Hybrid warfare aims to destabilize Iran internally, says senior IRGC official
A senior intelligence official from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that foreign powers have shifted to a hybrid warfare strategy aimed at undermining the Islamic Republic across multiple sectors.
“The model of toppling the establishment has changed, but the objective is the same,” said Brigadier General Mehdi Sayyari, deputy head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization. “Today, we are being targeted across social, cultural, economic, political, scientific, and security fields.”
Speaking at a public event in Mashhad, Sayyari said that foreign intelligence services are coordinating efforts to destabilize the country internally. “Military, security, and cyber operations are designed to generate unrest and instability. If they don’t succeed in this, none of these tools will have an impact,” he said.
Sayyari added that opponents have focused on weakening the role of religion in society, citing recent unrest over the issue of the hijab. “One of the dissidents abroad said hijab is an issue the Islamic Republic can neither fully implement nor abandon,” he said.
