#️⃣ Part Three and Final

Third: From Limited Strikes to Comprehensive Attrition

The most significant phrase in the message is the warning that the confrontation

“will take on far broader dimensions if acts of aggression are repeated.”

This is not merely a passing diplomatic threat, but rather a declaration of a military doctrine based on the “Unity of Fronts”:

In other words, any strike against any front would activate a unified operational network extending from the Strait of Hormuz to the Mediterranean.

During the previous round of the war, attacks extended to targets, facilities, and bases used by American forces in multiple countries, involving missiles and drones launched from within Iran and Iraq.

That expansion was a smaller-scale demonstration of what could unfold in the future.

Under the doctrine of “Offensive Initiative,” it is no longer inconceivable that these “broader dimensions” could evolve from long-range missile strikes into cross-border ground operations, the mobilization of local factions to conduct incursions into neighboring countries, or the use of allied territories as launching points.

In this context, it cannot be ruled out that such operations could extend to the Gulf states, which were targeted only by missiles during the previous round, potentially turning them into theaters of limited or large-scale ground operations in a future confrontation.

The same applies to Hezbollah and the Iraqi armed factions.

Under the doctrines of “Unity of Fronts” and “Offensive Jihad,” their role could shift from defensive deterrence to offensive initiative.

Rather than merely responding to acts of aggression, they could initiate targeted operations — whether ground assaults or missile strikes — inside the occupied territories or against American bases and interests in Iraq and the wider region, under a religious justification presented as “Offensive Jihad” against arrogance.

If the leadership decides to activate this doctrine, Hezbollah and the Iraqi armed factions would become principal instruments of implementation in any expansion of military operations, rather than merely serving as supporting fronts.

In this sense, “Offensive Jihad” in His Eminence Sayyed Mojtaba’s discourse is not simply a jurisprudential term, but a declaration of a strategic transformation:

From a force that confines itself to defensive deterrence to one that grants itself the right to take the offensive initiative.