WANA (Aug 22) – Iran’s acting Defense Minister, Brigadier General Seyed Majid Ibn al-Reza, announced Saturday during a meeting with foreign military attachés stationed in Tehran that the country’s defense industries successfully kept production lines fully active and deployed new offensive and defensive systems to the battlefield during recent wartime conditions.

 

Addressing representatives from various nations gathered to mark National Defense Industry Day, Ibn al-Reza began by honoring Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh, noting he had become the fifth Iranian defense minister to be “martyred” following Generals Chamran, Namjoo, Fakouri, and Shamkhani. He expressed gratitude to the foreign governments that condemned recent U.S. and Israeli aggression and sent condolences to the Iranian nation.

 

Indigenous Capabilities and Wartime Integration

Highlighting August 22 as National Defense Industry Day, Ibn al-Reza stated that the occasion symbolizes decades of self-reliance, technical innovation, and national resilience under foreign sanctions. He stressed that Iran’s defense apparatus serves a purely defensive doctrine focused on maintaining sovereignty, national independence, and establishing deterrence by imposing prohibitive costs on potential aggressors.

 

Contrary to enemy claims that Iranian defense infrastructure was dismantled in recent hostilities, Ibn al-Reza asserted that production lines remained fully operational. Furthermore, domestic scientists and engineers successfully introduced next-generation offensive and defensive weapon systems directly into active combat zones.

 

Critique of Foreign Aggression and Strategic Resilience

Reviewing the geopolitical backdrop, the acting minister emphasized that Iran was targeted twice within a single year during active negotiations by illegal U.S. and Israeli strikes. He explained that enemy calculations relied on the false premise that assassinating senior political and military leadership would collapse the state’s decision-making apparatus within two weeks.

 

Instead, Iranian forces adapted through hybrid operational models, tactical flexibility, and decentralized command protocols designed to function even if central communications are disrupted.

 

Ibn al-Reza noted that during the 40-day conflict, foreign forces were compelled to evacuate regional bases due to Iranian defense responses before pivoting to economic infrastructure attacks.

 

He accused the United States of repeatedly violating ceasefires and attempting to enforce a naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz contrary to established memorandum agreements.

 

Call for Regional Security Architecture

Reflecting on global security trends, Ibn al-Reza warned that unilateral force, proxy warfare, and international law violations—such as the Gaza conflict, state-sponsored assassinations, and economic resource theft—have exposed the systemic failure of international organizations. He reiterated that true national deterrence stems from domestic technological capability rather than dependence on external weapons suppliers.

 

Concluding his address, the acting defense minister reaffirmed that Iran, under the leadership of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, will resolutely defend its territorial integrity. He called on Persian Gulf states to establish a new, native collective security framework without foreign interference, expressing Tehran’s willingness to collaborate on joint initiatives to ensure lasting regional peace and stability.