In April of 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released an unclassified report on Iran’s military power. In this report, DoD mentions the use of asymmetric warfare as a principal means towards achieving Iran’s end goal—to “become the strongest and most influential country in the Middle East and to influence world affairs.”i Moreover, Iran has quite often publicly stated the role of asymmetric warfare in their country’s military doctrine, as quoted by Brigadier General Attaollah Salehi on January 12, 2011: “All divisions of the Islamic Republic’s military pay close attention to events in neighboring states and incorporate these into their asymmetric warfare training.