Military Operations and Preemptive Defense Strategy

In this round of Operation Lightning, three phases of operations

were carried out: the 29th, 30th, and 31st phases.

The 29th and 30th phases were

carried out immediately after the enemy's aggression on the eighth of Shahrivar.

But the 31st phase

was carried out two nights ago to complete the previous operations,

so that the objectives that had been set would be fulfilled.

It was carried out. This also had both

a deterrent aspect and a preemptive

aspect. Yes, our military

doctrine has, since the 12-Day War, in fact

gradually moved in this direction, that we must, in fact, wage a

preemptive war, which you argue is permitted under the United Nations Charter,

because both proportionality

and the principles of necessity and urgency are observed.

When these principles are observed, under the Charter,

it is very l-legitimate, in fact. We faced a threat from

the Americans, and in fact, we are defending ourselves

We do, and this is lawful self-defense. International law permits us to

defend ourselves preemptively.

This process began with the twelve— the Twelve-Day War.

The martyr Lieutenant General Mousavi, may God have mercy on him,

played a major role in changing this doctrine

during his tenure as Chief of the General Staff

of the Armed Forces, and we moved in this direction.

The indicators and signs of this preemptive

war, or offensive doctrine, which you see today,

are evident in these recent operations, in that

we do not allow the Americans— and it was the same in several cases,

before they counterattack us and commit aggression,

we did this for deterrence, to truly deter them from

aggression. Their base in Jordan, their base in

Syria, their bases in

the regions, the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, an area that is separatist

And the counterrevolutionaries are— actually stationed there, according to

Mr. Trump's own statement, and had received

enormous quantities of weapons to conduct a ground operation against us.

As you observed, even the counter-

revolutionaries

and separatists could not act against our borders and armed forces.

All of this was due to those measures and preemptive operations

that were carried out in time and deprived them of any

initiative, taking it from counterrevolutionaries and separatists.

And this process continues. In other words, it is a supplementary process

that, God willing, we are moving toward, wherever we sense

a threat, within international law, in defense of our

rights, we will carry out preemptive operations.

God willing.