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Iran's Top General Declares Shift From Defense to Offensive Doctrine

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Iran's Top General Declares Shift From Defense to Offensive Doctrine

๐ŸŽ–๏ธ TEHRAN โ€” Iran's top general just reframed the war as a world order project. ๐Ÿ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: Abdallahi isn't threatening strikes โ€” he's announcing Iran has moved from absorbing US pressure to reshaping the conflict's terms. "Creating order" signals intent to dictate outcomes, not negotiate from weakness. After Qeshm and Doha's collapse, this reframes Khamenei's readiness order as doctrine. Washington's pressure campaign may be producing the opposite of its intent.

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Iran Speaker: US Strike on Qeshm Met With "Firm Response," New Escalation Threatened

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Iran Speaker: US Strike on Qeshm Met With "Firm Response," New Escalation Threatened

๐Ÿ›๏ธ TEHRAN โ€” Ghalibaf says the response is already sent โ€” not threatened, sent. ๐Ÿ“Œ LOOK CLOSER: Framing the Qeshm retaliation as complete shifts responsibility to Washington before Epic Fury even launches. "New battlefield" language is Ghalibaf signaling geographic expansion โ€” proxies, bases, shipping โ€” if the US strikes again. This locks Doha out:

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