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News India Live, Digital Desk: Amidst the ongoing fierce war in the Middle East, one name is in the news the most. Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari. This is the same person who has designed Iran’s defense structure in such a way that even superpowers like America and Israel are proving unsuccessful in destroying it completely.
Who is Major General Mohammad Ali Jafri?
Ali Jafari ‘Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) has been the former Commander-in-Chief of. He began his military career after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and quickly rose up the ranks through his strategic acumen during the Iran–Iraq War. From 2007 to 2019, he reshaped Iran’s military power as head of the IRGC.
Lessons learned from the defeat of Iraq war
When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, Saddam Hussein’s massive army collapsed like a house of cards in just 26 days. Ali Jafari studied this defeat closely and found that Iraq’s biggest weakness was its ‘Highly centralized command structure’ (Highly Centralized Command). As soon as Saddam was eliminated, the entire army became directionless. Jafari vowed that he would not let Iran meet the same fate as Iraq.
What is ‘Mosaic Defence’?
Jafari devised a military strategy known as ‘Mosaic Defence’. Its main objective was to make Iran like a ‘Hydra’ (a mythological creature whose head is cut off and many more emerge).
Decentralization of power: He divided Iran into 31 semi-independent commanderies based on 31 provinces.
Independent Units: Each province has its own independent headquarters, communications system, intelligence network and missile-drone stockpile.
Autopilot Mode: The specialty of this system is that even if the top leadership sitting in Tehran (Supreme Leader or General) is eliminated, the war does not stop. Each regional unit continues the attack independently according to a pre-determined ‘destruction plan’.
Why is America left confused?
On February 28, 2026, America and Israel ‘Operation Epic Fury’ Launched (Operation Epic Fury), in which Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several top generals were killed. America thought that Iran would surrender as soon as the leadership was lost, but the opposite happened:
The intensity of the counterattack increased: Despite the loss of leadership, Iran’s missile and drone units independently stepped up attacks on US regional targets and Israel.
Invisible Enemy: Due to the absence of any single main command center, American Intelligence is not able to understand from where and on whose orders the attacks are taking place.