Iran War Day 176: Tehran’s Military Doctrine No Longer ‘Defensive’
Iran’s military posture has shifted throughout its wars with the U.S. and Israel from defensive to offensive, a spokesman for the Iranian army said in comments reported Saturday. “We will respond to any act of aggression immediately and on a broader scale than the aggression itself,” Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia told Iranian state media, clarifying that the new doctrine does not imply Tehran will launch preemptive attacks. Akraminia added that the Strait of Hormuz had become a source of “decisive geopolitical influence” for the Islamic Republic.
- ▪Iran’s military posture has shifted throughout its wars with the U.S. and Israel from defensive to offensive, a spokesman for the Iranian army said in comments reported Saturday.
- ▪“We will respond to any act of aggression immediately and on a broader scale than the aggression itself,” Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia told Iranian state media, clarifying that the new doctrine does not imply Tehran will launch pree
- ▪Akraminia added that the Strait of Hormuz had become a source of “decisive geopolitical influence” for the Islamic Republic.
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Foreign Affairs Iran War Day 176: Tehran’s Military Doctrine No Longer ‘Defensive’ State of the Union: President Donald Trump called the Strait of Hormuz “an American territory.” <div class="o-image__issue-wrapper"> <img class="o-image__image" srcset="https://tac.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ADay-TAC-headshot-1.jpg?auto=format&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=32 32w, https://tac.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ADay-TAC-headshot-1.jpg?auto=format&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=32 32w, https://tac.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ADay-TAC-headshot-1.jpg?auto=format&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=32 32w,…
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