“As we stated earlier, our core principles and doctrine are defensive but at the operational and tactical levels, it is offensive. The best defense is offense and when the enemy has an ill-intention against our country we should attack it because our deterrent factor would be the same offense.”“Iran’s Military Strategy Offensive at Operational, Tactical Levels: IRGC Commander,” Tasnim News Agency, December 22, 2018, https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/12/22/1904794/iran-s-military-strategy-offensive-at-operational-tactical-levels-irgc-commander.