The West's Hybrid Warfare against the Islamic Republic of Iran

The concept of war has gradually evolved as the social conditions and the means of communication have become more complex. Understanding and explaining this issue is of great importance for different societies. This article attempts to explain the enemy's actions in the face of the Islamic Republic of Iran by using a hybrid warfare analysis. This research is developmental and a qualitative method has been used for data analysis. The main question of this research is: how can the West's war against the Islamic Republic of Iran be analyzed based on the framework of the hybrid warfare? The findings of this study indicate that a particular type of hybrid warfare has been used on the part of the West against the Islamic Republic of Iran. It follows that in this type of war, the components of hybrid warfare as instrumental and objective units seek to influence the objective and cognitive contexts of the target community by using social networks through exerting a compressed and long-lasting pressure.