خلاصه ماشینی:
What Iran experienced during Iraqi aggression and the eight-year war ( 1980-88) and the extensive support Iraq received from both superpowers and the southern Persian Gulf states paved the way for Iranians to consolidate their view that in order to protect their security, they can only rely on themselves.
Iran's Defense Policy Objectives Despite the campaigns galore launched by mainly the US or Israeli circles concerning Iran's military programs describing them as a threat towards the security of Iran's neighboring countries or even all of the Middle East, the undeniable fact proven throughout history is that Iran is a country that has not attacked any other country in the last 150 years.
At the same time, however, Iran's invasion by the Allied Forces during both WWI and WWII despite its officially announced neutrality and also the Iraqi aggression in 1980 made it all too clear for Iranians that they have no other resort but to strengthen their country's military capacity sufficiently to deter potential and probable invaders.
Saideh Lotfian elaborates on this issue by stating that although Iran makes no claim regarding the territories which were previously part of this country, its neighboring countries such as Iraq and the UAE consider certain parts of Iran to be their own and, henceforth, the Islamic Republic of Iran requires an efficient and a coherent defensive capability.
,,<21 > Ironically, despite Shamkhani's emphasis on that a deterrent policy is the fundamental defense strategy oflran being entirely peaceful and free from any threat to other countries, ever since Shahab-3 was tested successfully both the United States and Israel feared this event stating their extreme concerns on Iran's achievement.