The growing influence of the IRGC
Issue 930
- 31 Aug 2012
| 3 minute read
Established by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979, shortly after the Islamic revolution, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has an estimated 120,000 personnel fulfilling functions related to internal security, defence and regime survival.
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