The doctrine of harsh revenge in the defense thought of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei; Basics and mechanisms of realization

Subject Areas : Political philosophy of the Islamic Revolution

Tajik Ismaili Rasool ¹ , Akbar Ashrafi ² , Ahmad Bakhshayeshi Ardestani ³ , Abdolhosein Allahkaram ⁴

1 - PhD student in Political Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Professor of the Department of Political Thought and Iranian Issues, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Thought and Iranian Issues, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2022-11-19 Accepted : 2023-01-23 Published : 2023-01-21

Keywords: Ayatollah Khamenei, defensive thought, harsh revenge, Ways to achieve hard revenge,

Abstract :

With the martyrdom of the commander of Quds Force by America, the concept of harsh revenge by Ayatollah Khamenei as a plan and also a deterrent demand at various levels such as software overcoming the absurd and arrogant hegemony, the expulsion of America from the West Asian region, bloodlust and revenge against The murderers of Amin were brought up to kill Martyr Soleimani and his companions. This research with a descriptive-analytical method aims to answer this question: in the thought of Ayatollah Khamenei, what are the ways to realize hard revenge? Based on the investigation and study of his intellectual system and defense thought, the opposite results have been obtained: some of the results obtained are: the realization of harsh revenge based on the military dimension, including: strategic depth, comprehensive deterrence, the principle of balance of threat and harsh response, and the realization of harsh revenge In the scientific and technological dimension (software dominance), it includes: the principle of institutionalization, futurism and scientific sociology, scientific innovation, production of science and technology, and breaking scientific boundaries and breaking the monopoly of each of the advanced technologies are important. Also, another way to realize hard revenge is knowledge-based defense, a defense that is composed of soft and hard power tools.