.
The message came after a second round of indirect talks between the United States and Iran in Geneva, where both parties announced their intention to continue negotiations, while the American military mobilization continues in the region, including the deployment of an aircraft carrier hundreds of kilometers off the coast of Iran.
The message has caused a wide wave of responses among activists and tweeters, as some regarded this step as part of a psychological war aimed at destabilizing the Iranian regime.
They added that this method was similarly used by directly contacting fixed telephone lines of several headquarters of the former Iraqi Army units before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, where the messages asked officers and soldiers to leave their units and return home for their safety, or face death.
Twitter users saw these messages not just as passing messages but as the first page of the chapters of a raging strategic battle between Washington and Tehran, where psychological and media powers are tested before any practical action on the ground, clearly indicating that the upcoming war might be fought with words before actions.
Others pointed out that the Israeli occupation uses a similar method in Gaza and the West Bank, through text messages as part of the media war and undermining the morale of the citizens.
One of the activists wrote: "Anonymous messages like this are no coincidence… It’s a psychological war conducted in secrecy before being openly waged."
Others noted that communicating with the population in this way goes beyond the limits of just a mere passing message, confirming that the coming days will reveal who waves words and who moves with actions, in reference to the fact that the psychological and media conflict might precede the actual confrontation.
Experts pointed out that anonymous text messages have become a recurring tool in modern psychological warfare, where they are used to provoke anxiety, sow doubts, and raise the level of alertness among the targeted audience, becoming part of a larger strategy to control morale before any field action.
