(Staff post from THE NDTV NEWS on 13 March 2026.)
Who Is Mohammad Ali Jafari, Man Behind Iran's Impenetrable 'Mosaic Defence': Mosaic Defence is an Iranian military concept to organise the state's defensive structure into multiple regional and semi-independent layers instead of concentrating power in a single command chain that can be paralysed by a decapitation strike.
When
the United States and Israel launched the devastating air campaign on Iran
under "Operation Epic Fury," Donald Trump expected a Venezuela-like
regime change in Tehran. But nearly two weeks into the war, Iran's Islamic
regime continues to fight back, mounting attacks across the Middle East despite
several losses to its top leadership.
Experts believe the Islamic Republic's ability to continue the fight stems from its military's Mosaic Defence' doctrine, created years ago by Iranian strategist Mohammad Ali Jafari. Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi describes Iran's defence strategy as a "two-decade study" into "defeats of the US military to our immediate east and west."








