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Bookmark or Share- Profile: Iran's Revolutionary Guards - BBCIran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) was set up 40 years ago to defend the country's Islamic system, and to provide a counterweight to the regular armed forces. It has since become a...
- How Powerful Is Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps?The Revolutionary Guards are involved in maintaining domestic order, projecting Iranian influence in the Mideast, and presiding over major business interests. They are poised to take on a...
- Is Iran a Country or a Cause? - The AtlanticThe doyen of American strategy responded, “Iran has to take a decision whether it wants to be a nation or a cause. If a nation, it must realize that its national interest doesn’t conflict with ...
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Encyclopedia BritannicaIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also called Pasdaran, branch of the Iranian armed forces, independent of Iran’s regular army. It was established by Ruhollah Khomeini to safeguard the Islamic republic and has since become Iran’s dominant military force, with its own army, navy, air force, and intelligence.
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - WikipediaRanks. Rank insignia of the Iranian military. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( IRGC; Persian: سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enqelâb-e Eslâmī, lit. 'Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution' ), also called Sepah or Pasdaran, is a multi-service primary branch of the Iranian Armed Forces.
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