Defense Minister Reiterates Iran’s High Soft Power

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said Iran’s high soft power was one of the main factors of the country’s influential role on the international scene.

“Today the soft power comprises a major part of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s power at the international scene and that is quite spectacular,” Vahidi said, addressing a group of Iranian students in the country’s Northern city of Babolsar on Monday.

He said that now the voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran has echoed in many parts of the world, added, “The call for awakening and campaign against the global oppression has echoed even in occupied Palestine today.”

Vahidi further deplored the militaristic approach in the international politics.

In similar remarks in June 2011, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that the Islamic nature of Iran’s establishment has granted the country an upper-hand in soft war against enemies.

“Our soft war power is much more than enemy’s since Islam and our beliefs are our backbone, and this backbone is the strongest in the world,” Commander of IRGC’s Sahib ul-Amr Corps Salar Abnoush stated at the time.

He further pointed out that a good knowledge and understanding of these two assets enables all Iranian commanders to lead and command their forces efficiently.