How America’s ‘War on Terror’ Shaped Iran’s Mosaic Defense Doctrine
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March 2, 2026
“Mosaic defense is a long-standing Iranian strategy, adopted in the 2000s amid the US occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq and the onset of the first crisis around Iran’s nuclear program,” says veteran Russian military observer Yury Lyamin.
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