Iran has adopted an offensive military doctrine and is prepared to prolong its war with the United States until President Donald Trump leaves office, a senior adviser to the new Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander said in a PBS interview. Mohammad Reza Naqdi claimed Iran produces ballistic missiles far beyond its daily consumption and dismissed Washington as waging a war without strategy.
The declarations follow a sweeping military reorganisation by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who assumed power after his father Ali Khamenei was killed in the first wave of U.S. airstrikes in late February. Ahmad Vahidi formally took office as IRGC commander this week, while former IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaee was elevated to secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. The military's Khatam Al-Anbiya central headquarters has been merged into the general staff.
Rezaee, who led the Revolutionary Guards from 1981 to 1997 and is wanted by Interpol over the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, has signalled a strategy of offensive deterrence through punishment and a willingness to sustain a long war of attrition. He has demanded the U.S. end hostilities, release frozen assets and agree to a regional ceasefire before the Strait of Hormus reopens.