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Hossein Taeb, head of Iran's Basij Organization, said on Tuesday at a closing ceremony for a national scientific event in Shiraz that the Resistance Front has disrupted the strategy of the global arrogance of subjugating independent nations through a monopoly on cutting-edge technology. Press TV, Iranian state media, reported his remarks, which the article presents as the speaker's own claims. Taeb said imperialist powers had sought an exclusive grip on artificial intelligence, quantum technology and advanced communication networks, and that the rise of new power poles and the Resistance Front's deterrence had challenged that effort. He said US policy now focuses largely on preventing its own internal collapse, which he attributed to the failure of an enemy hybrid warfare campaign against Iran, including military aggression, assassinations of scientists and sabotage of research centers. He also claimed Iran no longer relies on foreign entities for satellite monitoring or radar and that more than 30 countries want Iranian strategic equipment. Press TV reported that he called for protecting researchers from foreign espionage and for a national research needs-assessment system, and said the Basij acts as a facilitator between universities, firms and venture capital.