THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Andrew Day) - 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.” The post Iran War Day 176: Tehran’s Military Doctrine No Longer ‘Defensive’ appeared first on The American Conservative .
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 effectively closed the waterway, a critical trade chokepoint for energy, after the U.S. and Israel launched the current war in late February. Iranian media reported on…Open
