Major General Ali Abdollahi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has outlined a five-point strategic framework for establishing sustainable peace and security in West Asia, proposing a ‘Hormuz mechanism’ to replace the ‘worn-out’ US security architecture in the region.

In a message issued on the occasion of November 4—the National Day of Fight against Global Arrogance—General Abdollahi emphasized that Iran is no longer merely managing crises, but is actively "architecting a new order" in the region.

"For us, military power is not the goal; it is a tool," Gen. Abdollahi stated. "Based on the realities and requirements of our time, our doctrine has transitioned from 'defense' to 'offensive initiative,' and from 'crisis management' to 'order-making'."

Gen. Abdollahi laid out a definitive roadmap for regional stability, asserting that any lasting security architecture in West Asia must be built upon a foundation of non-negotiable strategic principles.

At the forefront of this doctrine is a demand for a complete cessation of hostilities on all fronts, particularly in Lebanon and Gaza, with the general stressing that holding negotiations while issuing threats amounts to the imposition of policies.

This must be coupled with the complete removal of all economic sanctions and the unfreezing of seized Iranian national assets.

Furthermore, the Armed Forces chief stressed that the US and its allies must pay reparations for decades of imposed wars, firmly asserting that "the Iranian nation is not the debtor; but the creditor."

To secure the region's vital maritime chokepoints, the doctrine demands full recognition of Iran's sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, proposing the establishment of a new regional "Hormuz mechanism" to permanently replace what he described as the "worn-out and failed US security umbrella."

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Ultimately, the general concluded that true stability requires ironclad guarantees against future foreign aggression and the formation of endogenous, internal security architectures in West Asia that strictly exclude any foreign intervention.

"These five principles are not a peace plan drafted from a position of weakness," Gen. Abdollahi clarified. "It is an order-making doctrine formulated from a position of power and in the light of active resistance."

Iran as the 'fourth pole' of power

Addressing the shifting geopolitical landscape, the Chief of Staff noted that the ongoing hybrid war between Iran and the United States is fundamentally redrawing the geometry of global power structure.

By securing and controlling the Strait of Hormuz—the world's most vital energy chokepoint—and dictating the rules of access to it, Iran has definitively emerged as the "fourth pole of power" on the global stage, he declared.

Consequently, the unipolar world order is "kneeling" before this new reality, proving that regional nations can successfully secure their own sovereignty without relying on American military protection.

Gen. Abdollahi’s message heavily contextualized current events within the historical memory of November 4, a date that marks three pivotal events in Iran's anti-imperialist struggle: the 1964 exile of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, the 1978 massacre of students by the Pahlavi regime, and the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy (known as the "den of espionage").

He described US hostility not as a series of isolated incidents, but as a continuous, unbroken line of aggression dating back to the 1953 CIA-backed coup.

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The general cited the instances as decades of American crimes, including support for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 8-year imposed war, backing of the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group, the assassination of nuclear scientists, economic warfare, and the cowardly assassination of top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.

He further pointed to the direct operational complicity of the US and the Israeli regime in the recent 12-day war in 2015 and the 40-day imposed war in 2026.

These wars of aggression, he noted, led to the martyrdom of the late Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, top armed forces commanders, brave defenders of the homeland, and a vast number of innocent Iranian civilians, particularly children.

"Iran does not seek hegemony," Gen. Abdollahi stressed. "Rather, it seeks to end the hegemony that was imposed 73 years ago with the 1953 coup, and which today, in the shadow of the lessons of November 4, 1979, has reached the end of its road."