RT by @Malbrunot: It is not. Either you have a documented set of goals and means - an official long-term strategy - that explicitly includes certain elements, or you have to assess

It is not. Either you have a documented set of goals and means - an official long-term strategy - that explicitly includes certain elements, or you have to assess the existence of a strategy and its components inductively. #Iran does not have a tradition of publishing doctrinal documents, so even concepts such as "forward defense" are products of inductive analysis.