Iran: Will Use Attrition Warfare to Exhaust the U.S.

Odaily News In an interview aired on the U.S. public television station PBS on August 11 local time, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, an advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, noted that the two main goals of the U.S. war against Iran—overthrowing Iran's leadership and splitting Iran—have both "failed," and "victory is on Iran's side." Naqdi stated that in this war, the U.S. has been seen in confusion and disarray, saying that "the U.S. announces a new goal every few days, turning it into a war 'without strategy.'" Naqdi also emphasized that Iran will continue to achieve victory, and in more than five months of combat with the U.S., Iran has not only gained experience but also seen that the U.S. military is weaker than imagined—and Iran must achieve deterrence so that enemies will never dare attack it again. One of the ways to do this is to "prolong the war" and exhaust the U.S., so that in the future, anyone considering attacking Iran "will first weigh the price to be paid." (CCTV International News)