Defence Studies

Defence Studies

The American model in the people's war against the Islamic Republic of Iran

Document Type : research Artichel

Authors
Massoud Mohammadi Alasti 1
Qasem fooladi 2
Hadi Nahadi 3
1 PhD in Strategic Defense Sciences; Supreme National Defense University
2 PhD in Future Studies; Supreme National Defense University
3 Senior researcher of Holly Defense Science Researcher Center
Abstract
The Islamic Revolution led the United States to take hostile action against the Islamic Republic of Iran. This behavior includes the vast range of hard, semi-hard, and soft military methodes. In this regard, it seems that the focus of the enemies is on the Iranian people, as the Supreme Leader of Iran points out that "the aim of the enemies is to deprive the holy system of the Islamic Republic of the support of the people, which is a great support for the country; "... Incidentally, the main target is the people". This study seeks to answer this question which asks “how does the United States influence the Iranian people in its possible actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran to attain its goals.” based on ground theory methods and western related reports of Iran. Therefore, its strategy is exploratory and qualitative and has no hypothesis and it’s applied-developmental in terms of purpose. In order to validate the results, a members control or accountability approach has been used. The results show that the United States is well aware of the role and vital impact of the support of the Iranian people on the stability and consistency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Therefore, there has been every attempt to influence the people in various ways, such as: economic, political, cultural, defense, etc, so that they feel disappointment about the efficiency of the current system of the Islamic Republic of Iran and weaken their support of the government and the system. In the meantime, economic pressure, prevention of resistance economics, as well as creating pessimism and consideration of research activities and the development of defense technologies in the people’s mind, self-imposed by state organizations and private sectors, and universities are important factors and consequences of this behavior. The result of this behavior is that on the one hand the resilience of the society and the mobilizing power of the government and system of the Islamic Republic of Iran is decrease, and on the other hand, the mobilizing power of the United States and the enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran is increased.
Keywords
People oriented warfare
Irregular warfare
Hybrid warfare

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Defence Studies
Volume 19, Issue 4 - Serial Number 76
All of the articles in this number are research.
Autumn 2021
Pages 33-61