Iran's One-Two Punch to Reset Reality: Via World Watch - CBS News.

ran's state-controlled media are waging an all-out propaganda assault to cast post-election unrest in the Islamic Republic as a futile attempt by "the West" to interfere.

From news stories alleging a British Embassy staffer was a ring-leader of the dramatic street protests, to editorial columns deriding a "West that imagined that supporting chaos in Iran would reduce the Islamic Republic's power," the message is clear.

Iran's Fars news agency reported Wednesday, citing unnamed officials, that one of three U.K. Embassy staffers (eight were arrested, five have been freed, all were Iranian nationals) still in detention, "had a remarkable role during the recent unrest in managing it behind the scenes."

Even if Fars, described as a "semi-official" news agency, had named its source in the government, the staffer's role in the protests would be impossible to verify, as Iran has kicked almost every foreign journalist out of the country.

With the street demonstrations largely squashed under the foot of security forces, more energy is being focused on painting Iran's leaders as protectors of the society, under threat from Israel and its alleged surrogates in Washington.

Iran's Press TV has an "exclusive interview" Wednesday with the man who ran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election campaign. He told the network that President Obama, "originally took a soft stance on the results of Iran's presidential election but then was forced by the Zionists and the U.S. neoconservatives to make tough comments about Iran."

Many editorial columns discuss the election upheaval as if it ended weeks ago. One writer declared the United States the primary loser in the aftermath of the protests.

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