
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Police exhibition in the western 
city of Kermanshah on Thursday, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major 
General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the country is faced with a huge soft war.
The enemy has realized the futility, implacability and heavy casualties of any 
military action against Iran, so it has capitalized on "espionage and 
intelligence measures”, namely "semi-hard” activities, against Iran’s security, 
he added.
Highlighting the rapid advances in cyber-technology and virtual space, Major 
General Baqeri urged the Iranian Armed Forces to keep up with the pace of change 
and update their counterintelligence gear.
In comments on Monday, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) 
Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari slammed the media and information war on Iran 
as part of the enemy’s soft war strategy for harming the Islamic Republic and 
demoralizing the Iranian nation.manoeuvre
Source: Tasnim