Tehran Goes on the Offensive: Inside the IRGC's New Doctrine
By Hussein Al-Najaar
On 17 August, the day a 60-day American-Iranian memorandum of understanding ran out without a permanent settlement, a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran would move to a “fully offensive” military posture. The formulation was deliberate. For nearly four decades, the Islamic Republic has described its military thinking in the vocabulary of d…
