Iran’s army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia has said that the military doctrine is shifting from a “defensive” to an “offensive” posture following lessons learned from recent wars, AlJazeera reports, citing Iranian state media.
“Our country’s military doctrine was defensive in the past, but gradually during these two wars, we witnessed the military doctrine moving from a defensive posture towards an offensive one,” Akraminia said.
He stressed that the change “does not mean carrying out preemptive operations against the enemy,” adding: “We will respond to any act of aggression immediately and on a broader scale than the aggression itself.”
Akraminia said Iran had repaired military systems damaged during earlier fighting and introduced new systems into service. “We are working continuously so that if the enemy again makes a miscalculation, we can deliver a more crushing response than before,” he said.
He also said recent command restructuring was aimed at improving the speed of Iran’s military response. “Since we entered a state of ceasefire and silence, we have tried not to lose a single moment because we do not trust the enemy at all,” he said.
Akraminia added that the Strait of Hormuz had gained “decisive geopolitical influence” in advancing Tehran’s foreign policy objectives after the war, and described the recent Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani defence partnership as an indication of declining US influence in the region.
