Mohammad Bagheri Photo: Tasnim News Agency Wikimedia CC BY 4.0The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, warned that the Army can switch to “offensive military tactics” if it considers it necessary to protect the country’s interests.
“If there is any intention to attack our interests and we see evidence of it, we will not remain passive or allow the security and peace of the country to be endangered,” the general stressed, quoted by official Iranian media.
The Iranian authorities have always argued that the development of their military capabilities, including missile systems, have a purely defensive and…