Ali Abdollahi, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has claimed that the military doctrine of the Iranian armed forces has officially shifted from a "defensive" strategy to an "offensive" strategy.
He added that the field tactics have been completely changed to align with this shift. Abdollahi added that the armed forces and "jihadist scholars" have succeeded in producing advanced equipment and weapons capable of "disrupting the enemy's calculations."
He also warned that Iran’s enemies have so far only realised "limited aspects" of these capabilities and promised to deliver "new" and unprecedented surprises in any future field confrontation.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is both the backbone of the theocratic regime and is said to be controlling the regime at present, in the absence of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. IRGC’s top leadership is also said to be calling the shots, in attacking the US and Israel.
According to Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, two military bases in the region, which were used for attacks against Iranian islands, have been targeted by the IRGC. “The IRGC Navy has crushed the facilities of the two air bases of Al Minhad and Ali Al Salem, as well as the hangars and fuel storage tanks of American-Zionist aircraft, with a massive volume of ballistic missiles and destructive drones,” he said.
Rear Admiral Tangsiri stated in a message on X that the bases that originated attacks on Iranian islands were struck with a barrage of ballistic missiles and destructive drones.
Iran has also issued a counter warning to Trump, warning that if its fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked, it will target all fuel, energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure used by the United States and Israel in the region.
Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said any attack on Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure would trigger strikes on “all fuel, energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure” used by the United States and Israel in the region.