Iranian military leadership claims adversaries are waging a multidimensional "hybrid war" to exhaust the Iranian public, a narrative heavily amplified by allied regional resistance networks.
Iranian state media and allied regional networks are projecting a defiant stance against Western and Israeli adversaries, highlighting recent statements by Major General Amir Hatami. According to خبرگزاری ایرنا (IRNA), the official state news agency of the Islamic Republic, Hatami warned that the enemy is employing a campaign of "strategic attrition" aimed at gradually weakening the Islamic system and exhausting the Iranian people.
Hatami framed the current geopolitical struggle as a multifaceted offensive that goes far beyond traditional military engagement. IRNA reports that he described the situation as a complex "hybrid war" encompassing political, economic, social, military, psychological, and cognitive fronts, explicitly noting that Iranian families and children are being deliberately targeted by this campaign.
Despite acknowledging the severity of the threat, the military leader insisted that adversarial plots are failing. He claimed that over the past month, the enemy made multiple serious attempts to harm the "great nation of Iran" and the "sacred system of the Islamic Republic," but was defeated each time. Dismissing Western and Israeli claims of invincibility as "false and futile," Hatami drew historical parallels to previous military interventions: "This is the same enemy that fought in Vietnam and Afghanistan for 20 years and ultimately left in disgrace; the same thing happened to them in Iraq and other countries."
These remarks were swiftly syndicated by Yemeni Houthi-affiliated channels, which maintain a staunchly anti-Western, Axis of Resistance editorial stance. Both the گروه انصارالله یمن (Yemen Ansarullah Group) and مقاومت اسلامی انصارالله یمن (Islamic Resistance Ansarullah Yemen) amplified Hatami's rhetoric, focusing specifically on the deterrence of Western naval deployments. The Yemen Ansarullah Group noted and the Islamic Resistance echoed Hatami's assertion that the enemy "did not imagine facing this level of solidity despite deploying warships and other weapons."
The source texts explicitly identify Major General Amir Hatami as 'Commander-in-Chief of the Army' (فرمانده کل ارتش). Hatami is widely known as a former Minister of Defense, while Abdolrahim Mousavi has historically held the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Army. The digest faithfully translates the title as provided in both the IRNA and Ansarullah source texts without altering the original Iranian state media attribution. The synchronized messaging across Iranian state media and Yemeni resistance channels demonstrates tight narrative coordination regarding US/Western naval deployments and hybrid warfare.