TEHRAN – Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said that in line with the “strategy of threat against threat,” which has been adopted at the behest of the Supreme Leader, the Islamic Republic will not give in to the enemy’s threats and budge from its principles.  

 

“The Supreme Leader’s remarks indicate that we will never and under no circumstances back down and give in to the enemy’s threats, but we will make threats against them using appropriate mechanisms,” Brigadier General Vahidi told the Persian service of the Fars News Agency on Tuesday.  

 

In November 2011, Hossein Salami, the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, announced that Iran has adopted the “strategy of threat against threat” in the face of new threats against the Islamic Republic by Israel and the U.S. as its main ally. 

 

“Based on the strategy of threat against threat, which was recently declared by the Supreme Leader, we are revising our defense doctrine… and this revision meets all our needs for a reliable defense and strong deterrence,” Salami said. 

 

Defense Minister Vahidi also said that the Islamic Republic will continue supporting the groups that oppose the Zionist regime.

 

In addition, Vahidi said Iran’s firm responses to Israel’s acts of hostility against the Islamic Revolution have placed the regime in its weakest position in the region and brought it to the verge of disintegration.