Overview
- A senior IRGC adviser, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, told PBS that Iran could deliberately extend its fight with the United States until President Donald Trump leaves office to impose attrition and shape future deterrence.
- Naqdi framed prolonging the war as a way to force costs on adversaries so potential attackers would think twice before striking Iran.
- He asserted that Iran is ‘winning’ so far and criticized U.S. strategy, saying U.S. military performance has been weaker than Tehran expected.
- Naqdi claimed Iran is producing more missiles each day than it launches and warned that if missiles run out Tehran could shift to striking U.S. economic targets worldwide, though he did not detail specific plans.
- Naqdi’s remarks, given in a televised PBS interview and reported across outlets on Tuesday, come from a senior IRGC adviser with recent top coordination roles and have not been independently verified or met with an official U.S. response, raising questions about escalation and risks to global commercial interests.