The silent power in the state: How the Revolutionary Guards shape Iran In the political system of the Islamic Republic of Iran, power centers have shifted for years in favor of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the so-called IRGC. What was once founded as the ideological protective force of the 1979 revolution has developed into a power complex that goes far beyond military tasks. Today, the Revolutionary Guards control central…
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